Modern Mining May 2022

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ARTICLES COVER 8 Vodacom builds the future of mining through digitisation COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 10 Gold remains resilient amid heightened global uncertainty GOLD 12 Pan African Resources eyes the big league 18 Resolute consolidates and targets future growth GRAPHITE 22 Lindi Jumbo graphite aims for year-end production CRUSHING, SCREENING & MILLING 26 Investment in FLSmidth’s Delmas facility underpins local success 30 Lowering TCO through correct screen media selection 32 Unleashing the power of Enduron HPGR in hard rock applications 34 Why transfer chutes shouldn’t be an afterthought in plant designs 36 Kwatani expertise delivers bespoke solutions

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REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 African Governments maintain infrastructure spending despite rising debt 5 Minerals Council welcomes exploration strategy and exploration implementation plan

5 TotalEnergies looks to explore in South-Western coast 6 SA among the least attractive mining jurisdictions 6 Kinross sells Chirano mine in Ghana 6 Resolute’s COO Terry Holohan to be appointed CEO

7 Record Q1 production at Blanket Mine 7 Completion of sale of Arcadia project SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 38 MEMSA hosts inaugural Innovation Awards 39 Epiroc wins large order for battery-electric mining equipment 39 ELB adopts telematics across its range 40 Increased up-take of the Sandvik DD422i development drill in Africa 40 RopeCon Booysendal North enters into operation

ON THE COVER Vodacom targets mining for integrated IoT, Edge, and analytics solutions as evidenced in its flagging of a ‘next-generation’ private network offering. See story on page 8.

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