Mining Magazine July 2019 | Page 118

MYANMAR METALS LIMITED
Myanmar Metals ’ s Bawdwin Minesite Office

2007

Year founded

4,000 Approximate number of employees

118

“ OUR PLAN IS TO BRING THE LATEST AUSTRALIAN APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARE , SAFETY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS ”

— John Lamb , Chairman and CEO , Myanmar Metals technology will need to be introduced to bring the project up to date . “ One thing that ’ s different about Bawdwin is that we ’ ll be mining a modern open cut mine , which means we ’ ll utilise modern mining practices as we mine our way down through a historical underground . We ’ ll be employing technologies , such as ground-penetrating radar that looks into the ground to find old voids . Advances such as modern trucks and excavators , modern drilling and blasting technology , and the latest geologi-
JULY 2019