Projects and case studies
Shaft sinking, rehabilitation, tunnelling, manufacturing and construction since 2008 — in South Africa, Mali, Tanzania, Namibia, Brazil, India and Chile.
Case studies
Proof, project by project
Six case studies with the scope, the method and the safety outcome, followed by more of the projects behind our services.
Tanzania · Support
Barrick, North Mara, Tanzania: vertical dam support and wet-crete.
South Africa · Vent shafts
Support, lining and equipping at Sigma and Matla collieries.
South Africa · Declines
Xstrata, Horizon chrome mine, 2010.
South Africa · Rehabilitation
New internal steel for Anglo American Platinum.
Brazil · Hydro tunnel
Tunnel arches made in-house and installed in Brazil, 2013.
Projects
More projects
Further ShaftCon projects, with photographs from site.
South Africa · Steel
Bombela, 2012: internal shaft steel and head houses.
India · Manufacturing
A ShaftCon-built drill rig commissioned in India.
Sinking & pre-sink
Pre-sink and sinking of a vertical shaft, 2015.
Namibia · Construction
24 penthouses over twelve storeys, Namibia, from 2023.
All projects
Project list, 2008–2023
Past and current projects, as recorded by ShaftCon.
- Gold Reef City (2008) — Strip of old shaft services.
- Horizon Decline Shaft (2010) — Pre-sink, box cut development and sinking of the twin declines.
- Bombela Gautrain (2012) — Manufacturing, supply and installation of all internal shaft steel and head houses.
- Comossa Hydro Power Shaft, Brazil (2013) — Rehabilitation of hydro tunnel.
- Gold Reef City (2015) — Development of a new level and establishing the new underground museum.
- Sigma and Matla Collieries — Support and lining of the vent shafts of the raise-bore shafts.
- Paardekraal Mine — Camelback installations.
- Brakspruit Mine — Camelback installations.
- Cullinan Diamond Mine (2015) — Construction and commissioning of surface batch plant.
- Cullinan Diamond Mine (2016) — Maintenance and upkeep of all trackless machines for C-cut development.
- Lasarina Gold Mine, Chile — Manufacture and supply of Dymot winches.
- India — Manufacture and supply of drill rigs.
- Chile — Manufacture and supply of drill rigs.
- RUC Istanbul (2022) — Supply of drilling equipment.
- Afrilog South Africa (2022) — Procurement for shaft rehabilitation in Mali, West Africa.
- Yalea Shaft, Mali (2023) — Rehabilitation of decline shaft.
- Namibia — Ocean Key project development; Ocean 102 construction and development.
- Swakopmund — Housing development and feasibility.
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