Modern Mining March 2025

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COVER 8 Fluor to construct two ventilation shafts for Amandelbult Dishaba Mine COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 10 Coal continues to endure where it is most welcome GOLD 12 Newcore Gold advances Enchi Gold project towards production decision 14 Bomboré production expansion ahead of schedule TECHNOLOGY 16 Innovators generating revenue from waste materials MODERN MINING 20 YEAR CELEBRATION 18 Celebrating 20 years in business 20 Mukona Group customises Bell Tracked Carrier 24 Early technology adopter drives safe productive mining methods ESG 27 GTMI launched to drive implementation of tailings standard 28 BME underpins mines’ green targets with decarbonisation focus ILLEGAL MINING 30 Illegal mining – is government making headway? OPENCAST MINING 32 High uptake for large Volvo excavators in southern Africa DIGITAL MINE 34 Sandvik’s SAM brings power of digital to crushing and screening operations

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REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 New partnership advancing Africa’s mineral processing agenda SAPICS appoints Thato Moloi as new president Record 2024 safety performance 5 Twiga partnership drives value creation in Tanzania’s economy 6 Additional power supply secured for Roan to re-start Hummingbird signs Mali Protocol 7 Bankan Gold project ESIA approved Giyani secures SEZ licence for its HPMSM plant

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SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 38 Railveyor announces strategic partnership with Deebar

Rapid interest in Weir modular wheeled plant concept Kangra delivers ambulance to Mpumalanga government 39 Tough chain and induction hardened sprockets for longevity 40 Jet Demolition supports mining houses meet their ESG commitments

36 COLUMN : ROSS HARVEY What is Trump’s game?

ON THE COVER Fluor to construct two ventilation shafts for Anglo American Platinum’s Amandelbult Dishaba Mine. Pg 8.

 Coal continues to endure where it is most welcome  Innovators generating revenue from waste materials  Illegal mining – is government making headway?  Enchi Gold advances towards production decision  Fluor to construct ventilation shafts for Amandelbult Dishaba Mine IN THIS ISSUE

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