Modern Mining March 2025

18 and 19 level providing fresh cooled air to the lower working levels. As with the development of the upcast shaft, the SQL will load the raise bore chips and transport them for blending and then out of the mine. The project will be headed by the Fluor South Africa office as an Integrated Project Team model with the client. “Fluor’s multi-disciplinary engineering teams have the experience and capability to manage and perform the engineering, design, procurement, logistics, construction management, and commissioning of all underground material handling and infrastructure systems,” says Klopper. Project completion is scheduled for June 2026. Important Dates: • The contract for the feasibility study was awarded in December 2021 and concluded in December 2022 with a board approval to proceed to execution. • Fluor was awarded the EPCM contract on 6 February 2023. • Project completion is earmarked for June 2026. n

Corporate Social Responsibility Fluor has been involved in several programmes, including: • Fluor sponsorship of 30 Anglo American Platinum athletes at the Tumela Marathon in the Marakele National Park in 2023. • For Mandela Day in 2022, the company sponsored stationery for a nearby school at Amandelbult.

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