Modern Quarrying Q2 2019

CONTENTS Having operated a downtime-ridden plant beleaguered by excessive breakdowns, extreme maintenance glitches and low throughput setbacks, the quest to increase production efficiencies and reduce operating costs saw CNCCrushers purchase a full process-focused solution fromWeir Minerals.

QUARTER 2 – 2019

ON THE COVER

CRUSHING

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ACHIEVING SCREENING EFFICIENCY PAGE 26

THE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF WORKINGWOMEN INMEN’S CLOTHING PAGE 36

AROUND THE INDUSTRY 04 Aspasa protects surface miners’ rights 05 Q4 2018 ACI shows reality of sector challenges 06 Calling for new beginnings SUPPLY CHAIN 37 Blasting solutions that take operations into digital age 38 FLSmidth opens high-tech facility to manufacture 38 screen media 39 Savings for Weir Minerals’ customers in Africa

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REDEFINING SERVICE WITH UPTIME INMIND Equipment health is a very important parameter in overall productivity and, consequently, the bottom line of every quarry. It is for this reason that a discussion on the future of service should be of interest to the industry.

LEADING THEWAY TOWARDS ZERO HARM At a time when the South African mining sector is battling high numbers of fatalities at operations, members of surface mining industry association, Aspasa, have reported no fatalities across their operations for the third year running.

CIRCULATION Karen Smith PUBLISHER Karen Grant

EDITOR Munesu Shoko quarrying@crown.co.za ADVERTISING Bennie Venter benniev@crown.co.za DESIGN Ano Shumba

DEPUTY PUBLISHER Wilhelm du Plessis

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