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Bauer constructs cut-off wall elements in geothermally active ground

Bauer constructs cut-off wall elements in geothermally active ground for the first time

 On the geothermally active Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, Bauer Engineering PNG Ltd. executed two test cut-off wall elements up to a depth of 55m below the ground surface

On the geothermally active Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, Bauer Engineering PNG Ltd. executed two test cut-off wall elements up to a depth of 55m below the ground surface

For a planned expansion of the mine, an impermeable protective wall is required around the new extraction area because of its close vicinity to the Pacific Ocean. According to the plans, a 1.8km long cut-off...

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