The humble gabion basket is to
mine development what the light bulb
and safety pin are to eir-ryday life.
Gabions provide a flexible, easy to
assemble and cost efficient solution
for "101" mine and civil engineering
development applications.
In some instances gabion baskets
are still efficiently in use after many
years of faithful, maintenance-free
service. In other situations, the
baskets have been demolished or made
redundant within days, either having
served their temporary usefulness or
negligently destroyed by the operator
of heavy equipment. Either way, the
gabion basket must surely rate among
the top 10 cost efficient engineering
construction materials.