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M
ODERN MINING
CONTENTS
July 2013
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MINING NEWS
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Synclinorium shaft reaches the 700 m mark
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Near-term route to production at Manica
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Barberton plant completed within budget
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Gold price slide highlights need for partnerships
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Wits Gold the preferred bidder for Burnstone
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Lace block cave development progressing well
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African Eagle to sell assets to Blackdown
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Mansa manganese project now fully operational
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Komatsu begins delivery of trucks to Husab
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North River now focused on Namib project
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Keaton Energy reports strong production growth
ARTICLES
Cover
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Allight provides mine wide lighting coverage
Gold
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Galane Gold gets to grips with Mupane
Platinum
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No 16 Shaft officially handed over to Implats
Botswana
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Diversity on the way for Botswana mining
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Gaborone conference now into its tenth year
Green Mining
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South Africa innovates in ‘green mining’ arena
Coal
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DFS confirms Makhado as a robust coal project
PRODUCT NEWS
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Husab CCD circuit will be biggest in Africa
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Ground-breaking K series sets new standards
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Air cannons solve blockage problems at Phola
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Multotec and Longi seal partnership agreement
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RopeCon
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ropeway system spans the Nile
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IMS now marketing Steinert sorting technology
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Cummins motivator powers Jwaneng shovel
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MBE supplies washing screens to coal mine
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Latest version of VUMA3D-network released
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Switched mode power supplies from ifm
