Modern Quarrying October-November 2016

LAST BLAST

AfriSam cares

The Skateistan Skate School is open to registered students from August this year, and offers weekly programmes to over 300 students in 2016, and more than 400 by the end of 2017. www.afrisam.com www.za.skateistan.org

Leading concrete materials company AfriSam has sponsored con- crete to the value of R100 000 for the construction of a skate park in central Johannesburg. The skate park forms part of a unique Skate School built by the award-winning non-profit organisation Skateistan, which provides programmes combining skateboard- ing and education to empower youth. The objective of the Skateistan Skate School is to provide at-risk youth, between the ages of five and 17 from low-income families with a safe place to learn and play. The Skate School offers students the opportunity to play and learn as part of the Skate and Create programme, or to access homework help and career advice as part of the Back-to-School programme. Exceptional youth will have the chance to join the Youth Leadership pro- gramme to help organise events and assist with sessions.

The objective of the Skateistan Skate School is to provide at- risk youth, between the ages of five and 17 from low-income families with a safe place to learn and play.

AfriSam has sponsored concrete to the value of R100 000 for the construction of a skate park in central Johannesburg.

Blast technology in focus Modern technologies to boost operational efficiency – help- ing mines to survive the extended commodity slump and position them from stronger growth – come under the spot- light at BME’s 24 th annual Drilling and Blasting Conference at the CSIR in Pretoria on 3 November. Among the exciting line-up of expert papers is news of ground-breaking progress in applying emulsion explosive to the underground mining environment – including a portable charging unit, a pump controller information system, and a vertical feed system direct from surface. This is a conference not to be missed. www.bme.co.za

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Alco-Safe...............................................................................7 AfrimatManagementServices...............................15 Aspasa .................................................................................31 Belaz Africa .......................................................................35 Bell Equipment Company ..........................................2 BeowolfMining ..............................................................24

CrownPublications ....................................................IBC Doosan................................................................................10 ELBEquipment ...............................................................18 ELB Equipment .........................................................OBC FLSmidth............................................................................27 MMDMineralSizing.....................................................32

Metso/PilotCrushtec..................................................16 TerexTrucks.......................................................................36 Weir Minerals Africa ................................................OFC Wirtgen South Africa ................................................IFC

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