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March 2016 MODERN MINING15
Harmony Gold strengthens its
executive management team
Harmony Gold Mining has announced the appointment of Beyers
Nel as Chief Operating Officer of the South African operations and
Phillip Tobias in the new position of Chief Operating Officer of Special
Projects and Development (which includes safety, mining projects and
company strategy) with effect from 1 March 2016.
Both Nel and Tobias have been Regional General Managers at
Harmony – responsible for certainmining operations – since 1 July 2014.
Nel holds a BEng (Mining Engineering), has an MBA and is a reg-
istered professional engineer (Pr Eng). He has 15 years’ experience in
gold mining – 13 years at Harmony – gained on a variety of opencast,
deep and ultra-deep goldmines in both supervisory andmanagement
positions. He is also currently the Vice President of the Association of
Mine Managers of South Africa.
Tobias holds a BSc (Mining Engineering), has completed the Wits
International Executive Development Programme and GIBS Advanced
Management Programme, is a registered professional engineer (Pr Eng)
and holds a Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competence. He has more
than 20 years’experience in the mining industry, acquired at a number
of gold and platinummines. He was appointed the first black President
of the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa in 2008.
“Both Beyers and Phillip have a wealth of mining experience, are
tenacious, energetic and have proven themselves as successful mining
engineers. They will join the executive team and report to me directly. I
have no doubt that we will see excellent results from them both,” said
Peter Steenkamp, Harmony’s CEO. 
MINING News
DRA to acquire Canadian
consulting company
Engineering Group DRA International (DRA) is to acquire Met-Chem
Canada Inc (Met-Chem) from UEC Technologies LLC, which is part of
United States Steel Corporation.
Met-Chem is a consulting engineering company, headquartered in
Montreal, Quebec, which provides services including resource estima-
tion, mine design and planning, and mineral processing to the metals
and minerals industry worldwide.
Established over 40 years ago, Met-Chem is well-respected with
mining clients in Europe, Africa, China, India, and North and South
America. In addition to its mining expertise, it has developed a good
track record in industrial minerals in recent years.
DRA will retain Met-Chem’s office in French-speaking Montreal,
Canada, from which it will continue to service clients in Quebec,
Eastern Canada, North andWest Africa, as well as globally.
DRA, which originated in South Africa, established an office in
Canada in 2005 and acquired Taggart Global in 2014. “DRA contin-
ues to expand its business in the Americas, and the acquisition of
Met-Chem is a logical next step for our growth in this region,” said
Wray Carvelas, Chief Executive Officer of DRA Americas. “This acquisi-
tion allows us to offer enhanced services to our existing mining and
mineral clients and we look forward to servicing new clients, in the
Americas and other regions such as French-speaking Africa, with our
expanded capabilities.”
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