Update July 17th, 2023
July 17th, 2023
West End Mill Kiln
Planned activities for the week of July 17th include ongoing earthworks within the Tailings Management Facility (TMF), steel erection, interior concrete, piping, electrical and equipment installation for various buildings within the Plant Site area and drilling, blasting and hauling of rock from the open pit for construction of roads and TMF.
What's coming next:
Greenstone Mine wishes to advise the public that open pit activities are underway. Greenstone Mine will be conducting scheduled blasts within the Open Pit. A link to Blasting Notices is located on the company website homepage.
At the Process Plant east end, work on the two ball mills along with electrical and piping continues. At the west end, work is ongoing for various process sub-areas that include equipment installation and electrical and piping activities. Installation of the lime storage silo continues. At the crushers, electrical, piping and HVAC work continue. Work on the MSE (mechanically stabilized earth) wall nears completion. At the High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR), installation of the HPGR and electrical is ongoing. Conveyor preassembly and installation are ongoing with three out of six conveyors now installed with erection of the fourth continuing. At the Power Plant, final electrical cable pulling and termination continue and pre-commissioning activities are well advanced.
Paving is progressing rapidly on the highway realignment. Installation of signs and guardrails is nearing completion and hydroseeding continuing. For the health and safety of personnel working on the highway project, we ask everyone to please obey the posted speed limits and follow construction signage and signal persons within the construction zone limits.
At the TMF, earthworks on the dam walls with rock from the open pit is ongoing.
Mine mobile equipment components continue to arrive and be assembled.
The public are reminded to continue to obey all posted signs across the Project area for everyone’s health and safety. Construction in and around Greenstone Mine involves the use of heavy equipment such as haul trucks, zoom booms, cranes, drills, excavators, skidders, bulldozers, tri-axle haul trucks, articulated trucks and loaders. The extensive project work over the last year has significantly changed the landscape resulting in many new hazards. For health and safety reasons, do not enter any unauthorized or active work areas within the Project footprint unless authorized to do so.
The safety of our employees, contractors and the general public is paramount as we construct the Greenstone Mine.