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6 AFRICAN NEWS
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10 BUSINESS: Electra Mining draws large crowds
16 BUSINESS: Backslapping between miners and Mantashe
30 ENVIRONMENT: From quarry's silica sand to bulletproof glass
34 ENVIRONMENT: Fatigue, ergonomics and work
39 MARKETS
40 INSIGHT
22 TECHNOLOGY 27 FACE TO FACE 36 ENVIRONMENT
Recycling competes with quarries Inspired by Ghandi Open cast mining leaves a large
environmental impact. This underlines
the importance for them to mitigate risk
by conducting comprehensive EIA’s and
implementing sustainable solutions for
the full lifecycle of the mine. This includes
recycling of aggregates and concrete. The Department of Mineral Resources
was recently surprised to learn that all
AfriSam’s quarry managers in KwaZulu-
Natal are black. – Avendra (Avi) Bhoora,
currently executive, Construction
Materials at AfriSam SA, can take full
credit for this. A day in the life of an
environmental auditor
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It is now a requirement for many quarries
to have an independent environmental
audit at the site. This generally
involves an environmental consultant
undertaking an audit, with the report
then sent to the DMR. Cluett Consulting,
which performs close to 100 audits a year
on behalf of Aspasa, unpacks what they
look for on site.
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