Production hoisting systems are increasingly being pushed to and beyond their design limits. But the biggest throughput losses are rarely mechanical; they’re operational. by Jonathan Rowland All the familiar pressures of modern mining – deeper orebodies, rising production targets, tighter margins – converge underground on the shaft. Any interruption here translates directly into lost output. “The shaft and hoisting equipment…
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