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Mad About Marble

Kim Kemp

Rossmin ’ s 100-year future

Umzimkhulu Industrial Holdings , trading as Rossmin , is an opencast mining operation , mining a high-quality limestone deposit near Port Shepstone , known as the Marble Delta . Rossmin was established in 2010 to mine calcitic and dolomitic limestone , and the mine opened in March last year .

Oresome Products

The future of blasting is wireless

Digital technology has given blasters and blast designers accuracy on an unprecedented scale . Drill tools have evolved in step , thereby giving quarries the opportunity to conduct safer , efficient and more profitable mining .

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