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April - May 2016 MODERN QUARRYING 9
Beltcon 19 call for papers
The International Materials Handling Conference (IMHC) invites authors
and speakers to submit a synopsis on topics relating to belt conveying for
presentation at the 19 th Beltcon Conference in August 2017, to be held
over two days in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Beltcon Conference is regarded as a leading international forum
for presentation of the latest technology, design, research and relevant
case studies in conveying.
This conference has been held every two years over the last 38 years
and has earned a well-deserved reputation as the reference point for
information sharing, discussion of new developments in the industry,
and the latest in design, research and case studies presented by world
renowned academics and leaders in the field of belt conveying.
Papers are in two parts: Technical papers are issued in hard copy to
each delegate as Conference Proceedings. These are later published as
Past Papers. Each speaker presents the content of the technical paper in
a PowerPoint presentation at the conference.
• Only papers that meet stringent quality standards are accepted.
• Ideally, papers should contain new and unpublished material.
• No advertising or commercial publicity to be included.
The conference is conducted in English. Please submit a brief synopsis by
April 30, 2016, or shortly thereafter to Chris Townsend, IMHC Organising
Committee on email: .
AROUND THE INDUSTRY
Sephaku management changes
Sephaku Holdings Limited reports that two of the three
founding directors of Métier Mixed Concrete (Pty) Limited,
namely Wayne Witherspoon, operations and Richard
Thompson, finance, will not be renewing their employment
contracts that end on March 31; changes that have been
well anticipated.
The third co-founder and current MD Kenneth Capes
has been appointed CEO of Métier. Furthermore, Capes will
increase his area of responsibility to assist the company
with its growth strategy. To ensure continual operational
success, Métier has appointed Jurgens du Toit as MD.
Jurgens du Toit holds a civil
engineering qualification and
has some 24 years’ experience
in the mining and building
materials industries, having
held senior management
positions in several aggregates
and readymix businesses in SA,
Botswana and Lesotho.