HRB technology, advantages drilled out at SANCOT talk

JSE-listed raiseboring and drilling services provider Master Drilling featured its horizontal raiseboring (HRB) technology and its advantages for mechanised mining at the latest South African National Committee on Tunnelling (SANCOT) breakfast, held in Woodmead last month. Master Drilling mechanical engineer Willem Roothman, who presented the technology for mining and civil engineering applications, highlighted that there was a “big appetite” in the industry for mechanised mining, which formed the backdrop for the HRB technology.