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Mechanised Mining in South African Gold and Platinum Mines
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Talking points
Vision and strategy
Tactics
Implementation
History
JCI
Anglovaal
Lonmin
Zimplats
Gold Mines today
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Vision and strategy
• Safety
• Productivity
• Rock Drill Operators
• Cost curve
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Tactics• Orebody dependent• Observe best practice • Re-design infrastructure• Re-design organisation • Involve everybody• Pick the right team!
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Implementation
• Resolve
• Whole team on board
• Adaptable to change
• Right incentives
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JCI
• Western Areas
• Randfontein estates
• HJ Joel
• South Deep
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JCI
• Mandate from the top
• Adapted to existing Infrastructure
• No organizational restructure
• Picked the wrong team!
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AnglovaalAvmin
• Vision Gerry Robbertze
• Observed best practice
• Redesigned infrastructure
• Re-designed organisation
• Changed the mind set
• Applied the right incentives
• Resolve!
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Lonmin
• Brad Mills had the vision
• Re designed infrastructure
• Observed best practice
• Spent money on research
• No Alignment
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Zimplats
• Re-design infrastructure
• Stuck to < 9 degrees
• Whole team on-board
• Seen the failure at Hartley/BHP
• Resolve
• Right team
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Deep Level Gold Mines in South Africa
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Gold Mines today
• Increasing depth• Increased temperature • Reduced extraction • Long travelling times• Compliance creep• High rate of absenteeism• Increase in power costs• No investment
• Out of design!!
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Gold Mines Today
• Productivity down wages up
• Downhill since 1999
• Zero investment
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So what now?
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So what now??
Realisation by all stakeholders;
Shared responsibility