Environment
- Have the environmental benefits of the SORDMiner been recognised by any agencies?
- What are SORDMiner’s emissions compared to others?
- What are the SORDMiner safety benefits?
Have the environmental benefits of the SORDMiner been recognised by any agencies?
Yes - Australia's greatly respected CSIRO has coined the SORDMiner as, "the first clean, green, environmentally friendly mining machine".
The company also won the RIU (Resource Information Unit) ‘Breaking New Ground Technology Award in 2004'
What are SORDMiner’s emissions compared to others?
As the SORDMiner does not need to crush the ore, it enriches the ore at source and negates the need to remove overburden. Considerable energy is saved over traditional blast, transport and crush mining methods. The SORDMiner will be substantially more efficient than traditional open cut mining methods.
What are the SORDMiner safety benefits?
The SORDMiner negates the need to put people underground, and therefore does not expose miners to traditional mining risks.