Modern Mining October 2019

Anglo’s Mark Cutifani inducted into SA Mining Hall of Fame

Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive, Anglo American, globally recognised as an extraordinary leader and trailblazer in industry innovation, was inducted into the Joburg Indaba’s SA Mining Hall of Fame in Johannesburg recently. The Joburg Indaba SA Mining Hall of Fame was launched in 2016 as a way of recognising and honouring some of the legendary individuals who have signifi- cantly influenced the South African mining industry over many years. Many believe that Mark Cutifani’s greatest contribution to the global mining industry has been to restore the fortunes of Anglo American. Significant business improvements have been delivered in areas ranging from safety and environment, sustainability, operations and innovation, capital discipline and project delivery, exploration through to financial restructur- ing and the positioning of the business as a leading major mining company. Cutifani is acknowledged as a major industry innovator with a track record for the delivery of improvements across all facets of business performance and for repositioning mining to make it more rele- vant in the 21st century. He says: “Business purpose and meeting society’s needs are not incompatible; companies play an essential role in meeting the needs of soci- ety; business should be much more than simply profits.” In addition to his operations and corpo- rate experience, Cutifani has demonstrated exceptional marketing and commercial acumen in building new models for the marketing of commodities and downstream value-added products. “The sand is shifting beneath our feet and if we cannot make significant contributions to society, our businesses are unsustainable;

Mark Cutifani (centre), Chief Executive, Anglo American, is seen here with Bernard Swanepoel, Chairman, Joburg Indaba, and Paula Munsie, CEO, Resources4Africa, founder and owner of Joburg Indaba (photo: Michelle Kalp).

Mlambo-Ngcuka; Bobby Godsell; Con Fauconnier; Patrice Motsepe; Mark Bristow; Gwede Mantashe; Brian Gilbertson; Sipho Nkosi; Marius Kloppers; James Motlatsi; Ian Cockerill; May Hermanus and Barry Davison. 

we need to demonstrate why we should be here for another 100 years by clearly stating what we plan to achieve.” Cutifani joins 13 other mining personali- ties who have been inducted into the SA Mining Hall of Fame. They are: Phumzile

Further milestone achieved on Syama automation In its September quarterly report, ASX-listed Resolute Mining, whose flagship asset is the Syama gold mine in Mali, says that a key focus of the quarter was the commission- ing of the Syama automated mining system and the successful completion of site accep- tance testing.

sitioning to satellite GPS guidance upon exiting the portal and continuing to dump the ore on the run-of-mine pad. The traffic management system, both on surface and in the Syama Underground Mine, was also successfully tested. Collectively, these achievements marked a major milestone for Resolute as it commis- sions the world’s most advanced automation mining system. Gold production from Syama for the quar- ter was 103 201 ounces, comprising 33 074 ounces from the oxide circuit and 12 730 ounces from the sulphide circuit. 

During the quarter, automated loaders successfully collected ore from the bot- tom of ore passes on the 1055 level and loaded automated trucks via a split-level loading facility. Additionally, automated trucks travelled up the underground decline under laser guidance before tran-

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