Modern Quarrying April May 2015

AT THE QUARRY FACE WITH MIDMAR

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of 80 years, has significantly exceeded the 26% BEE ownership requirements. The local com- munity is also one of the key beneficiaries in this structure, and they have been faced with a number of challenges through this process of community consultation. “We believe that involving the community will create mutual benefit, provided that it is structured correctly and that the trustees have a holistic view. DMR assisted us to resolve a situation where cer- tain members of the community were acting for

established Midmar Concrete Products, a block yard to include a lintel and kerb production line.” On MQ ’s visit some four years back, the forma- tion of Canton Quarry, near Taylors Halt, was on the cards, and Fourie was waiting for the mining right approval. The mining licence was issued shortly afterwards but as everyone in the industry knows, it takes a long time before implementation and the first sale to take place, which incidentally for Midmar was two days before MQ ’s recent visit. Canton Quarry, which has a reserve in excess

Midmar Crushers has been the enabling factor in allowing the directors to expand and grow the company into what is now the Midmar Group. Initially when the lintel beds were put down, the idea was to produce brick lintels. However, the bed size has been increased as demand in the area is for concrete blocks.

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