Seminars

Listed below are presentations from the seminar

2010

Date : 20 April 2010

• Safety Seminar / Workshop
  • IDoEW
  • The Current Status of Mines and Works Engineers GCC
  • Safety Aspects of Changing 7 metre Diameter Sheave Wheel
  • Preparing for an OHSAS 18001:2007 Audit
  • 2 Shaft BMR Incident
  • Safety Violations
  • RM & Quality Processes in the refurbishing of Mine Equipment
  • Qaphelangozi: Changing Safety Habits at Kusasalethu
  • Medium Voltage Switchgear - The Pitfalls of Technology
  • Making Safety Part of Your Armouring

Date : 26 February 2010

• Conversion of Eimco 26B Phneumatic Loader to Electro-Hydraulic Control

2009

Date : 23 July 2009

• AMRE Safety Seminar
  • Safety in the downturn
• TWP Projects - Enterprise Risk Management
  • Safety within the context of ERM
• Department of Minerals and Energy
  • Safety and the Regulator's AA Coutinho
• Kloof Main Shaft Repair Intervention
  • Presented by Danie Smith
• EIMCO 26H Hydraulic Conversion Kloof Division
  • Presented by Jan du Toit
  • Loader animation - AVI file - 45.20 MB

2008

• Joint AMRE/SACEA Rope Workshop 12 August 2008
  • A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO SAFETY IN MINING - THE ROLE OF SIMULATION .pdf
  • R&D Feedback Detachment Hooks .pdf
  • Rope Failure.pdf
  • Rope Technology Past, Pres & Future Aug 2008.pdf
  • STATISTICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL IMPACT OPENING OF MINE SHAFT DETACHING HOOKS 14-DStrydom.pdf
  • Winder Regulations - ENGINEERS RESPONSIBILITY-WINDERS - DME.pdf

• Safety Seminar 24 July 2008 Presentations
  • Cyanide Safety In Metallurical Plants
  • Engineers Responsibility - Winders DME
  • Kopanang MineCage LevelokSafety Enhancements by Deon Wilken
  • Mining Industry Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)Best Practice Adoption System by Eugene Schoeman
  • Pillar Steelwork – Ground Movement YaRona Shaft (4#) by Wayne Allen
  • Rope Inspector:Increased Safety, Increased Production by Kevin Talbot
  • Searching for an Answer – The Mechanisation of the Opening up Process by Robert Goosen
  • Tertiary Shaft Accident Masakhane by Gert Venter
  • Under wind & Over wind Protection System With Enhanced Self Suffiency by Prof NDL Burger, AJ von Wielligh, PR de Wet, RW Ottermann

• Shaft Safety Seminar 2008 Presentations
  • Power Outage Simulation by Gerrie Pienaar
• Joel North Shaft (Technical Note) - Stage Removal and Guide Rope Installation by I Fourithis
• Beatrix Gold Mine G-Block Decline Cleaning Concept by Frans Heyneke
• The Elandsrand Shaft Compressed Air Pipe Failure Incident by Andrew Bevan
• Design Considerations for Improving Safety in Mines by Andrew Bannerman
• Doornkop Main Shaft Stage Rope Removal by Jeff Pollard
• Signalling, Interlocking and Indication Devices for Sinking Shafts by Danie Bezuidenhout
• Major Hazard Management Plans, Tarp's and Training by Garth Hay

2007

• Seminar: Making Our People Work Safer - 26 July 2007
  • Ice Plant: Lower temperatures improve environmental conditions and thus safety - Jacques van Rensburg, Gold Fields – Kloof Mine
  • Site Tipper Modifications Following a Fatality - Tjaart Prinsloo, Gold Fields – Kloof Mine
  • Electrical Safe Working Practises - At Greyling, Anglogold Ashanti
  • Mosha Safety Campaign of Harmony - Henry Collins, Harmony
  • Group Mining Safety at Anglo Platinum - Brian O’Connor, Anglo Platinum
  • Improved Safety Through System Automation - Marius Kleingeld, HVAC
  • Future Monitoring of Boilers - Mbuso Dalisu Mkhize, Anglo Platinum – Rustenburg Section
  • The Safety Achievements of the South Uranium Plant - Dave Berry, Anglogold Ashanti
  • People Vehicle Detection - Roy Murley, Xstrata
  • Systems Engineering & Safety Sesign for Operational Wffectiveness - Johann Holm, North West University
  • Safety Milestones : 5 million FFS : Eastern Platinum Mine - Peter Frank, Lonmin Platinum
    

• Shaft Safety Seminar 8 March 2007
  • Structural Inspection and Maintenance Management for Shafts and Conveyances" by Geoff Krige, Anglo Technical Division
  • Condition of Brattice Walls at the South African Mines of Anglogold Ashanti" by Hamish Riddet, Anglogold Ashanti
  • "Shaft Bunton Replacement" by Frank de Wet, Anglogold Ashanti
  • Pipe Bogey Foul Shaft Steelwork during Slinging Operation" by Werner Grobbelaar, Anglogold Ashanti
  • South Deep Twin Shaft Disaster” by Clive Moses, South Deep
  • Slack Rope Incident At Beatrix 3 Shaft” by Clinton Richardson, Beatrix Mine
  • Replacement of the Cracked Rowland Man Winder Drum Shaft over the Christmas Break” by Willie Stemmet, Lonmin Platinum
  • “Impala Platinum No.16 Shaft Project: Accident to Winding Plant” By Mathew Watt, RSV
  • “Mudrush in Headgear Incident” by Henry Collins, Harmony
  • Hoist Rope Inspection Automation: A Research Project to Automate Visual Rope Inspection by Andrew Young of Seer Technologies
  • Shaft Compartment Inspection: Proposed Research Project to Automate Shaft Inspection Andrew Young of Seer Technologies

2006

• Safety Seminar Track bound Equipment - 27 July 2006
  • Risk Management in Underground Rail Transport in Gold Mining
  • SANS 10339-Comparison of Existing vs Proposed Standards
  • Big Mamma - two years on - the success story of Kopanang's 200 ton ore transport rail
  • Track Warrant System-GPS Tracking of Locos
  • Front Driven Train - Closure Report
  • Loco Safety
  • Gold in Haulages - Productively Improvement
  • The Lonmin/Sandvik Drill Loco
  • Lonmin/Sandvik ABH 1600 Box Hole Boring Machine
  • Horizontal Transport System Integration
  • Modern Men & Material Handling System
  • Overview of Recent and Pending Development in regulating Rail Underground: Current Trends in Accidents and Future Prospects
• CPD Presentation - 14 Feb 2006

2005

• Presentations from Seminar - Aug/Sept 2005
  • Basic pump operation - SULZER
  • Compressor Management by A Whibley
  • Mine Water Disinfection 2
  • Mine Water Disinfection 3
  • Filtration
  • Mining Methods by FJ Castelyn - 15 September 2005
  • Seismicity and Objectives of Monitoring by Ricardo Ferreira - August 2004
  • Clarification & Filtration Training (Three downloads)
    • Clarification & Filtration Training a
    • Clarification & Filtration Training b
    • Clarification & Filtration Training c

• Presentations from Safety Seminar - 28 July 2005
  • Opening Address - Fred Wilmans, Director Mine Equipment - DME
  • “A Test Gone Wrong”Loco Accident: Pierre Ferreira - Anglogold Ashanti
  • Track Maintenance Loco: Grant von Horsten, Goldfields
  • Waste Tip Loco Accident: Jonas Nxangani, Anglogold Ashanti
  • Risk to Operator and Pedestrians using LHD Canopies in Low Mining Heights: Paul van der Wat - M & R Cementation
  • Safety Devices on Underground Trackless Machinery: Rustum Norman, De Beers
  • Solcor Protection Fatality: Manfred Hildebrandt - Goldfields
  • Accident at Mini-Sub: Yul Desai - Anglogold Ashanti
  • Waste Box Fatal: Hans de Beer - Goldfields
  • The KEPS System: Mick Puzone and Albert Jordaan, Anglogold Ashanti
  • Engineering Process Audits Incorporated into OSHAS 18001- Marchant de Kooker - Anglogold Ashanti
  • Shaft Pillar Extraction: Leonard Louw, Goldfields
  • Shaft Pillar Media Clips
    • Sliding Guide Test
    • Sliding Guide Animation
    • Complete

2004

• Stored Energy Seminar Presentations - 2004
  • Centrifugal Pump Explosions - "Rise of the machines" by Brian P. O'Connor