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Created: 23 June 2022

Date: 04 August 2022
Time: 13:30
Venue: CSIR Miningtek

The SANIRE Gauteng Branch would like to invite you to a Technical Event.
For more information contact Gauteng Branch Secretary.
Phumza Banjwa
e: phumzabanjwa@gmail.com

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Created: 14 June 2022

SANIRE Eastern Bushveld
HIGHLAND GATE GOLF AND TROUT ESTATE
INVITATION TO THE SANIRE EASTERN BUSHVELD BRANCH ANNUAL GOLF DAY

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12 August 2022
Venue: Highland Gate Golf and Trout Estate
Format: Two ball scramble drive, best score to count (IPS)
RSVP for Golf: 29 June 2022 to Benjamin.smit@norplats.co.za or Sampie.vanbuuren@trp.co.za
Four Ball Cost (including carts, halfway lunch and dinner): R5000
Dinner only: R250
Water Point Sponsor Cost: R3500 (R1500 corkage fee for own liquor otherwise bar price from club and orders need to be placed by 30 June 2022)
Advertising Stands: R5000 per 3m x 3m stand
Sponsorships to be sent to chris@mjmining.co.za

HUGE PRIZES TO BE WON!
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE!

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Created: 02 June 2022

Dear SANIRE Member,

The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, taking place at the Witbank Golf Club. Please find attached updated Agenda for the 3^rd of June 2022 at the Witbank Golf Club.
Please RSVP to: Melusi Shongwe Melusi.Shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com

03 JUNE 2022
TIME: 08h00 for 09h00
WITBANK GOLF CLUB

The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, will be held at the Witbank Golf Club, Witbank on Friday 03 June 2022.

AGENDA
03 June 2022

• 8:00 to 8:15 Registration and Reception Function commences
• 8:15 to 9:00 Coffee
• 9:00 to 9:15 Opening Address & Apologies: Nyandano Netshivhazwaulu
• 9:15 to 9:25 Financial Feedback: Alex Mkhwanazi
• 9:35 to 10:05 Key Note Presentation: “Inelastic Numerical Modelling in Coal Mining”- Kevin LeBron
• 10:05 to 10:15 Smoke Break
• 10:15 to 10:40 Presentation: “An integrated geotechnical risk management approach using cloud-based risk assessments, artificial intelligence, satellite monitoring and drone technology”-Jacques Strydom
• 10:40 to 11:00 Presentation: “REUTECH Mining Product Basket” by Thurlow Williams
• 11:00 to 11:15 Smoke Break
• 11:15 to 11:40 Presentation: “Web & barrier Pillar stress measurement during highwall mining” by Cassius Selai
• 11:40 to 12:00 General
• 12:00 to 12:05 Vote of Thanks
• Lunch
  
  For more information contact Melusi Shongwe : melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com

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Created: 31 May 2022

Dear SANIRE Member,
This year the RockBowl will be HYBRID and teams can participate virtually or face to face at EMPERORS PALACE CONFERENCE CENTRE.

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Created: 17 May 2022

03 JUNE 2022
COALFIEDS BRANCH MEETING

The SANIRE Coalfields Branch Committee would like to extend an invitation
to all its members for the Coalfields Branch Meeting, will be held at the Witbank Golf Club, Witbank on Friday 03 June 2022.

Sponsors are invited to support the event
Please contact Mbale Buthelezi: mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za & Melusi Shongwe: melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com

TIME: 08h00 for 09h00
WITBANK GOLF CLUB
RSVP Before 30 May 2022
For more information contact Melusi Shongwe
e: melusi.shongwe@sibanyestillwater.com

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Created: 25 March 2022

Date: 25 March 2022
Venue: Lydenburg Golf Club
Time: 08H30 for 09H00
R.S.V.P: No later than 18 March 2022 to Easavani.pillay@trp.co.za and Gunther.betz@norplats.co.za.

Kindly note that the venue has changed to Lydenburg Golf Club.

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Created: 14 March 2022

WATCH THE VIDEO PRESENTATION BY HORST WAGNER

Rock engineering challenges in deep mining

AVAILABLE PRESENTATIONS

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

• pdf Horst Wagner - Rock engineering challenges in deep mining (3.23 MB)
• pdf Dick Stacey - PREDICTION AND DESIGN IN ROCK ENGINEERING (5.80 MB)

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

International Practises

• pdf YIELDING PILLARS: The Potential to Manage Large, Convergence-Driven Fault-Slip Events (661 KB)
• pdf De-stress Blasting Strategy: Case Studies for Mining in Highly Stressed Sill Pillars at Vale’s Ontario Operations (3.76 MB)
• pdf The Destressability Index for the Design of Large-Scale Confined Destress Blasts Background and Practical Experience (747 KB)
• pdf Underhand Closed Bench Mining for Proactive Control of Fault-Slip Seismicity at the Lucky Friday Mine (2.59 MB)

Ultra-deep destress & ground control techniques

• pdf Numerical modelling of the crush pillars in the destress cut at Gold Fields South Deep Mine -  Francois Malan (2.26 MB)
• pdf Multi-Modal Loading of Rock Reinforcement under Controlled Conditions   (3.72 MB)
• pdf Rockburst management in deep mines  (3.92 MB)
• pdf Sublevel open stoping at depth target mine - Jaco le Roux (4.01 MB)

Raise Caving Mining Method

• pdf Seismicity problems at LKABs mines (5.48 MB)
• pdf Raise Caving – Enabling safe and efficient mining at great depths (6.15 MB)
• pdf R&D adressing key issues in raise caving (6.66 MB)
  

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7 APRIL 2022
TIME: 8h00 – 17h30
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (HYBRID)

Join LKAB and SANIRE for a day of discussions challenging the status quo!

When mining depth in underground mines increase, so do the challenges. Therefore, an entirely new mining method called “Raise Caving” has been developed. This is a major step towards safer and more efficient mines. Raise Caving addresses the rock pressure problems in an active manner, where the provision of stress shadows for bulk mining, and the management of stress and seismicity is essential.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof. Horst Wagner
Prof. Dick Stacey

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ultra-deep level destressing techniques.
• Ground control techniques
• Raise Caving mining method.
• International practices.

Click here to read more
LKAB press release ;   E&MJ Article

For more information
Mbalenhle Buthelezi
t: (+27) 11 568 20529
e: mbalenhleb@mpas.org.za
W: www.sanire.co.za
f: @SANIREofficial

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Created: 14 March 2022

Invite to SANIRE Western Bushveld Branch Quarterly Meeting 25 March 2022

Date: Friday, 25 March 2022
Location: Impala Bowling Club – opposite Impala Rugby Club
Corner of Tuin ST. and Fatima ST.)
Rustenburg
Time: 14h00 for 14h30

Please RSVP before 18 March 2022 to:
Neil Kruger: 
neil.kruger@sibanyestillwater.com
076 527 7710

Please see the attached slides for more information.

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Created: 02 March 2022

Date: 10 March 2022
Time: 17:00 for 17:30
Venue: The University of the Witwatersrand; Chamber of Mines Building – West Campus; Seminar Room 236

Please RSVP before the 08/03/2022 by e-mail to Phumza Banjwa phumzabanjwa@gmail.com the Gauteng Branch Secretary.

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Created: 01 March 2022

Dear SANIRE Member,

Western Bushveld Branch Technical Visit invites you to a Gold Fields-South Deep Technical Visit,
taking place on the 5^th April 2022.

Please RSVP before the 4^th March 2022 to Neil Kruger by WhatsApp on 0765277710.

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