Presentations

2009

• 20 Nov 2009 — AMMSA General Meeting Flyer (PDF – 2.70MB)
  Presented by Council

 

• 5 Nov 2009 — Xstrata at a glance (PDF – 5.54MB)
  Presented by Richard Vermeulen General Manager Ferrochrome

 

• 29 Sep 2009 — Driefontein Gold Mine signifcant Industry Achievement 2.8MFFS (PDF – 6.39MB)
  Presented by Koos Barnard VP Driefontein presented by G Ashworth
• 29 Sep 2009 — Union Journey to current Industry Record 7.98MFFS (PDF – 2.56MB)
  Presented by William Taylor - General Manager Union Platinum Mine
• 29 Sep 2009 — Union Journey to current Industry Record 7.98MFFS (PDF – 2.29MB)
  Presented by William Taylor - General Manager Union Platinum Mine
• 29 Sep 2009 — DMR overview of industry performance and challenges (PDF – 272KB)
  Presented by Thabo Gazi - Chief Inspector South African Mines
• 29 Sep 2009 — Modikwa Platinum JV achieve 5 Million Fatality Free shifts (PDF – 3.30MB)
  Presented by Sean O Connor - Business Leader and Alan Peers SHEQ Manager
• 29 Sep 2009 — Hard Rock Safe Awards and launch (PDF – 414KB)
  Presented by Tom van den Berg and Derek Baker

Hard Rock Safe Awards and launch 

29 Sep 2009

• (PDF – 70KB)

 

• 3 Sep 2009 — THE IMPACT OF THE NEW EXPLOSIVES ACT (ACT 15 OF 2003) ON THE MINING INDUSTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA (PDF – 1.04MB)
  Presented by JACQUES ERASMUSSENIOR SHE MANAGER MININGLONMIN PLATINUM
• 3 Sep 2009 — IMPALA PLATINUM EXPLOSIVES ACCESSORIES STORES UNDERGROUND (PDF – 1.47MB)
  Presented by GERT VILJOEN BEST PRACTICES IMPALA PLATINUM
• 3 Sep 2009 — Management, Movement and Control of explosives (PDF – 1.47MB)
  Presented by Mr Henry Payne Explosives Manager Anglo Platinum Tumela Mine
• 3 Sep 2009 — MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY AMENDMENT ACT (PDF – 331KB)
  Presented by Mr Thabo Ngwenya Principal Inspector NW

 

• 21 Aug 2009 — AMMSA Students day and visit to South Deep (PDF – 799KB)
  Presented by Mathews Ntzimande

 

• 18 Aug 2009 — L5 (Mine Overseer) qualifications (PDF – 1.36MB)
  Presented by Keith Cornforth - KPC Consultancy
• 18 Aug 2009 — L4 (Shift Boss / Production Supervisor) (PDF – 1.47MB)
  Presented by Keith Cornforth - KPC Consultancy

 

• 1 Jun 2009 — MHSI newsletter June 2009 (PDF – 212KB)
  Presented by DME

 

• 2 Apr 2009 — The Kopanang perspective -ore, water and transport systems (PDF – 3.35MB)
  Presented by Bjom Thiel - Production Engineer

District meeting, Central District 

2 Apr 2009

• Eskom Tariffs and charges effective from 1 July 2008 - 31 March 2009 (PDF – 532KB)
• Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum - Management of electrical power. (PDF – 566KB)
  Presented by Devan Moodley - Manager Engineering BRPM

District meeting, Central District 

15 Jan 2009

• Predictability of Pothole Characteristics and their Spatial Distribution at Rustenburg Platinum Mine (Rustenburg Section) (PDF – 1.52MB)
  Presented by Gwinyai Chitiyo
• RPM Safety Overview (PDF – 709KB)
  Presented by Johan Bester and Piet Becker
• The use of Borehole Radar in detecting disruptions in platiniferous horizons in the Bushveld Complex (PDF – 950KB)
  Presented by Tebogo Matolo

District meeting, Western District 

15 Jan 2009

• Prevention of Noise Induced Hearing Loss - The Next Level (PDF – 2.34MB)
  Presented by Gerrie Pienaar
• Management of Seismic Risk on Driefontein Gold Mine (PDF – 292KB)
  Presented by George Ashworth

2008

Safety Summit 2008

28 Nov 2008

• Sentinel update (PDF – 379KB)
• Union Section JV - The Journey to 6 million FFS (PDF – 721KB)
  Presented by William Taylor
• Accident prevention strategies, expectations and lessons learned (PDF – 717KB)
  Presented by Koos Barnard, Vice President and Head of Operations, Driefontein Gold Mine
• Phakisa Safety - Zero Tolerance (PDF – 1.22MB)
  Presented by Anton van Wyk - General Manager, Harmony Phakisa
• CEO Round Table and MOSH Teams (PDF – 259KB)
  Presented by Dr Frans Barker
• Adoption of Leading Practice related to the prevention of uncontrolled falls of Ground (PDF – 611KB)
  Presented by MOSH task team
• Presentation to the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa (PDF – 63KB)
  Presented by Ted Dow

District meeting, Central District 

6 Nov 2008

• Anglo Platinum – Union Section JV - Our Safety Journey (PDF – 3.34MB)
  Presented by William Taylor

District meeting, Central District 

4 Sep 2008

• Sentinel & MEPF (PDF – 1.70MB)
  Presented by D Smith
• Aquarius Safety Summit (PDF – 240KB)
  Presented by Sandy Murray of Aquarius Platinum

General meeting 

29 Aug 2008

• AMMSA Strategy 2008 (PDF – 114KB)
  Presented by Phillip Tobias

District meeting, Central District 

5 Jun 2008

• Mining Industry Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) Best Practice Adoption System (PDF – 58KB)
  Presented by Eugene Schoeman
• Northam Platinum, Journey to 2013 Milestones (PDF – 286KB)
  Presented by Danny Gonsalves
• Health and Safety Issues at our Mines (PDF – 78KB)

General meeting 

30 May 2008

• evolution stope panel support (PDF – 1.20MB)
• Lightning Induced Lightning Induced Premature Blast Initiation (PDF – 2.36MB)
• Piloting Mining Best Practice Health & Safety Through Adoption Teams (PDF – 164KB)
  Presented by Sietse van der Woude
• Conversion from Capped Fuse & Igniter Cord to Shock Tube Assemblies (PDF – 152KB)

SACMA Coalsafe Conference 

13 Mar 2008

• environment (PDF – 704KB)
• Delivering on the future through Innovation! (PDF – 718KB)
  Presented by RSE Alberts
• Community in the future (PDF – 227KB)
  Presented by Derek Batte
• Occupational health and hygiene in the future (PDF – 1.83MB)
  Presented by Ronnie Webber-Youngman
• Message from SACMA to Coalsafe 2008 (PDF – 35KB)
• safety (PDF – 177KB)

Technical visit, Free State District 

14 Feb 2008

• Reefmaster Shock Tubes Development (PDF – 1.40MB)
  Presented by F Fourie and T Zaniewski

District meeting, Central District 

7 Feb 2008

• Safety 2013 (PDF – 136KB)
  Presented by Tom van den Berg
• Turffontein Shaft (PDF – 1.67MB)
  Presented by Benjamin Sekano
• Smooth blasting (PDF – 186KB)
  Presented by Roelof Niehaus
• critical comparison (PDF – 2.79MB)
• Zero harm (PDF – 154KB)

District meeting, Central District 

10 Jan 2008

• Impalas journey towards Zero Harm (PDF – 1.28MB)
  Presented by Marius Wenhold

2007

Council meeting

16 Nov 2007

• Prerequisite for safe & effective UG Rail bound Transport AMMSA (PDF – 3.03MB)
  Presented by Frik Fourie
• How new legislation affects explosive suppliers (PDF – 208KB)
  Presented by Andrew Basset
• Developing awareness and information materials for silicosis elimination in SA mines (PDF – 979KB)
  Presented by David Rees and Jill Murray

Safety Summit 2007 

16 Nov 2007

• safety role (PDF – 289KB)
• zero harm (PDF – 154KB)
• Impala safety leadership (PDF – 2.62MB)
• Sasol global safety (PDF – 537KB)
• Lonmin Safety initiatives (PDF – 993KB)
  Presented by Larry Dietrich

District meeting, Central District 

4 Nov 2007

• Torp (PDF – 7.28MB)
• AMMSA 2013 Safety RPM (PDF – 7.28MB)

The Presidential technical visit  

24 Oct 2007

• Zimplats Ngezi operations (PDF – 1.40MB)
• Gautrain Progress - July 2007 (PDF – 1.88MB)

District meeting, Central District 

4 Oct 2007

• AMMSA 2013 Safety – RPM Lower Mine (PDF – 1.88MB)
  Presented by Tom van den Berg

General meeting 

6 Sep 2007

• Mechanised De-Stress (PDF – 1.39MB)
• Converting - man- rockwinder (PDF – 845KB)
• update - cert - competence (PDF – 68KB)
• Kopanang’s Chairlift Marathon (PDF – 1.61MB)
• Update on Certificates of Competence (PDF – 102KB)
• Graphs of total accidents between 2002 - 2007 (PDF – 433KB)
• Risk Strategy, Murray & Roberts Cementation (PDF – 2.79MB)

General meeting 

25 Aug 2007

• Implats – The implementation of two major vertical shaft projects (PDF – 3.75MB)

4th year student technical visit 

24 Aug 2007

• AMMSA 4th Year Student Technical Visit (PDF – 259KB)
• Eastplats visit by Universities (PDF – 3.66MB)

Council meeting 

13 Jul 2007

• Tshepong – Single Step for Boxholes 55° (PDF – 2.94MB)
• Samancor – Company profile (PDF – 913KB)
• Community engagement – Lebowa Platinum Mines (PDF – 105KB)
• Safety Improvement Plan – Lebowa Platinum Mines (PDF – 104KB)

District meeting, Western District 

5 Jul 2007

• Transition from a Scattered Sequential Grid to a pillar Mine (PDF – 6.41MB)
• Great Noligwa - 2013 Milestones (Silicosis Noise feedback to DME) (PDF – 1.77MB)
• Update on Certificates of Competence (PDF – 68KB)

Central technical visit 

15 Jun 2007

• BIRA – Risk Management – Buzz word? or Something the industry should benefit from? (PDF – 227KB)
• Gold Fields South Deep Mine – Twin Shaft skip accident (PDF – 1.05MB)

District meeting, Western District 

14 Jun 2007

• Gold Fields South Deep Mine – Mechanised destress (PDF – 1.39MB)

District meeting, Central District 

7 Jun 2007

• AQPSA electic blasting system (PDF – 287KB)

District meeting, Eastern District 

7 Jun 2007

• The Palabora Foundation (PDF – 1.77MB)

District meeting, Free State District 

7 Jun 2007

• Rock strata training (PDF – 261KB)

Third Annual Employer Health and Safety Summit 

7 Jun 2007

• The Occupational Health Milestones (PDF – 215KB)
• Safety Leadership (PDF – 1.91MB)
  Presented by David Noko
• Health & Safety Leadership (PDF – 352KB)
  Presented by Vincent Maphai
• Noise and Dust focus group (PDF – 39KB)
• Where to from here? (PDF – 42KB)
  Presented by Lazuras Zim
• From sharing to adoption of technology and best practice in mine health and safety (PDF – 39KB)
• Safety performance 2006: Progress to zero harm? (PDF – 116KB)
  Presented by Sietse van der Woude and Idris Ally

General meeting 

25 May 2007

• Power demand shift and energy management (PDF – 1.10MB)
• 4 Sub-Vertical Shaft Pillar Extraction (PDF – 820KB)
• In-stope roof bolting at Elandsrand (PDF – 1.71MB)
• Falls Of Ground In The Townlands Declines (PDF – 1.36MB)

 

• 1 May 2007 — Simmer & Jack Mines - DMS Project (PDF – 263KB)

 

• 1 Apr 2007 — Human Relations - Joel Michael (PDF – 1.47MB)
• 1 Apr 2007 — HR_ Joel Mine (PDF – 1.47MB)
• 1 Apr 2007 — Zero Harm as applied at JIC (PDF – 154KB)

JCC AGM 

16 Mar 2007

• Speech by Mr M G Diliza, Chief Executive, Chamber of Mines, at the 112th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Mine Managers (PDF – 40KB)
  Presented by Mr M G Diliza

2006

• 1 Nov 2006 — Mine Employees Pension Fund & Sentinel Mining Industry Retirement Fund (PDF – 1.48MB)
• 1 Nov 2006 — Safety Summit (PDF – 761KB)

 

• 26 Oct 2006 — Anglo Base Metals/Skorpion Zinc (PDF – 393KB)

 

• 8 Mar 2006 — Northam Platinum; Iron replacement (IRUP) - Challenges to mining (PDF – 867KB)

2005

• 1 Sep 2005 — DMS Powders Symposium (PDF – 1.42MB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Change over from Board and Pillar T/Cut to Dip Pillar Mechanised Mining (PDF – 1,009KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Implementation of a high–sulphur Backfill plant – Nkomati Mine (PDF – 777KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — 10 Steps to Mineral Resource Management (PDF – 1.49MB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — AMMSA 2013 OHS targets & milestones (PDF – 116KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Rock Drilling Consumables Test at Nkomati Mine (PDF – 508KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Sinking Contractors Close Out Presentation (PDF – 2.82MB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Mechanised Safety Innovations (PDF – 795KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Localised Interface Elements for the Indigenous African Adult (PDF – 502KB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Hardrock Tunnelling Methodology – Kopanang’s 53 BW EDOM Project (PDF – 1.12MB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Ensuring ore pass stability – Case studies from Impala (PDF – 1.07MB)
• 1 Sep 2005 — Mining in Africa-A personal perspective (PDF – 1.71MB)

 

• 15 Jun 2005 — Achieving the almost impossible (PDF – 150KB)
  Presented by Professor Peter McKie CBE - Chairman N.Ireland Health and Safety Executive

 

• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 1.30MB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 1.02MB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 1.14MB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 11KB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 1.17MB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 359KB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 359KB)
• 1 Jun 2005 — Health & Safety Summit (PDF – 2.09MB)

JCC AGM 

11 Mar 2005

• Speech by Dr C J Fauconnier at the 110th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Mine Managers (PDF – 101KB)
  Presented by Dr C J Fauconnier

2004

• 1 Nov 2004 — Geita Gold Mining Limited Tanzania – Gold Exploration (PDF – 3.88MB)

 

• 1 Sep 2004 — Geita Mine – Association of Mine Managers of South Africa Visit (PDF – 1.54MB)

AGM 

12 Mar 2004

• Presidential address to the members of the Association of Mine Managers of South Africa. (PDF – 82KB)
  Presented by PW Steenkamp
• 2004: a challenging year ahead for the South African mining industry (PDF – 132KB)
  Presented by Dr CJ Fauconnier

2003

• 1 Sep 2003 — Application of new technology trains – Great Noligwa Mine (PDF – 131KB)
• 1 Sep 2003 — Methane Management at Beatrix Mine (PDF – 607KB)
• 1 Sep 2003 — Mechanised on Reef Raising at Free Gold’s – Bambanani Mine (PDF – 1.03MB)

 

• 1 Jul 2003 — VUMA – Ventilation of Underground Mine Atmospheres (PDF – 1.35MB)

 

• 1 Jan 2003 — Elandsrand Re–Engineering – The Deepening Roject (PDF – 303KB)
• 1 Jan 2003 — Orepass Lining at Elandsrand Deepening Project (PDF – 1.12MB)


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