Modern Mining October 2015

MINING News

Omnia appoints newManaging Director of BME JSE-listed Omnia Holdings has appointed Joseph Keenan as the new MD of its mining explosives division, BME, as from 1 September 2015. BME is one of the leading sup- pliers of explosives and services to the African mining, quarrying and construction industries and has operations in 14 countries across the African continent. brings over 20 years of global experience in the explosives industry to our Group. He has held executive and non-executive positions in North and South America, Africa and Australia. He has a successful track record in the explosives sector of managing high performance teams, being involved in start-up projects, developments, listings, stra- tegic alliances, investments and global equity holdings.” Keenan’s most recent roles have been at Columbine Group in the USA, Pacific Hydro in Australia and, prior to that, Orica in Chile. He has chaired the ANU Centre for Latin American Studies in Australia and Peru Nitrates in Latin America, as well as serving on the boards of PHC Energy Advisory Board, and two explosives JVs in Venezuela and Panama. He has a BSc Geology from Laurentian University in Canada, an MBA from Edinburgh Business School in the UK, and has completed post graduate programmes at Insead Singapore and Harvard USA Business Schools.  Positive report on Dugbe hydropower options UK-based, AIM-listed Hummingbird Resources, which is developing gold projects in West Africa, has announced a positive preliminary report from Knight Piesold Consulting (KP) for the proposed hydro- electric power (HEP) plant in south-east Liberia, which would be located approximately 10 km from its 4,2 Moz Dugbe gold project. Dugbe is forecast to have an average power demand of 16 MW. This significant development follows the signature of a Collaboration Agreement for the funding and development of the HEP signed in April 2015 with IFC InfraVentures, the IFC Global Infrastructure Project Development Fund, and Aldwych International, a leading energy company active in Africa. The report demonstrates a range of hydropower options that would be highly beneficial in the development of a sustainable and low-cost source of power for the Dugbe project, as well as the south- east Liberian region. It assessed four run-of-river hydropower options ranging from 15 MW to 30 MW with varying intakes. The Dugbe project is located within the Birimian Basin, the world’s second largest gold producing region, characterised by exceptionally large, homogenous grade deposits.  Says Rod Humphris, CEO of the Omnia Group:“Keenan is an accom- plished international executive who

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