Rockfall 1x7 galvanized steel strand, 8mm to 14mm, for anchoring slope nets, barriers and mesh systems where the anchor is buried and never inspected again. Slope stabilisation anchors are the worst case for maintenance. They are installed once, grouted or pinned into rock and soil, and then covered with mesh, vegetation and time. Nobody will ever inspect the steel again, and nobody will ever re-coat it. The coating on the day of installation is the coating for the life of