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Major Phase Of Tunnel Construction At Whitby Potash Mine

14/09/2018

A major phase of the construction of a tunnel near Whitby has begun by Sirius Minerals. The 23 mile long tunnel will convey extracted polyhalite ore ...

New Sirius Minerals images show scale of project to dig UK's second longest underground tunnel

13/09/2018

Once the shaft is complete, a tunnel boring machine will be lowered down and assembled in a cavern at the bottom. It will be sent north towards ...

Follo Line Project: big celebration for the double breakthrough in Oslo

12/09/2018

The tunnel excavation in the Nordic region's longest rail tunnel has just reached its target at Oslo city center. The 2 TBMs, named Queen Eufemia and Queen Ellisiv, achieved breakthrough ...

The tunnels that will let you DRIVE under the Suez Canal: Egypt nears completion of its $1billion ..

10/09/2018

Four new tunnels, two from Ismailia and two from Port Said will connect mainland Egypt with Sinai Peninsula; The tunnels will reduce the time it takes ...

MEA kicks off construction on Thailand's largest power transmission tunnel

10/09/2018

Mr.TepsakTitaraksa, Assistant Governor of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA), recently presided over the launch of the Chidlom outgoing ...

Watch Elon Musk's boring machine being operated by an Xbox controller

10/09/2018

Elon Musk founded The Boring Company in order to drill holes beneath the earth and build tunnels that could possibly reinvent public transport.

Ottawa tunnel project hits major milestone

05/09/2018

The milestone was reached recently when a tunnel-boring machine emerged through a cliff behind the Supreme Court of Canada on Wellington Street ...

Superlong Tunnels now and in the near future

04/09/2018

The proposed rail Gibraltar tunnel's length is 40 kilometres (25 mi), 300 metres (980 ft) deep, and its construction would take 15 years. An earlier plan ...

Sydney Metro's first TBM arrives

04/09/2018

The first of five tunnel boring machines (TBM) for Sydney's metro railway ... The 150 m, 1,100 t Herrenknecht TBM is specially designed to tunnel ...

HS2 legislation for northern phase of £56bn project to be delayed by a year

04/09/2018

Key legislation needed to ensure spades go into ground for construction of the northern link in the HS2 project is to be pushed back by a year, it has been reported.

Akkerman celebrates 45 years

31/08/2018

The educational sessions will provide factory certified hands-on equipment training for guided boring methods (GBM), microtunnel boring machines ...

VIP-Polymers Ltd. Wins 3 More Gasket Contracts for London’s Thames Tideway

31/08/2018

U.K.-based seals and gaskets manufacturer VIP-Polymers Ltd. have increased their involvement in the Thames Tideway

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