Modern Mining December 2019

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REGULARS MINING NEWS 4

Endeavour completes plant upgrade at Ity

4 Maiden ore reserve estimate for mineral sands deposit 6 Teranga Gold to acquire Barrick’s Massawa project 8 Kenmare receives approval for purpose-built road at Moma 8 Cora announces maiden resource for Sanankoro 9 Record plant throughput at Yaramoko 10 Mako diamond drilling delivers excellent results 11 Wahgnion now in commercial production 12 Asanko Gold Ghana wins prestigious award 12 Resolute and Aggreko to partner on Syama power plant 13 Substantial upgrade in Abujar gold resource 14 SRG awarded mining permit for graphite project 14 Tests on Goulamina ore improve on PFS results 15 Deep-South Resources reports on Haib testwork PRODUCT NEWS 32 TLT-Turbo redesigns its Auxiliary and Booster fans 32 Containerised substation supplied to DRC tin mine 33 GeoSLAM Volumes calculates stockpile mass

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ARTICLES COVER 16 Orica to introduce WebGen™ to Africa’s mining industry RARE EARTHS 20 Pace picks up at Longonjo FEATURE: BULK MATERIALS HANDLING 24 Stacker installation highlights South Africa’s engineering skills 28 NEPEAN offers full turnkey service for conveyor systems 30 Automated Flexicon system packages copper concentrate

33 Lifting equipment configured to order 34 Maptek launches short term planning tool

34 Caterpillar updates AC electric drive system for shovels 35 Longer wear life at Africa’s largest copper operation 36 Special coal-handling buckets boost productivity 36 Vesconite used for hydrodynamic bearings

ON THE COVER WebGen™, the world’s first wireless blasting system, is to be rolled out in the African market by Orica. For further details see our cover story on page 16 in which we talk to Ravi Moodley, Orica’s Vice President Africa.

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