New tunnel boring machine put to work in Anshan
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Jishi, a tunnel boring machine (TBM), was put into use on Sunday in China's underground iron mine construction in Anshan city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Liaoning Daily reported.
Ansteel Group, China's major steelmaker, officially began construction work on the Xi'anshan iron ore mine project in November last year. The project is scheduled to begin operations in 2027. With an iron-ore reserve of 1.3 billion tons, it will become the country's largest underground single ore-body iron ore mine. And it is the first to apply TBM to the underground iron mine construction, leading in the research and application of TBM key technologies and equipment both at home and abroad.
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