The new contract follows several years of collaboration and the ongoing execution of the Stage 1 project, for which BHP awarded Sandvik a contract to supply four potash underground continuous mining systems in 2022.
Deliveries of the systems for Stage 2, for which construction is also underway and at the 2% completion mark, are expected to begin in 2028 and continue through 2029, when it’s scheduled to enter production.
“We are proud to continue our partnership with BHP and strengthen our collaboration further with this new order for three additional systems,” Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions president Mats Eriksson said in a news release.
Each mining system consists of a cable-powered Sandvik MF460 borer miner and a Sandvik PO140 extendable conveyor continuous haulage system. Sandvik MF460 will cut widths of 6.3 metres and heights of up to 4.36 metres per cut, with one cut and return cut up to 2 kilometres in length….
