Winder system engineers involved in large platinum shaft project

摘要

Mine winder system engineering company DRA Technical Services (DRATS) is involved in platinum producer Impala Platinum's Shaft 17 project, which is one of the largest projects currently taking place in the platinum industry, says DRATS MD Graham du Plessis. The project involves the simultaneous sinking of three shafts - the production, ventilation and refrigeration shafts. Du Plessis says that the main shaft is currently being sunk to a depth slightly less than 2 000 m, a new venture for a platinum mine.