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Dear SANIRE Member
It is again that time of year where you are required to nominate that someone in your district doing more than what was asked, going further than was planned, given more than was required. That one member who really stands out.
We are looking for nominations in both the Practitioner and Rockstar of the year categories. Below you would find a description of these awards as was published in our latest newsletter.
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Dear Members
Please follow the links to the latest quarterly newsletter.
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- PDF version: pdf SANIRE Newsletter Volume 4 Issue 2 (3.65 MB) (3.8MB)
This is your newsletter and I would like to hear from you. If you have any information or stories that we can use, please submit them via email to alida.hartzenberg@lonmin.com
Your feedback will be highly appreciated.
Alida Hartzenberg
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During the recent EUROCK 2018, held in St Petersburg, Russia, some of the South African delegates visited a basement rock pub for some evening wine and dine. It was while sitting there, looking at the artist and band names painted on the walls and ceiling that I thought of the South African bank slogan: “What’s your next?” Some of those bands will never be known by the current generation, let alone the next. And the question still stands; “What were their next?” This stayed in mind and the long haul back to South Africa made me realise that we are sometimes so caught up in the long-term goal that we forget what the next step is. Do not get me wrong, we need the goal, the finish line, the end, and the des-tination. However, getting there might need some adjustments, from time to time. I am led to believe that, even as a plane has a final destination planned, it is off-course about 95% of the time and needs adjustments to get there.
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Recent developments
William Joughin attended the TuniRock 2018 (Advances in Rock Mechanics) ISRM specialised conference, together with Dr Luis Lamas (Secretary of the ISRM) and Dr Eda Freitas de Qaudros (ISRM President), in Hammamet, Tuni-sia from March 29 to 31, 2018. The conference was organised by the Tunisian Society for Rock Mechanics and chaired by their president, Prof. Essaieb Hamdi. It was a successful conference, attended by delegates from Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, South Africa, Brazil, Portugal, Italy and France. The Tunisian national group has been a member of the ISRM since December 2012 and is largely focussed on numerical modelling in the civil industry. Tunisia is a beautiful country with a long history. Tours to the El Jem amphitheatre and Carthage roman archaeological sites were arranged.
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Full Name: Thovhedzo Gcuda
Position: Chief Rock Engineer
Company / Organisations: Wesizwe Bakubung Mine
Date and Place of Birth: 23 April
Education:
- 2004: Matric, Todani Secondary School
- 2005-2008: BSc Engineering in Mining, University of the Witwatersrand
- 2009: Strata Control Certificate - Chamber of Mines
- 2010: Blasting Certificate - Department of Mineral Resources (DMR)
- 2013: Computer skills and Numerical Modeling Software, Advanced Micro-station, Map3D, IMS Van-tage, Phase 2, Map2D, J-block, Dips, Riskeval, Advanced Microsoft Office Excel and Microsoft Project.
- 2014: Assessor Certificate - Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)
- 2014: Moderator Certificate - Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA)
- 2015: Social Network Marketing - Success Resource South Africa
- 2017: COM Rock Mechanics Certificate (for Metalliferous Mines) - Chamber of Mines
First Job: Rock Engineer Graduate
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By G.C. More O’Ferrall
Introduction
I find the title of this article rather apt, as mining in Africa has had, and will still have, many challenges – political, logistical, technical (skills and technology), communal, environmental, etc. Each of these could very easily form sep-arate, lengthy articles/publications; however, this article very vaguely hints on a few of these. From a personal per-spective, me being an African, I commenced my career on Vaal Reefs Gold Mine (in Orkney), then moved to Lonmin Platinum (Marikana) before going into the mining consulting industry with SRK (Johannesburg), TetraTech Wardrop, AMEC and AMC in Vancouver (Canada). I have now worked for First Quantum Minerals Limited’s Zam-bian operations in the North-West province of Zambia for the past 15 months (although still residing in Vancou-ver). Hence the title, (Still) Enduring the Challenge of Mining in Africa.
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Full Name: Michael Rory Conal Kevane
Position: Rock Engineering Manager
Company / Organisations: Lonmin
Date and Place of Birth: 20 April 1958, Harare, Zimbabwe
Education: NDT (Mining)(Wits); CoMAREC; GDE (Min. Eng.); B.Comm (Bus. Man.)
First Job: Learner Official (Mining)
Personal Best Achievement/s: Provincial Swimming Colours; Rescue Brigade (Proto) 10 yrs.
Philosophy of Life: Love, Integrity, Friendship, Enthusiasm
Favourite Food/Drink: Seafood, Red Wine
Favourite Sport: Gym
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Dear members,
To ensure that we have an appropriate process in place which addresses the needs of all our members, SANIRE has launched the new on-line electronic practical examination registration portal via our website. This will cater for both the registration of the Rock Engineering and Strata Control practical exams. The intent of the system is to ensure that SANIRE can administer the registration process to make sure that any potential irregularities are ruled out in future. All of the practicals will be co-ordinated at central ven-ues to cater for all of the candidate’s needs.
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Dear SANIRE Members,
It is with great sadness that we wish to inform our members of the passing of Oskar Steffen who passed away last week. Most of us will remember him for the huge contribution he brought and his commitment towards a better industry. Our condolences goes out to his family and friends during this time of grieve.
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Dear ISRM Members and Rock Mechanics Colleagues,
For the 22nd ISRM Online Lecture the ISRM invited Professor Håkan Stille, from Sweden. The title of the lecture is “Rock grouting-theories in practical application”. It will be broadcast on Thursday, 28th June, at 10 AM GMT and will remain availab le in a dedicated webpage.
Professor Håkan Stille has a distingusihed carrier both in the academia and in consulting. He is Professor Emeritus of Soil and Rock Mechanics in the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where he taught from 1986 to 2010. Previous from joining the academia he worked as a consulting geotechnical engineer at Hagconsult AB, from 1969 to 1984 and then as head of the soil and rock mechanical group and later Vice-president of Skanska Technique. From 2010 to the present he has been member of dispute boards or witness expert in major claims and an independent consultant in geotechnical engineering, responsible for the geotechnical design or member of the board of experts for infrastructure projects in nineteen countries in all continents.
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