Cornish Metals Inc’s refurbishment and dewatering of the New Cook’s Kitchen shaft is progressing at the South Crofty tin mine project in Pool, Redruth, Cornwall. PUMPS Operations have reached the mid-shaft pump station, approximately 360 metres below surface. The Canadian company has started to secure the work area and stabilise the underground chamber of the […]
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Cornish Metals hosts royal visit to South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has hosted a visit by the HRH The Princess Royal to the South Crofty tin and copper mine in the village of Pool in Redruth, Cornwall. PRODUCTION The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque on 6 May to reopen the New Cook’s Kitchen shaft which is undergoing refurbishment to allow re-entry to the […]
Cornish Metals pumps first water in 25 years from South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has started pumping the first water in a quarter of a century using two submersible pumps in New Cook’s Kitchen shaft from South Crofty tin mine. TREATMENT PLANT Two KSB BSX 463/5 specialist high-head 950 kilowatt vertical submersible pumps, manufactured and supplied by KSB Ltd, sit approximately 360m below surface. The pumps […]
Cornish Metals instals second submersible pump at South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has installed the second submersible pump to dewater the mine at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. COMMISSIONING The pumps, in New Cooks Kitchen shaft, are for stage I of the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps manufactured by KSB in Germany are controlled by […]
Cornish Metals instals submersible pump at South Crofty
Cornish Metals Inc has installed the first submersible pump for stage one of the dewatering programme in New Cook’s Kitchen (NCK) shaft at the South Crofty tin project in Cornwall. STAGES The pump is the first of two for the two-stage mine dewatering programme. The specialist high-head 950 kW vertical submersible pumps, manufactured by KSB […]