JOB LOSSES -CRITICAL PATH...20 Sep 2019 09:11
The Co. Will be looking at the project plan and determining the latest date each aspect can be completed, if necessary moving out the completion dates. In broad terms they need to sink the main shaft asap to get the major risk factor out of the way. I don't think they can stop the tunneling so that and the ring manufacturing need to carry on. Lockwood doesn't need to be completed until the TBM gets there, so assume that will be stopped for a period.
Finally its been suggested SM are looking for a cash handout, it's not its asking for the Govt to be a GUARANTOR! Given progress so far it would appear to be a reasonably safe bet. Time Govt put something behind the Northern Powerhouse rhetoric..GLA...