Modern Quarrying April May 2015

April - May 2015

MODERN QUARRYING

AT THE QUARRY FACE

WITH MIDMAR

Midmar Crushers has achieved Showplace status once again in Aspasa’s ISHE

and About Face audits.

The feminine touch is clearly seen from the entrance to Midmar Quarry and

around the admin building.

step. The bottom line is that I work for an amazing company. To have

directors such as we have, with their vision for the group as a whole,

is exactly where I want to be. Since the day that I started here I knew

that I would be here for a very long time.”

As part of its growth, Midmar Crushers has also gone through

some testing times. It has had to negotiate strikes as well a deal with

a community that, at times, has taken Midmar Crushers to task on

various issues. Last year, the quarry was accused of damaging houses

through its blasting activities. Authorities conducted several investiga-

tions. However, Midmar remained true to its values and was able to,

despite damaging media coverage, show that it was not responsible.

The disputes have been resolved and Midmar continues showing the

community its integrity through participation. This includes, amongst

others, the building and equipping of a crèche, and training and build-

ing additions to a local school

“I am very excited about going forward,” Fourie tells

. “Yes, it’s

been tough, but our dream team is coming together. All I need to do

now is to make sure that the company is living by its values and its

vision, and as long as it is doing that, I am happy. I am unwavering

on this as what we have is the ability to affect people. Right now we

have about 100 employees within the Midmar Group, which we affect

directly. They, in turn, affect their families, which is about five more

people per person.

“The integrity of our business is very important to me,” he says,

“but we will always strive to be more efficient in all our operations and

more responsible in our conduct.”