MinSouth (MinSouth)

The Woodsmith Project in North Yorkshire is a landmark Anglo American mining development featuring a 37-kilometre tunnel to transport Polyhalite from Whitby to Teesside via conveyor.

In 2023, the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) set a world record with a 25.8-kilometre single drive; now surpassing 29 kilometres.

This presentation will provide an overview of the TBM cutterhead maintenance using timber heading techniques, showcasing STRABAG’s engineering innovations, ongoing progress on 1,600-metre shafts at the mine site and how challenges have been addressed since the 2021 BTS presentation.

It will also detail the innovative construction of two 380-metre shafts, through faulted geology and groundwater pressures, using the UK’s first blind boring method at Lockwood Beck and Lady Cross.

For more information and to register to attend in person or virtually, go to www.eventbrite.com/e/1224758689209?aff=oddtdtcreator

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