mining news
15
08.13
The Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI) at Wits
University was recently the starting point of an exciting learning
programme for mining officials from 12 African countries, to study
mining regulation, governance and management.
As part of an international collaboration with the Western Austra-
lian School of Mines (WASM) at Curtin University and AusAID’s De-
partment of Training and Workforce Development, the CSMI hosted
the 18 delegates for four days and engaged the group in seminars
on South Africa’s approach to mineral law, sustainable development
and environmental governance, health and safety, mineral tax and
community engagement.
The delegates were also treated to an underground visit to For-
zando South coal mine in Mpumalanga. For many it was their first
mine visit despite their influence on policy in the sector.
The group was en route to Australia to spend 12 weeks involved
in a formal teaching, applied teaching and experiential learning pro-
gramme at WASM’s Bentley and Kalgoorlie campuses.
Wits hosts mining officials
from African countries
African delegates with Dr Nina Hall from the Western Australian School of
Mines at the Forzando South coal mine.
Diamcor’s Krone-Endora
project gets Eskom power
Diamcor Mining Inc, listed on the TSX-V, reports that the installation
of the main power line to its Krone-Endora at Venetia project in Lim-
popo Province has now been completed. The 8,4 km main power
supply line, constructed by Eskom, is the final key infrastructure
requirement for the project and is expected to provide immediate
operational cost savings and reduced downtime when compared to
the diesel generators currently being used.
The company has also installed an additional 0,7 km power line
to support the in-field screening plant. With these power lines now
complete, the existing diesel generators at both the main plant and
the in-field screening plant will remain in place to provide the proj-
ect with the added benefit of standby power.
In addition, Diamcor reports it has recovered four additional
‘Special’ diamonds in the +10,8 carat category during the ongoing
testing and commissioning work being performed at the project.
The four additional Specials recovered are 12,82 carat, 17,75 carat,
20,48 carat, and 48,26 carat stones.
With the recovery of these latest Specials, Diamcor has now re-
covered seven individual diamonds over 10,8 carats in size during
the initial testing and commissioning exercises underway with only
limited tonnage having been processed.
The installation of a crushing circuit at the main plant is now un-
derway. Once operational, it is expected to further increase the ef-
fective processing of larger size fractions, thus providing additional
opportunity for the recovery of larger diamonds.
