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On 7 July 2022 the SANIRE Free-Vaal branch meeting was held at Unicorn Bowling club in Welkom. The meeting was well attended and positive feedback was received from members after the meeting. The presentations were followed by the raffle draw, a braai and bowls. We look forward to seeing all members at the next meeting which will be announced per e-mail and the SANIRE Facebook page.
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INVITATION TO THE SANIRE EASTERN BUSHVELD BRANCH Quarterly Meeting
Location: Lydenburg Golf Club
Time: 08h00 for 08h30
RSVP: 15 July 2022 to Beniamin.smit©norplats.cola
Please indicate if and how many attendees will stay for lunch
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You are kindly invited to the 2nd SANIRE WBB Quarterly Meeting of the year that will be held on 1 July 2022 in Rustenburg.
Please download the full Powerpoint brochure...
Date: Friday, 1 July 2022
Location: Impala Bowling Club – opposite Impala Rugby Club
(Corner of Tuin ST. and Fatima ST.)
Rustenburg
Time: 14h00 for 14h30
AGENDA
Opening and Introduction
Feedback Session
Year Calendar
Presentations
JJ Joubert – African Rainbow Minerals (ARM): The Future of Platinum.
Duncan Adams AND Lerato Tsele – Minerals Council: Commitments, Initiatives, Developments and Leading Practices driven by CEOs. (not limited to Rock Engineering)
Closure and Refreshments
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Date: 7 July 2022
Location: Unicorn Bowling club – 2 Toronto Road, Welkom
Time: 11h00 for 11h30
(Persons who want to play bowls are requested to wear flat shoes)
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Date: 04 August 2022
Time: 13:30
Venue: CSIR Miningtek
The SANIRE Gauteng Branch would like to invite you to a Technical Event.
For more information contact Gauteng Branch Secretary.
Phumza Banjwa
e: phumzabanjwa@gmail.com
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SANIRE Eastern Bushveld
HIGHLAND GATE GOLF AND TROUT ESTATE
INVITATION TO THE SANIRE EASTERN BUSHVELD BRANCH ANNUAL GOLF DAY
VIEW THE GOLF COURSE LAYOUT...
12 August 2022
Venue: Highland Gate Golf and Trout Estate
Format: Two ball scramble drive, best score to count (IPS)
RSVP for Golf: 29 June 2022 to Benjamin.smit@norplats.co.za or Sampie.vanbuuren@trp.co.za
Four Ball Cost (including carts, halfway lunch and dinner): R5000
Dinner only: R250
Water Point Sponsor Cost: R3500 (R1500 corkage fee for own liquor otherwise bar price from club and orders need to be placed by 30 June 2022)
Advertising Stands: R5000 per 3m x 3m stand
Sponsorships to be sent to chris@mjmining.co.za
HUGE PRIZES TO BE WON!
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!
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Dear SANIRE Member,
The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, taking place at the Witbank Golf Club. Please find attached updated Agenda for the 3rd of June 2022 at the Witbank Golf Club.
Please RSVP to: Melusi Shongwe Melusi.Shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com
03 JUNE 2022
TIME: 08h00 for 09h00
WITBANK GOLF CLUB
The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, will be held at the Witbank Golf Club, Witbank on Friday 03 June 2022.
AGENDA
03 June 2022
- 8:00 to 8:15 Registration and Reception Function commences
- 8:15 to 9:00 Coffee
- 9:00 to 9:15 Opening Address & Apologies: Nyandano Netshivhazwaulu
- 9:15 to 9:25 Financial Feedback: Alex Mkhwanazi
- 9:35 to 10:05 Key Note Presentation: “Inelastic Numerical Modelling in Coal Mining”- Kevin LeBron
- 10:05 to 10:15 Smoke Break
- 10:15 to 10:40 Presentation: “An integrated geotechnical risk management approach using cloud-based risk assessments, artificial intelligence, satellite monitoring and drone technology”-Jacques Strydom
- 10:40 to 11:00 Presentation: “REUTECH Mining Product Basket” by Thurlow Williams
- 11:00 to 11:15 Smoke Break
- 11:15 to 11:40 Presentation: “Web & barrier Pillar stress measurement during highwall mining” by Cassius Selai
- 11:40 to 12:00 General
- 12:00 to 12:05 Vote of Thanks
- Lunch
For more information contact Melusi Shongwe : melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com
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Dear SANIRE Member,
This year the RockBowl will be HYBRID and teams can participate virtually or face to face at EMPERORS PALACE CONFERENCE CENTRE.
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03 JUNE 2022
COALFIEDS BRANCH MEETING
The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation
to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, will be held at the Witbank Golf Club, Witbank on Friday 03 June 2022.
Sponsors are invited to support the event
Please contact Mbale Buthelezi: mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za & Melusi Shongwe: melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com
TIME: 08h00 for 09h00
WITBANK GOLF CLUB
RSVP Before 30 May 2022
For more information contact Melusi Shongwe
e: melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com
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Date: 25 March 2022
Venue: Lydenburg Golf Club
Time: 08H30 for 09H00
R.S.V.P: No later than 18 March 2022 to Easavani.pillay@trp.co.za and Gunther.betz@norplats.co.za.
Kindly note that the venue has changed to Lydenburg Golf Club.
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WATCH THE VIDEO PRESENTATION BY HORST WAGNER
Rock engineering challenges in deep mining
AVAILABLE PRESENTATIONS
KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:
- pdf Horst Wagner - Rock engineering challenges in deep mining (3.23 MB)
- pdf Dick Stacey - PREDICTION AND DESIGN IN ROCK ENGINEERING (5.80 MB)
OTHER PRESENTATIONS:
International Practises
- pdf YIELDING PILLARS: The Potential to Manage Large, Convergence-Driven Fault-Slip Events (661 KB)
- pdf De-stress Blasting Strategy: Case Studies for Mining in Highly Stressed Sill Pillars at Vale’s Ontario Operations (3.76 MB)
- pdf The Destressability Index for the Design of Large-Scale Confined Destress Blasts Background and Practical Experience (747 KB)
- pdf Underhand Closed Bench Mining for Proactive Control of Fault-Slip Seismicity at the Lucky Friday Mine (2.59 MB)
Ultra-deep destress & ground control techniques
- pdf Numerical modelling of the crush pillars in the destress cut at Gold Fields South Deep Mine - Francois Malan (2.26 MB)
- pdf Multi-Modal Loading of Rock Reinforcement under Controlled Conditions (3.72 MB)
- pdf Rockburst management in deep mines (3.92 MB)
- pdf Sublevel open stoping at depth target mine - Jaco le Roux (4.01 MB)
Raise Caving Mining Method
- pdf Seismicity problems at LKABs mines (5.48 MB)
- pdf Raise Caving – Enabling safe and efficient mining at great depths (6.15 MB)
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pdf
R&D adressing key issues in raise caving
(6.66 MB)
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SAVE THE DATE
7 APRIL 2022
TIME: 8h00 – 17h30
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (HYBRID)
Join LKAB and SANIRE for a day of discussions challenging the status quo!
When mining depth in underground mines increase, so do the challenges. Therefore, an entirely new mining method called “Raise Caving” has been developed. This is a major step towards safer and more efficient mines. Raise Caving addresses the rock pressure problems in an active manner, where the provision of stress shadows for bulk mining, and the management of stress and seismicity is essential.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Horst Wagner
Prof. Dick Stacey
HIGHLIGHTS
- Ultra-deep level destressing techniques.
- Ground control techniques
- Raise Caving mining method.
- International practices.
Click here to read more
LKAB press release ; E&MJ Article
For more information
Mbalenhle Buthelezi
t: (+27) 11 568 20529
e: mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za
W: www.sanire.co.za
f: @SANIREofficial
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Invite to SANIRE Western Bushveld Branch Quarterly Meeting 25 March 2022
Date: Friday, 25 March 2022
Location: Impala Bowling Club – opposite Impala Rugby Club
Corner of Tuin ST. and Fatima ST.)
Rustenburg
Time: 14h00 for 14h30
Please RSVP before 18 March 2022 to:
Neil Kruger:
neil.kruger@sibanyestillwater.com
076 527 7710
Please see the attached slides for more information.
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Date: 10 March 2022
Time: 17:00 for 17:30
Venue: The University of the Witwatersrand; Chamber of Mines Building – West Campus; Seminar Room 236
Please RSVP before the 08/03/2022 by e-mail to Phumza Banjwa phumzabanjwa@gmail.com the Gauteng Branch Secretary.
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Dear SANIRE Member,
Western Bushveld Branch Technical Visit invites you to a Gold Fields-South Deep Technical Visit,
taking place on the 5th April 2022.
Please RSVP before the 4th March 2022 to Neil Kruger by WhatsApp on 0765277710.
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Dear SANIRE Member , the Gauteng Branch Committee cordially invites you to attend the Technical Evening.
The detailed agenda will follow.
VENUE: WITS UNIVERSITY
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NOTICE OF THE SANIRE FREEVAAL BRANCH MEETING
ON 10th MARCH 2022
Please take note of the SANIRE FreeVaal Branch Year Branch Meeting:
Date : 10th March 2022
Time : 12:30 for 13:00
Venue : Orkney Golf club (1 Scott Avenue, Orkney 2620)
AGENDA
13:00 – 14:30 Meeting:
1. General – L. Lochner
2. Finances – B. Swart
3. Presentations
Dr. J le Roux, Target Mine – “Sublevel Open Stoping in a high stress environment”
B Swart, Tshepong South – “Development of 66 67 Haulage East through the Zindaba dyke”
S Swanepoel, Carbontech – Product and company presentation
C Pieterse, Rock Support Systems (RSS mining) – Product and company presentation
15:15 – Late lunch and drinks
NB. Please RSVP for catering purposes and reply to Blackie Swart by the 28th FEBRUARY 2022 for attending the meeting.
Book Golf Carts in advance as carts are limited. Bookings at the ProShop @ Rudi – 018 473 2899.
L. Lochner
Chairman Freevaal Branch
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The outgoing Chairperson, the current sitting committee and the members of the SANIRE Coal Branch.
I would like to start by thanking you for honouring me with an opportunity to serve as Chairperson of the Coal Branch to complete the term of office 2020-2022. I owe all the heartiest appreciation to the exemplary leadership and encouragement by outgoing chairperson, branch committee and its members.
In 2020 I was elected treasury of the Coal Branch for the term of office 2020-2022 which have been particularly a challenging one. It witnessed the entire world forced into unchartered territory to adopt new ways of doing things due to the Pandemic. This resulted in minimum to no face-to-face branch meetings, technical visits and workshops, which ordinarily members of the branch would have enjoyed.
(Left) Chairperson: Nyandano Netshivhazwaulu
(Right) Vice- Chairperson: Olwethu Swakamisa
We also noted within our fraternity that some experienced senior rock engineering practitioners are either nearing retirement or retired. This necessitates the importance of urgent interventions to facilitate skills transfer from senior to young rock engineering practitioners. The Coal branch has already made great strides in promoting the interest, development and skills transfer through recommending new examiners for SCO and RMC examinations.
For the remainder of 2020-2022 term of office, the Coal Branch will continue its focus on advancing development and education in rock engineering and collaboration for information sharing between its members. None of what the Branch has achieved or endeavour to achieve can ever be possible without the support of its members and the national branch. Members and their continued involvement in the affairs of the branch is highly appreciated. It is this support which will ensure SANIRE Coal Branch’s success. I therefore humbly call upon all members of the SANIRE Coal Branch to support all programs of the branch.
“Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world”
Howard Zinn
I thank you.
Nyandano Netshivhazwaulu
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The ACG looks forward to hosting the Geomechanics Data for Underground Mines Course, 1.30 – 6pm (Perth time), 16 – 18 March 2022, both online and in person. This timing is applicable to the African and European time zones.
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We have increased the advertising opportunities for companies who would like to market their products and services in the SANIRE Newsletter.
Contact us today to secure a space in the next issue of Rock Talk.
Prices for different sizes of advertisements:
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Type of advert |
Height |
Width |
Rate (Ex. VAT) |
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Full page |
297mm |
210mm |
R 8000.00 |
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Front page tower |
165mm |
55mm |
R 4000.00 |
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Half page |
267mm |
90mm |
R 2800.00 |
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Third page horizontal |
90mm |
190mm |
R 2800.00 |
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square |
60mm |
60mm |
R 1000.00 |
To book your space, please send us an email at info@sanire.co.za
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We are looking for the next Rock Star. Nominations are now open.
We are searching for the next Rock Star who is going above and beyond.
Please send us your nomination of who you would like to see interviewed in the next issue of Rock Talk.
The deadline for nominations is: 27 June 2022
Please see the following documents
- Call for papers -Open invitation for articles
- Rock Star – Nominations
- Advertisement – Availability Newsletter
Please forward a neatly formatted word document to info@sanire.co.za / mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za by the 27 June 2022.
We look forward to receiving your contributions and nomination for the next Rock Talk Issue
Please include the following in your nomination:
- Name and Surname of nominee
- Mining operation of nominee
- Designation of nominee
- Nominee contact details
- A short motivation as to why you have nominated the person
For further enquiries or to submit your nominee, please send an email to: info@sanire.co.za
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