Modern Mining November 2022

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ARTICLES COVER 6 Astec Industries Telestack increases its growth and support in the region COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 8 Coal: A price performance review COAL 10 Much maligned, coal proves its resilience 12 Minergy eyes increased production from Masama Mine 14 DoppiaTrac DR400 ideal for buoyant coal market 16 Clean Coal Technologies – quo vadis? NUCLEAR 20 Power play: Bannerman weighs its options GRAPHITE 24 Tirupati Graphite eyes the big league

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GOLD 28 Putting a world-class mine around the world-class Sukari orebody CONSULTING ENGINEERS 30 CESA calls for greater mining sector collaboration REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 Kamoa Copper produces record 97 820 t copper in concentrate in Q3 WPIC appoints Edward Sterck as Director of Research Anglo American partners with EDF Renewables to form Envusa Energy 5 Western Cape SEZ signs MOU with Sasol Orion secures R250-million for early works at Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine Al Cook set to be De Beers new CEO COLUMN 37 South Africa requires urgent reform to kickstart mining SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 40 BME raises safety bar with high current detonator testing WEG’s withdrawal boards boost uptime at Ghana gold plant Weba’s order book grows as mining industry revives

ON THE COVER Telestack, a division of Astec Industries, reports that demand for its product range has defied the norm to track exponential growth of between 10 and 15% per annum. See story on page 6.

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