Manual Mine Clearance

MineTech International has an experienced mine clearance team of over 400 deminers who have been deployed worldwide to areas such as Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Somaliland, Mozambique, Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Manual mine clearance procedures involve locating, identifying and neutralising mines. Many mine clearance tasks are not straightforward and difficulties can arise throughout the entire demining process. For instance, deminers can have problems trying to find intricate landmine fuses or locating landmines with low metal content. These difficulties are overcome by providing mine clearance staff with clear guidelines and training to enable them to prevail over any obstacles they may encounter.

Confidence in the overall process for deminers, local people and organisations donating resources to the mine clearance effort is primarily based on adherence to technical and safety standards. MineTech personnel are engaged in dangerous work, often in extremely harsh and difficult circumstances. Safety and discipline are, therefore, of paramount importance.

Employing a permanent team ensures that MineTech can deploy to any location in the world within a matter of days and begin work immediately.