Ivanhoe Electric to Deploy Advanced Tunnel Boring Machine at Arizona Copper Project
Ivanhoe Electric invests $64.7m in tunnel boring technology for Santa Cruz copper project development in Arizona US minerals exploration company Ivanhoe Electric plans to acquire a purpose-built Crossover XRE tunnel boring machine (TBM) and integrated materials handling system for development of the Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona, at a cost of approximately $64.7 million. The equipment will be supplied by US tunnelling technology company The Robbins Company, which recently repurchased the machine from Anglo American. The TBM was previously used at Anglo American’s Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland, Australia,…
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