Modern Mining November 2015

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Cover
Main shaft headgear at Wesizwe’s
Bakubung platinum mine. Worley­
Parsons is the EPCM contractor
on the project. See page 18 for an
article on Advisian, the new advi­
sory and consulting services arm of
WorleyParsons.
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MINING NEWS
4 Platinummine to deliver first concentrate in January 2016
5 Weatherly to investigate increasing Tschudi’s capacity
6 Masimong Group to acquire majority stake in Liviero
7 New Liberty back on track after crusher outage
8 Pilot plant for rare earth project operational
10 True Gold on track for gold production at Karma
11 Potential for diamond-bearing alluvial deposits at Lerala
12 Mustang reports“robust”diamond recoveries at Save River
13 ‘Preferred Contractors’appointed for Ethiopian
gold project
14 Kumba’s production increases quarter on quarter
15 Black Rock Mining acquires Bagamoyo graphite project
16 Tongon gold mine passes major milestone
PRODUCT NEWS
52 Latest generation Cat backhoe loader released
53 Osborn secures order to supply Kibali gold mine
54 SEW-EURODRIVE enhances its service offering
55 Joest Kwatani expands to Botswana
56 Lock-out systems minimise risk
57 Komatsu and RentWorks launch KomRent
58 Aury Africa introduces mini vibrating screens
59 Machine launches feature at Powerscreen open day
60 Faster, safer tyre change-outs with Cat wheel rims
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