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Outsourcing increases
By: System Author 5th March 1999 Mining houses in Africa are turning to outsourcing for professional, specialised skills and this will increase dramatically in the near future to include ‘bread-and-butter’ work, such as stoping and development, reveals Cementation Mining MD Alastair Douglas. “Outsourcing is the... →
Rock-drill maker
By: Archivist 29th January 1999 Rock-drilling tool manufacturer Interoc, of Springs, has embarked on a multimillion-rand expansion drive to streamline its manufacturing processes and reduce its production lead times. Plans involve investing an average of R3-million to R4-million a year in its information technology (IT) and... →
Big enough
By: Archivist 29th January 1999 The South Deep shaft, now being sunk, has been designed with a wide 9 m diameter in order to allow the passage of large equipment, permitting trackless vehicles to be driven into the cage, lowered underground, driven into the mine and maintained in subterranean workshops – unlike at... →
South Deep slows from 6 m a day to 3,5 m a day
By: Archivist 29th January 1999 At one stage the South Deep shaft was being sunk at a rate of six metres a day. However, the development rate has slowed because it has reached the area close to the reef horizon where the shaft pillar has been mined out. Says Western Areas MD John Brownrigg: “We are approaching the... →
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