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AECI would work to return AEL to profitability – incoming CEO

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South African chemicals and explosives producer AECI would, in the year ahead, focus on improving the operational performance of its explosives business AEL Mining Services, the company’s incoming CEO Mark Dytor said on Wednesday. At the...
26th February 2013
 
 
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Mining Indaba highlights increasing investment in African mining

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The favourable mining investment opportunities in Africa resulted in last year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba hosting a record-breaking number of individuals and companies from various countries, says local explosives provider BME...
25th January 2013
 
 
BLASTING

BME stresses need to stick to procedure to ensure safe blasting at raised temperatures

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The risks associated with the drilling of blast holes at elevated temperatures are far higher than that of blasting in conventional conditions, owing to the threat of spontaneous combustion and, to mitigate this threat as far as possible, greater...
7th December 2012
 
 
EXPLOSIVES & CHEMICALS

Omnia to reap benefits of electricity expansions, sees mining growth Video Available

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JSE-listed specialist chemical services group Omnia, more specifically its mining division, is set to benefit from South Africa’s power generation capacity expansion plans over the next few years,  MD Rod Humphris said on Tuesday. The combined...
27th November 2012
 
 
Explosives

Amendments to Explosives Act still pending

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Amendments to South Africa’s Explosives Act of 1956 and the 1972 Explosives Regulations, which were supposed to have been made this year, have yet to be implemented and industry is not sure when these changes will be made to the Act, which...
23rd November 2012
 
 
Explosives

Mining explosives industry lacks skills, but potential for growth exists

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The South African mining explosives industry has experienced significant growth in the last ten years, which is putting pressure on the industry’s limited local skills, says explosives supplier and manufacturer BME MD Francois Hay. The local...
23rd November 2012
 
 
MINING EXPLOSIVES

Perfect drilling, blasting key to optimising mining costs

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The blast design and what was actually happening in the field often did not correspond, explosives maker BME technical manager of blast information Cornelius Kgope said at the company's twentieth yearly conference held in Pretoria earlier this...
23rd November 2012
 
 
Explosives

Pump increases the safety of bulk emulsion use underground

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To increase safety during the application of underground bulk emulsions use, commercial explosives manufacturer AEL Mining Services Limited developed the PCU010 Portable Charging Unit (PCU) for use in narrow reef mining environments, with the...
23rd November 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
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