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SiMINE @MandelaMiningPrecinct
Tunneling
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals mining company Northam is preparing to deploy innovative tunnel boring technology at its Eland mine as part of a R93-million shared risk-and-reward contract with Master Drilling. Eland, on the south-eastern limit of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex, has a 19.3-million-ounce rhodium-rich resource and developed surface infrastructure. Much...
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SiMine Gary
Gary Lane, MD of SiMINE@MandelaMiningPrecinct, on operations of the future and accelerating the development of an organisation’s skills and capabilities Article: JSE Magazine Q: What motivated the creation of SiMINE? A: The global mining sector has seen a significant reduction in productivity in the past decade to 2015 – 55% in Australia, 38% in SA...
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Virtual Reality
Mandela Mining Precinct partner boasts simulation capabilities, serves as ‘test-bed’ for Mining 4.0 technologies VIEW OFFICIAL ARTICLE ON MINING WEEKLY SiMINE @MandelaMiningPrecinct, located Carlow Road, Johannesburg, effectively offers two core services – experiential mining simulation and a ‘test-bed’ for Mining 4.0 principles and systems – to improve the industry, says SiMINE director Gary Lane. He...
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