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New Concept Mining
New Concept Mining (Pty) Limited was founded in 1989 by Paul McKelvey, a Mechanical Engineer with a degree from Wits University and an MSc. from the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology. During his many years of experience in the mining industry, Paul identified many opportunities for improvement, which spurred him to start his own business to meet the mines’ unique needs.
Early success came with the introduction of a range of mono-rope equipment that effectively eliminated finger amputations that were commonplace at the time. New Concept Mining became the market leader in the field and supplied all the major Gold and Platinum mines throughout Southern Africa.
From the outset the company’s aim was to provide innovative, quality products to improve safety and productivity in the narrow reef mining industry. During its existence NCM has won Cullinan, Design Institute of South Africa (DISA) and South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) design awards and filed well over 100 patents.
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Groundwork Consulting
Groundwork Consulting provides a wide range of rock engineering services and geotechnical instrumentation to the South African mining industry. The company specialises in applying quantitative tools and techniques to deliver practical and sustainable solutions. The following rock engineering services and products are offered:
Consulting in all aspects of mine rock engineering
Mine geotechnical investigations
Mine support testing and auditing
Numerical modelling
3D stress measurements
Geotechnical instrumentation sales, installations and monitoring
Design, supply and installation of real-time monitoring systems
Sales of RockWatch early warning systems
Sales of ITASCA numerical codes
Groundwork Consulting is the largest rock engineering services and consulting company in South Africa. It was founded by Phil Piper in 1998 and it now has a compliment of 25 people with Dr Francois Malan and Trevor Clements as fellow directors. Groundwork products and services have been supplied to all the major gold, platinum, chrome and coal mining companies in South Africa and the company has a growing base of clients outside the country.
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Middindi Consulting
Middindi Consulting (Pty) Ltd was established in 2003 by the complete merging of MIDD Consulting (Pty) Ltd and IndiRoc Consulting CC. The company operates under the directorships of Trevor Rangasamy and Johan Hanekom.
The core business of the company is the provision of Rock Engineering, Geotechnical and Geological services to the mining and minerals industry
The company specialises in the use of quantitative investigations of rock behaviour and support performance supplemented by experience, computer modelling and underground investigations.
Middindi provides practical and sustainable solutions to rock engineering problems.
Our sustainable services are based on the knowledge and workable understanding of technical mining services. Our offices in Johannesburg and Pretoria ensure quick response times to clients in the Carletonville and Rustenburg areas.
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