Industry intelligence
Earthmoving and maintenance courses
Professor Fred Cawood, director
of the Wits Mining Institute.
Wits University’s Centre for Mechanised
Mining Systems (CMMS) — part of
the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) —
will be presenting three-day courses
in mechanised earthmoving and in
maintenance management in
November.
The courses will take place
from 21 to 23 November
2018 at the Wits University in
Johannesburg. One of the courses
— Mechanised Earthmoving in
Mining Equipment, Technology
and Management — will be
presented by visiting lecturer
Professor Zvi Borowitsh of
the Wits School of Mining
Engineering and the Israel
Institute of Technology.
Professor Borowitsh is a
specialist in mine excavation,
loading and haulage
optimisation, with extensive
experience in large-scale
earthmoving projects and in
academia.
Later in the month, from 28
to 30 November, Professor Borowitsh will
present Maintenance Management in
Mining – From Strategic Management
to Field Practice, in conjunction with
Edgar Bradley, an experienced lecturer
in reliability and maintenance, and a
well-known maintenance management
consultant. Guest presenters will include
leading specialists from equipment
producers, mining companies, and
consulting firms.
The course has been accredited for
two CPD points with the Engineering
Council of South Africa (ECSA) and
comprises a mixture of lectures and case
studies from university and industry-
based lecturers. The content ranges
from strategic management of mining
equipment maintenance to optimisation
of component life and real-time
monitoring of machine health.
Professor Fred Cawood, director of
the WMI, said that “We are delighted
to introduce our first two courses in
mechanised mining under the WMI
umbrella. These courses are aimed at
engineers and technicians and will be
followed up by a best practice workshop
on South African mechanised mining
lessons and more courses on digital,
mechanised, and sustainable mining
in 2019.”
Bauba financing agreement concluded
[6] MINING MIRROR OCTOBER 2018
Bauba Platinum’s Moeijelijk Mine located in Burgersfort,
Limpopo.
JSE-listed Bauba Platinum has
concluded a financing and offtake
agreement for run of mine (ROM)
chrome ore, which includes a USD5-
million prepayment earmarked for
future growth.
The agreement with US-based
Gerald and South African-based
Pelagic Resources includes a
reduction factor on ROM chrome
ore tonnage obligations, once Bauba
starts producing chrome concentrate
from Moeijelijk’s new wash plant.
The agreement entails selling
240 000 tonnes of chrome ore at an
anticipated 20 000tpm from Bauba’s
Moeijelijk Mine located in Limpopo’s
Burgersfort, South Africa.
“The prepayment will help to fund
Bauba’s growth enhancement projects
at Moeijelijk and new acquisitions,”
says Bauba CEO, Nick van der
Hoven.