The Civil Engineering Contractor April 2019 | Page 16

ON SITE
Nokeng mine’s
elegant infra
SepFluor’s Nokeng Fluorspar Mine boasts a massive
dedicated civil infrastructure, writes Eamonn Ryan.
T
he Nokeng Fluorspar Mine,
close to Rust de Winter
in Gauteng, is now almost
complete. The R1.7-billion project,
which includes the development of
two opencast mines, a processing
plant, and a concentrator, is 93%
completed. Civil Engineering Contractor
visited the site, just before completion,
to get a glimpse of construction work
at the mine, processing facility, and its
on-site training centre.
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The opening of the Dr Lelau Mohuba
Training Centre in August 2018
was attended by the South African
Minister of Mineral Resources, Gwede
Mantashe, who lauded SepFluor
Limited’s efforts in creating jobs and
empowering the youth by providing
practical artisanal training. In his
keynote address, Mantashe said that
Nokeng is a significant project, being
the first new mine to be developed in
Gauteng in the past 12 years.
According to Rob Wagner, CEO
of SepFluor, construction of the
Nokeng Fluorspar Mine is on time
and within budget, adding that first
production is expected to be in the
first quarter of 2019.
There are not many other
operating fluorspar mines in South
Africa, with Nokeng’s neighbour,
Vergenoeg Mining Company, being
the most significant. Nokeng’s largest
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