Modern Quarrying October-November 2017

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late 1980s the mine was approached to manufacture aggregate for the local construction industry. One of the first projects that it supplied to was the new Defense Headquarters on Pretorius Street in Pretoria. In 1998 it became a private company through a management buy-out. In 2007 the mine was integrated into Infrasors. The company was initially listed on the AltX of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on July 31, 2007 after it was formed on April 19, 2007. With effect from March 1, 2007, Infrasors acquired Lyttelton Dolomite (Pty) Ltd, Delf Sand (Pty) Ltd and K&F Bricks. On February 1, 2010, Infrasors moved onto the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange housed under the ‘General Mining’ sector. On March 1, 2013 the JSE Ltd-listed entity Afrimat Ltd obtained a majority shareholding in the Company. The mine, being situated in a built-up area, has always had a working relation- ship with the surrounding community. Currently communication and under- standing of its business is conducted through a liaison forum which meets reg- ularly to discuss the mine’s progress. Sandvik Crushing and Screening Catching up with Sandvik Crushing and Screening’s business line manager Glenn Schoeman at the Jet Park premises once again was a real pleasure. We had an interesting discussion about the positive changes in this well-known and respected company. He says it has been a challenge to bring the customer focus back into the crushing and screening business. “In the old Sandvik Rock Processing era, we were one company and it didn’t matter whether the business was in mining or in quarrying. It worked well and we were ascending our market position. Our sub- sequent separation created some con- fusion in the marketplace and we had to work hard to mitigate that confusion. Mining wasn’t a problem because in the bigger mining regions it was business as usual but that split affected our custom- ers to a certain degree. “From a quarrying perspective it gave

Sandvik’s ASRi system allows the mine to set the CSS easily and to ensure that it remains constant.

metallurgical grade dolomite to the iron and steel industry. The metallurgical grade dolomite had specific properties that allowed it to be used as a flux agent in the making of iron and steel. Ownershipwas passed onto Samancor Limited who ran the mine for most of its early life. During this time the manufac- ture of powders was introduced. In the

The installation of the CS440 secondary stage crusher has resulted in knock-on upgrades to the plant.

As can be seen on the far right of the photograph, the mine is very close to surrounding communities.

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MODERN QUARRYING October - November 2017