Two New Winders for Refurbished UK Tin Mine
Qualter Hall has been awarded the contract to design, manufacture, assemble, test, install and commission 2 new winders for the South Crofty tin mine near Redruth in Cornwall, UK.
Both winders have been designed by our in-house team and are scheduled for fabrication, assembly and testing in our Barnsley workshop. Our own in-house controls specialists will develop a full electrical scheme for the winders inclusive of control and safety systems, and all associated software. Our dedicated Site Services team will oversee installation and commissioning on-site in Cornwall, with works expected to complete within 60 weeks.
Mining Winders to be Supplied by Qualter Hall
A single drum winder built on the south side of the New Cook’s Kitchen Shaft will transport people and materials underground at a maximum speed of 7.3 meters per second. Delivering capacity to transport a maximum of 8500kg per wind, it is designed to complete around 20,000 winds per annum.
A new single clutch, double drum production winder will be supplied to hoist ore using counter balanced self-tipping skips at the north side of the New Cook’s Kitchen Shaft. This larger winder works at a maximum speed of 7.9 meters per second with an envisaged service duty of 80,000 winds per annum.
About Cornish Metals and South Crofty Tin Mine
Cornish Metals is a dual-listed mineral exploration and development company (AIM and TSX-V:CUSN) that is advancing the South Crofty tin project towards production. South Crofty:
- is a historical, high-grade, underground tin mine located in Cornwall, United Kingdom and benefits from existing mine infrastructure including multiple shafts that can be used for future operations;
- is permitted to commence underground mining (valid to 2071), construct a new processing facility and for all necessary site infrastructure;
- has a 2024 Preliminary Economic Assessment that validates the Project’s potential (see news release dated April 30, 2024 and the Technical Report entitled “South Crofty PEA”)
- would be the only primary producer of tin in Europe or North America. Tin is a Critical Mineral as defined by the UK, American, and Canadian governments as it is used in almost all electronic devices and electrical infrastructure. Approximately two-thirds of the tin mined today comes from China, Myanmar and Indonesia;
- benefits from strong local community, regional and national government support with a growing team of skilled people, local to Cornwall, and could generate up to 320 direct jobs.