Modern Quarrying July-August 2016

LAST BLAST

MQ celebrates its 10 th anniversary The MQ team celebrated its 10 th year of exhibiting at the Institute of Quarrying’s annual conference and exhibition in April, starting off so many years ago at the Birchwood Conference Centre, moving to Durban’s Elangeni (a favourite venue that is still spoken of fondly) , then the Gateway in Umhlanga, and finally once again to the fairest Cape. Incidentally as a mining

and advertisers for their loyal and contin- ued support over this decade; without which, the magazine would not have developed into what it is today. Over the last 10 years, MQ has made many contacts and friends, and is moving into the next decade doing what it does best. www.modernquarryingmagazine.co.za

journalist, the editor has attended IQSA conferences for over two decades. The past ten years haven’t been easy, for both the quarrying and the publishing industries. The quarrying sector has expe- rienced extreme highs and desperate lows with very few inbetweens – it really is a cyclical industry. Having said that, MQ thanks its readers

MQ lucky business card draw winner: Atish Singh fromWeir.

Modern Quarrying’s Bennie Venter and Dale Kelly.

MQ second business card draw winner: Wickus Mienie.

Kleeman model lucky draw winner: Lafarge’s Andrew Wheater.

IQSA diary 27 July: Annual Golf Day, Randpark Golf Club 15-16 September: September Symposium, Krystal Beach Hotel, Gordon’s Bay www.iqsa.co.za

Aspasa regionals

Eastern Cape: 15 September Gauteng: 22 September

KZN: 6 October Western Cape: 28 October

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AEL Mining Services....................................................................8 Afrimat Management Services......................................OFC Alco-Safe.........................................................................6 ASPASA...........................................................................5 B&E International.....................................................................IFC Babcock (Terex)...........................................................................34 Barloworld Equipment...........................................................19 Barloworld Power - Industrial..............................................12

Bell Equipment............................................................................18 Beowolf Mining..........................................................................33 Doosan.........................................................................IBC Doosan International/Montabert..................................38 ELB Equipment..............................................................................2 ELB Equipment............................................................................20 FLSmidth......................................................................37 FranklinElectric............................................................................32

Kemach JCB...................................................................................25 LiuGong Machinery SA......................................................OBC Metso South Africa ...................................................................26 MMD Mineral Sizing.................................................................21 Mynbou Rigs Afrika t/a Belaz Africa................................36 Specialised Exhibitions Montgomery...........................27 Weir Minerals Africa ................................................................24 Wirtgen South Africa...............................................................39

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MODERN QUARRYING July - August 2016