Modern Quarrying Jan-Feb 2018

AROUND THE INDUSTRY

Mechanised mining partnership Global miner Gold Fields has signed a R6-million partnership with the School of Mining Engineering at Wits University, investing in the research and skills demanded to promote mechanised mining in South Africa. The partnership will support critical research in rock engineering, resource modelling and mining productivity – which will feed into the success of the Gold Fields’deep-level, mechanised South Deepmine, as well as other underground operations. As part of the partnership, the School’s Genmin Laboratories building was also renamed the Gold Fields Laboratories. www.wits/ac/za/miningeng

Addressing the event was Professor Cuthbert Musingwini, Head of School at Wits University’s School of Mining Engineering, who highlighted the value of collaboration between academia and the mining sector in forging South Africa’s path towards safer, mechanised and productive mining.

Cutting the ribbon at the renaming ceremony of the Gold Fields Research Laboratory were Wits University Vice-Chancellor and Principal Adam Habib (left) and Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.

Signing the partnership agreement at the event were Wits University Vice-Chancellor and Principal Adam Habib (left) and Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland.

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MODERN QUARRYING

Quarter 1 / 2018