Modern Mining January 2015

MODERN M I N I N G

CONTENTS

ARTICLES

Editor Arthur Tassell

Advertising Manager Bennie Venter e-mail: benniev@crown.co.za

Design & Layout Darryl James

Circulation Karen Pearson

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Publisher Karen Grant

Printed by: Shumani Printers

The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the editor or the publisher.

Published monthly by: Crown Publications cc P O Box 140, Bedfordview, 2008 Tel: (011) 622-4770 Fax: (011) 615-6108 e-mail: mining@crown.co.za

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MINING NEWS 6 New Namibian mine pours its first gold 7 Tschudi enters the final straight 8 Murray & Roberts companies have 22 shafts underway 8 Shanta Gold appoints Chief Operating Officer 9 Savannah defines maiden resource at Jangamo 12 Lucapa kicks off at Lulo diamond concession 13 Amara lifts Yaoure indicated resources by 63 % 15 Sishen contract showcases Raubex’s turnkey skills 15 Redis Construction awarded Asanko contract 16 Nachu graphite project heads for development 17 A-Cap reports good progress on uranium project 20 Process plant ordered for tungsten project COVER 22 BME resilient in the face of mining industry downturn EVENTS 27 Top speakers lined up for Mining Indaba 2015 PLATINUM 32 Bakubung shaft-sinking runs ahead of schedule 43 WBJV Project 1 platinum mine now 70 % complete REGULARS

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PRODUCT NEWS 70 FLSmidth helps boost recoveries at New Luika 72 MBE Minerals invests in pilot plant 73 Joest launches 4,3 m wide screen for coal market 74 New generation Cat D10T 2 drives down cost per tonne 74 Moolmans chooses Sandvik Mining rigs for Nkomati contract 75 Growing need in African mining industry for heavy-lift skills 76 Multotec offers holistic approach to managing wear 76 New MD takes the helm at JVT Vibrating Equipment 78 Booyco at the forefront of PDS technology FEATURE – SOUTHERN AFRICA’S TOP MINING PROJECTS 47 Introduction 48 Karowe – off to a brilliant start but the best is yet to come 56 Million-carat-a-year mine on course for 2016 start-up 62 Kalahari Copperbelt to get new underground mine

COVER A blast by leading explosives supplier and blasting specialist BME. See page 22 for an interview with Francois Hay, Managing Director of BME.

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