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Pump issues slow down work to revive South Crofty
Western Morning News
|July 31, 2025
WORK to drain a historic tin mine in Cornwall which was visited by a Cabinet minister this week, is taking longer than planned, due to pump issues.
In an announcement to the stock market last Thursday, Cornish Metals, the Canada-headquartered company looking to revive the South Crofty mine at Pool, near Redruth, said reduced pump availability and delays in the servicing of one of the pump motors was to blame.
Maintenance work has now finished, and resumed near-full capacity of 25,000m3 per day earlier this month. Cornish Metals also said the refurbishment of the New Cooks Kitchen shaft had been "held back" by the slow rate of dewatering, although increased advance rates are now back in line with plans, it added.
This story is from the July 31, 2025 edition of Western Morning News.
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