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Kombat suspended as dewatering pumps fail

Trigon suspends operations at Namibia copper mine for up to nine months after dewatering pumps fail

James Stent
Kombat Mine in Namibia

Kombat Mine in Namibia | Credits: Trigon Metals

Trigon Metals Inc has suspended operations at Kombat Mine in Nambia for "six to nine months" and retrenched "the majority of its onsite employees" after both of its main submersible dewatering pumps failed,...

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