Modern Mining February 2019

MODERN M I N I N G

CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 2019

ARTICLES

COVER 18 Flagship Volvo excavator carves out market share COPPER 22 T3 copper project nears a development decision 26 Kamoa-Kakula could grow to an 18 Mt/a operation DIAMONDS 30 De Beers Group upbeat on its future in Africa EVENTS 34 Positive mood pervades Mining Indaba 2019

Editor Arthur Tassell Advertising Manager Bennie Venter e-mail: benniev@crown.co.za Design & Layout

Darryl James Circulation Brenda Grossmann Publisher Karen Grant

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Deputy Publisher Wilhelm du Plessis Printed by: Shumani Mills Communications

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A strong Q4 tops off a good year for Endeavour

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Elikhulu boosts Pan African’s production

Trial mining in progress at Esaase

DRA and SENET enter into merger agreement

Acacia’s full year production beats guidance 10 Lucara investigates underground mine at Karowe 11 Mako puts in a strong first year performance 12 Record tonnages milled at New Luika 13 DRC cobalt producer joins the Cobalt Institute 14 Keras starts trucking ore from Nayega 14 AfriTin Mining to modify Uis Pilot Plant 15 JG Afrika helps give Leeuwpan a new lease on life 16 Mothae diamond plant comes on stream 17 Ghanaian gold project hits one million ounce mark PRODUCT NEWS 40 Revolutionary X-ray technology finds gold faster 41 Dragline boom repaired in record time 42 Epiroc anchors down on safety 43 Thermoplastic materials differentiate SAFi range 44 Chute mechanism saves costs at diamond mine 45 Grindex Bravo pumps are versatile and durable 46 Cavex® hydrocyclones improve plant efficiencies 46 Dry-type transformers delivered to tin project 47 Multotec brings value of spirals to more minerals 48 Screen specialist has cross-commodity footprint

Publisher of the Year 2018 (Trade Publications)

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Cover A Volvo EC950E excavator in action. Flagship of the Volvo crawler excava- tor range, the EC950E is available in Southern Africa from Babcock. See page 18 for further details of this machine and others in the Volvo line-up.

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Average circulation (July–September 2018) 5072

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