Caption Release On 31 July 2015, Marcin Wertz, a Partner and Principal Mining Engineer at SRK Consulting (SA) delivered a keynote address at the Career Development Day for the Minerals Industry at the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) Young Professionals Council (YPC). Having graduated as a Mining Engineer in 1984 at the …
Media Release Always on the look-out for new opportunities and cutting-edge technology, SRK Consulting principal civil engineer and senior partner Matt Braune has built the company’s Pretoria office from scratch to a staff of 24 in just over a decade and a half. “I travel extensively to Europe, Australia and the United States to find …
Caption News Announcement At the SAIMM AGM held in August, Professor Cuthbert Musingwini, the head of the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering, was elected President-Elect by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM). Ends. About the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering The School is the …
Media Release This week, the Wits School of Mining Engineering hosted the official unveiling of the Danie Krige Display Cabinet in one of its state-of-the- art lecture rooms in the Chamber of Mines Building on the Wits campus. The collection includes bound volumes of all his research papers, as well as certificates and awards that …
Media Release SA-based blasting leader BME is supplying advanced detonators and expertise to Rock Busters PTE LTD, a Blasting Specialist sub-contractor to Samsung C&T. for the construction of Land Transport Authority (Singapore) Caldecott Station, T213 Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL T213) to blast with the least possible vibration impact – protecting nearby tunnels, skyscrapers and other …
Media Release BME Namibia is building its local skills, technical capacity and supply chain to consolidate and grow its position in Namibia’s mining sector, according to Albie Visser, BME’s general manager for South Africa and Namibia. While there was a slow-down in the Namibian mining industry in 2014, exciting new projects such as B2Gold’s Otjikoto …
Media release Rock that reacts with emulsion explosives can cause real headaches for blasting personnel, but BME’s double-edged solution allows customers to quickly identify reactive ground and apply the appropriate product. “Among the range of cold emulsions we have developed over the past 30 years is a product suitable for use in reactive ground – …
Johannesburg: The Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI) will once again be offering a range of insightful short courses from August – November 2015. Aimed at adding value to mining companies, government regulators and non-governmental organisations, the high-impact, practical nature of the courses also assists develop participants’ careers. Kicking off in August the …