03.02.2023 (53 Clicks)

Akobo Minerals hits Gold in first Drill Hole at new Mineralisation

Akobo Minerals (Euronext Oslo – “AKOBO”), the Scandinavian-based Ethiopian gold exploration and boutique mining company, today announces that it has hit visible gold in its first drill hole at the third mineralisation style 140 meters from main Segele.  

03.02.2023 (53 Clicks)

BHP celebrated 10 years of remote operations in Perth

BHP WA Iron Ore has celebrated 10 years of its remote operations centre in Perth. The Integrated Remote Operations Centre (IROC) began operating from BHP’s St Georges Terrace office at the end of 2012. The IROC is responsible for operating most of BHP’s WA iron ore logistics and processes, connecting the four processing hubs and five mining hubs with more than 1000km of rail and port facilities in the Pilbara.  

02.02.2023 (46 Clicks)

HS2 celebrates as longest tunnels reach halfway point under the Chilterns

• Two giant tunnelling machines – named ‘Florence’ and ‘Cecilia’ – pass halfway mark during excavation of the 10 mile long Chiltern tunnels
• 1.3 million cubic metres of material – enough to fill more than 500 Olympic sized swimming pools – excavated during first 5 miles  
  
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02.02.2023 (32 Clicks)

Fehmarnbelt tunnel contractor reaches 3 million working hours without serious accidents

The construction site of the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel is not only the largest in Denmark – it is also one of the safest. This January the tunnel consortium FBC achieved 3 million consecutive working hours without any accidents that resulted in serious injuries.  

02.02.2023 (41 Clicks)

HS2 completes foundation work for longest railway bridge in UK

The 2.1 mile (3.4km) Colne Valley Viaduct will be 100m longer than Dundee’s Tay Bridge, which currently holds the title.

The last of 292 concrete piles that will form the foundations for the UK’s longest railway bridge were installed this week at the site of HS2’s Colne Valley Viaduct, marking a successful end to the first phase of the record-breaking project.