An industry survey was carried out by Safescape in 2009 to establish the market for Laddertube. The results of the survey showed that Laddertube has the potential of creating value in almost every mine surveyed. While the product itself is cheaper, its installation is significantly more cost effective and the added benefit of decreasing the size of rises mined and reducing the ground support required leads to further savings. Laddertube has the potential of saving the Australian resources industry in the order of $5,000,000 a year if every mine in Australia takes it up. This saving is not limited to Australian companies. Safescape has provided competitive quotes to mines in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia.