Modern Mining March 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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PRODUCT NEWS 48 APE Pumps completes orders for Iranian mine 48 MSA launches emergency escape breathing device 49 Bell introduces innovative mobile plant 50 Johnson completes heavy lift for mill change-out 51 Maptek re-launches open-pit scheduler 52 Black Rock expands its simulator fleet 53 Sandvik Mining launches ‘next-generation’drill 54 New range of overbelt magnets from Multotec 55 Bravo slurry pumps deployed at Kamoto 56 Shaw Controls extends its product offering MATERIALS HANDLING 32 Another Rail-Veyor® system in SA up and running 37 Bulk bag filling station handles abrasive zircon and rutile FEATURE – SURFACE MINING CONTRACTING 38 Moolmans shows its resilience in a competitive market 42 Concor pioneers a new approach to contract mining 47 Liviero moves into drill and blast 47 Light tower selected after ‘shoot out’ 38

COVER 16 Extracting the tonnage value with Liviero GOLD 20 Ergo starts to see the benefits of its FFG circuit DIAMONDS 24 Stellar poised to emerge as a mid-tier miner 31 Liqhobong project off to a strong start

REGULARS

MINING NEWS 4

Life-sized stope panel handed over to Wits 6 Impala Rustenburg to be re-positioned 7 Caledonia provides update on Blanket 8 Exploration team receives prestigious award 9 R9,3 billion Lift II at Palabora mine approved 10 Tumela and BME partner on blasting initiative 10 New Chief Operations Officer for AngloGold Ashanti’s South African operations 12 New Liberty on target to pour first gold in May 14 Kenmare to cut workforce at its Moma mine 14 Kombat Copper explores open-pit scenario 15 Technical paper by AEL employee wins award

COVER ACat 777Doff-highway truck belong- ing to Liviero working at Keaton Energy’s Vanggatfontein coal mine in the Delmas area. Liviero’s Caterpillar fleet has been supplied and is sup- ported by Barloworld Equipment. See page 16 for further details.

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