`Cut 8` a boon to employment and property development

27 May, 2009 in Botswana, Mining

source: Mmegi
THATO MOSEKI
Correspondent

The expansion of the Jwaneng Mine pit, known as the Cut 8 Project, is expected to provide a shot in the arm for employment when more than 1 000 contractors for converge on the mining town.

The project involves the widening and deepening of the existing Jwaneng pit as a short-term alternative to going underground. According to information reaching Mmegi, the project will strip 713 million tonnes of waste to expose 75 million tonnes of ore and 95 million carats.

This will take place at the rate of 122 million tonnes of waste per year. Cut 8 will also increase pit depth to 650 metres, necessitating more mining equipment, employees and infrastructure. Widening the pit will result in mining out areas where mining is currently taking place and where plant infrastructure is situated. It will add seven [continue reading]

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