The Vaal Reef package comprises an association of vertically stacked facies that display distinct lateral variations from the Kopanang Mine in the west to the eastern boundary of the Great Noligwa Mine.

This paper describes the implementation of Demand Side Management (DSM) strategies at AngloGold's Kopanang Mine, for a period of three months during 2001. Since the unit price of electricity was ...

ABSTRACT: A sequence of interventions was conducted at Kopanang Mine with the aim of optimizing the blasting process and thereby achieving enhanced workplace safety, improved explosive efficiency, reduced blasting cost and reduced emission of noxious gasses. The programme began with conversion from capped fuse-igniter cord initiated …

In layman's terms, the DMR had acted wrongly in shutting the entire mine when transgressions of the act had only occurred on level 44 which employed 2% of Kopanang's entire 4218 employees. Kopanang is situated in Orkney in South Africa's North West province.

With the theme of - Underground Ore Handling System', Kopanang Mine completed an extensive project on a specific system with technologies for the handling of ore from a dedicated drawpoint to the shaft system. The intended rail haulage tramming system had to be capable of handling the shaft design and Life of Mine (LOM) requirements._x000D_ …

This model minimises the total operating cost of the water reticulation system by a trade-off between the cost involved in providing effective pump control and the savings achieved under a specified electricity tariff. A case study of a typical deep mining operation shows that a reduction of 65% during peak demand and 2% overall electricity ...

Locally Kopanang primarily mines the Vaal Reef at depths between 1,300m and 2,600m, with some mining occurring in the Crystalkop Reef which is situated around 250m above the Vaal Reef. A single shaft that is 2,334m deep provides access to the workings. Gold is the main mineral extracted with uranium-oxide as a by product.

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti may save its loss-making Kopanang, a gold mine west of Johannesburg, from closure after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an undisclosed party that had lodged one of several unsolicited expressions of interest with the South African gold producer.

As at December 2017, the Vaal River mining operations were: • Kopanang, which is bound to the south by the Jersey Fault, has a single shaft system to a depth of 2,334m. It exploits the Vaal Reef ... Free State and has a single shaft system mining to a depth of 3,100m. Given the geological complexity of the Vaal Reef, the mine's principal ...

Many mining companies, and many of the engineering companies that provide designs for mines, operate globally so ISO 19426 was developed in response to a desire for a unified global approach to the safe and robust design of structures for mine shafts. The characteristics of ore bodies, such as their depth and shape, vary in different areas so ...

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Development and implementation of the self-directed work team concept at Kopanang Mine. Author: FJ Fourie (General Manager, Kopanang Mine) Role of Finance in the New Millennium. Author: J Van Der Westhuizen (Manager: Finance & Info Anglo Platinum Rustenburg Section) South Deep Care Project – Technical Overview, March 2003. …

Village Main Reef Limited signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Kopanang Mine from AngloGold Ashanti Limited on September 15, 2017. The purchase consideration will be settled by a payment...

The distortion of the MT on a local scale was observed by inverting records of a simulated rockburst conducted at the Kopanang gold mine in South Africa.

This restructuring process included the Kopanang mine ceasing operations and transitioning to care and maintenance. ... opinions and assumptions to labour unions and the Department of Mineral ...

-- · August 2021 - Current<br>Senior Geologist Kopanang Mine (VMR) | ORKNEY <br> Maintain and validate geological information in both stoping and development sections of the production department. Assisting in ensuring optimal reef extraction.<br> The successful design and execution of ORD pneumatic, hydraulic, …

In the latest case, the instructions of the inspectorate applied to level 44 of section 12 of AngloGold Ashanti's Kopanang mine, which employs 2% of the 4 000-plus employees at the mine.

The mine workers in the North West, who submitted a memorandum to the Departments of Mineral Resources and Energy and Employment & Labour now want the government to revoke mining licences of the Village Main Reef (VMR) mining company.

Moab Khotsong is a deep-level mine near the towns of Orkney and Klerksdorp, some 180km south-west of Johannesburg. The mine, which began producing in 2003, was acquired from AngloGold …

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An unprotected strike at AngloGold Ashanti's Kopanang operations prevented the night shift from taking place on September 20, 2012.

Kopanang mine, South Africa. ... Brief Description: Two gold-bearing reef horizons are accessed using a twin-shaft system that descends to a maximum depth of 2 334 m, ...

Following this announcement, AngloGold Ashanti received a number of unsolicited approaches from interested parties seeking to acquire the Kopanang Mine, the West Gold Plant and related infrastructure (the "Sale Assets"). The Sale Assets exclude the Kopanang gold plant and the Kopanang rock dump which will be retained by …

Kopanang Shaft 9, a company controlled by a black-owned consortium, is reportedly preparing a bid of more than 330 million rand. The consortium, led by local mining engineer Lebo Ramorule and Kopanang mine manager Stephen Manyathela, is planning to bid as a management takeover, with Ramorule as the only …

Domingos Julius Macucule a mine worker from Kopanang Mine in Vierfontein in the Free State has been convicted and sentenced for contravening Sections 22 (B) 22 (F) Read with Sections 91 (1) (A) (B) And …

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Kroondal consists of five operational shallow, mechanised shafts and an open-pit mine in the western limb of the BIC. The UG2 Reef is accessed from surface using decline systems and underground mining takes place at depths of between 250m and 550m below surface.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed with a selected party which could result in a sale agreement involving the disposal of the 36-year-old, lossmaking Kopanang gold mine. AngloGold ...