COUNCIL 2006
President
D Sichamba - Xstrata Coal
1st Vice-President
S W J van Wyk - Sasol Coal
2nd Vice-President
C M Norden - Sasol Mining
Immediate Past President
L D Botha - Sasol Coal
Regional Chairmen
Gauteng/Mpumalanga/ Free State
Region
J P Pearson -
Anglo Coal Project Services
Kwazulu Natal Region
Vacant - J Nkosi (Until
June 2006)
Elected
Members
M Acutt - Goedehoop Colliery (Co-opted)
Z A Botha - Sasol Mining
J J du Plessis - Anglo Operations Limited
T J Ferguson - Ingwe
Collieries Limited
G Q Gething - Landau Colliery (Co-opted)
L E Kilian -
Matla Coal (Co-Opted July 2006)
A J Kotze - Xstrata Coal (Co-opted)
H A Lamprecht - Anglo Coal Project Services
M J Lourens - Sasol Mining
P E Mojalefa - Greenside Colliery
J Nkosi - Sasol Mining
R M Power - Middelburg Mine Services
H Zwart - Anglo Operations Limited
Secretary
Mr S J Orchardson - Mines Professional
Associations’ Secretariat
VISION STATEMENT
The vision statement is
To be a professional, dynamic, value-adding and influential
body in our Industry
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2006
Presented to members of
the Association on the occasion of the Twenty Eighth Annual
General Meeting held at Gracelands, Secunda, on Thursday
22 February 2007 at 11:00.
STRATEGIC PROCESS
Your Council has continued
to focus on the Association becoming an effective role
player in the Coal Mining Industry. This process would
be ongoing as the Council wished to ensure that the Association
was effectively marketed and participated in the preparation
of new legislation and Codes of Practice as well as safety
targets and milestones set by the Mining Industry.
A strategic planning session
was held in February 2006 to set out this course for the
Association's interaction with its various stakeholders
during 2006 and 2007.
The following focus areas
were identified and progressed through the year:
· legitimacy
of SACEA and the certified engineers;
· Membership
value;
· Safety
performance on mines;
· Technical
professionalism;
· Funding
A presentation was given
to members on the strategic direction being undertaken
by the Council at Regional Meetings.
As part of the process the
Council issues a Newsletter after each Council meeting
giving members some insight into Council affairs and updating
members on the Association activities.
FINANCE
The financial statements appended
to this report show that revenue for the year amounted
to R513 097, made up of subscriptions received during the
year from Full and Student members, interest received from
investments, and the successful safety workshop and golf
day. Expenditure amounted to R415 761. Accumulated funds
at the beginning of the year totaled R201 517 and with
the transfer of the current year's net surplus of R97 336,
an amount of R298 852 will be carried forward to 2007.
As part of the Association's
objectives a successful golf day was held in October 2006
and the funds generated are included in the current net
surplus for 2006. The event also promoted fellowship amongst
members. A safety workshop was held in October 2006 which
also generated funds for the Association. Both these events
have become annual events supported by members and the
local community.
A safety workshop was held
in October 2006 which also generated funds for the Association. Both
these events have become annual events supported by members
and the local community.
Part of the accumulated
funds has been used to fund the Association's initiative
on the position of the certificated engineer, licensing
and registration.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
In terms of the Powers vested
in it by the Association's Constitution and Rules, Council
has agreed to increase the annual subscriptions for the
ensuing year for Full and Affiliate members to R620 (exclusive
of VAT). The subscription for student members will be
R185 (exclusive of VAT).
MEMBERSHIP
The membership of the Association
as at 31 December 2006 was 219(192), made up of 155(149)
Full members, 3 (1) Affiliate members, 44(27) Student Members,
17(15) Honorary Life members.
There has been a net increase
of 27.
Membership certificates
are issued to new Full members of the Association on a
bi-annual basis.
MEETINGS
In addition to the
monthly meetings of Council, Regular Regional Meetings
were held during the year and feed-back from members
through their Regional Representatives and Council members,
provided valuable assistance to the workings of Council. The
increased involvement required by your Council in a number
of important areas meant that Council meetings were held
on a monthly basis.
During the year under review,
Kwazulu Natal Regional meetings were combined with those
of the Southern Region of the South African Colliery Managers' Association
took place, to the benefit of both Associations.
The seven Council and five
Regional Meetings were well supported during the year and
the commitment by members to the Association is a positive
sign for the future well being of the Association and its
activities.
Once again your President
was invited to attend Council Meetings of the South African
Colliery Managers' Association and wishes to thank its
President, Mr W Marais for maintaining close ties between
the two Associations.
The Plant User Group had
a very successful year to Flexicon (Pipe Manufacturers)
and Multotec (Screen Manufacturers). Attendance exceeded
all expectations and plan to build on this positive trend
in 2007.
INTERMINE TECHNICAL VISITS
During the year members
attended a technical visit to the Eskom Hydro Power and
Tugela Pumping Station. This was fairly well attended
by some members, however other members did miss an important
opportunity to review their facilities.
Council will continue to
seek out interesting and diverse technical visits for members
and give then the opportunity to experience other companies
operations.
MEETINGS OF PRESIDENTS AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
The Association was again
well represented at the inter-Association meetings of Presidents
and Vice-Presidents, held in June and November 2006.
This meeting continued to
serve as a useful forum where matters of mutual interest
and concern have been addressed, not only with other mining
disciplines, but also with the President and senior representatives
of the Chamber of Mines.
Matters discussed and reports
received at these meetings included inter alia:
· The
Administration of the Associations
· ECSA
· Mining
Qualifications Authority
· Occupational
Health and Safety Policy
· Regulations,
Codes of Practice and Guidelines
· Industrial
Relations Issues
· Licencing
and Registration of Engineers
· Mandatory
Appointment and Competency Based Training
SAFETY AND HEALTH
The Association and Council
continue to place a high priority on safety improvements
and the elimination of accidents.
Your Council extends its
sincere congratulations to the Management and staff of
the following mines for their safety achievements.
SAFETY
MINE SAFETY ACHIEVEMENTS
Congratulations
to the management and staff of all the mines who had safety
achievements during 2006. The achievements will be acknowledged
on 15 March at Coalsafe 2007.
ANNUAL SAFETY SEMINAR
The third safety seminar
with six presentations was held in October 2006 hosted
by Sasol with 140 members attending. The safety seminar
was planned to maintain the Industry's safety focus during
the critical period running
up to the end of the year. A CD was produced of the papers
and distributed to participants.
2006 COLLIERY HEALTH AND SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Your
Association has once again been actively involved in
the 2006 Colliery Safety and Health Campaign launch which
took place on 9 March 2006 and remains fully committed
to the Campaign's ideals for the promotion of safety
and health in the Mining Industry.
SENTINEL MINING INDUSTRY RETIREMENT
FUND
The Association has actively
participated through the South African Colliery Managers' Association's
Trustee on the Sentinel Mining Industry Retirement Fund.
MINERALS ACT AND REGULATIONS
MQA AND ECSA
Your Association continues to have a very active role
in the MQA and ECSA. During the year the following progress
was made:
MPA Steering Committee
During the year the MPAs Steering Committee
met on a regular basis to deal withy the issues that
arose regarding the new qualifications. More Associations
are seeing the need to be aligned with the MPAs grouping
and at this stage the following are involved to different
degrees
* SA COLLIERY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
(SACMA)
* SA COLLIERY ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
(SACEA)
* ASSOCIATION OF MINE RESIDENT
ENGINEERS (AMRE)
* ASSOCIATION OF MINE MANAGERS
OF SOUTH AFRICA
* THE INSTITUTION OF CERTIFICATED
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERS, SOUTH AFRICA (ICMEESA)
* SOUTH AFRICAN COAL PROCESSING
SOUTH AFRICA
* AGGREGATE AND SAND
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (ASPASA)
* MINE METALLURGICAL MANAGERS
ASSOCIATION (MMMA)
* SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE
OF ROCK ENGINEERING (SANIRE)
* MINE VENTILATION SOCIETY
OF SOUTH AFRICA (MVS(SA))
* AFRICAN MINERALS ASSOCIATION
(AMA)
Future Position of the MPA Grouping
During the year it became apparent that
their was a need for a greater voice of the Industry
as the MPAs grouping represents around 3500 certificated
persons mostly senior person on the operations. To this
end the need was felt to closely align the MPAs groupings
with the Chamber of Mines and re-emphasis that we are
an employer grouping and will take that position at the
different forums.
The vision of this re-focus will position
the MPAs grouping to be the voice of the Industry and
require or present the opportunity to make sure that
the Mining Houses and the smaller operations are able
to get a common message as to the developments in the
Industry and have a forum to feed back their points of
view.
The Steering Committee will complete
its work as originally set out:
In addition it is obvious, based on the
work completed, that the other members of the aligned
groupings will need assistance to take up the work done
and develop it for their Association needs.
The Mining and Engineering Associations
are also accepting the need to look after the qualifications
and position of the Shiftboss/Forman as well as the GES/Mine
Overseer.
The MPA Steering Committee coordinated
the work and attendance of persons on the different committees
to sort out the qualifications and their impact on the
Industry.
The following major items were addressed:
OPENCAST, UNDERGROUND AND
PLANT USERS SUB-COMMITTEES
The Opencast, Underground
and Plant Users Sub-Committees' meetings were revamped
in order to stimulate attendance during the year with
new Chairmen being appointed and co-opted to Council
aimed at improving communication between different mines
and mining houses. Meetings which did have some good
attendance benefited from a good cross-pollination of
ideas and solutions to problems on mines which proved
beneficial to those concerned. However some meetings
were cancelled during the year and attendance varied
from meeting to meeting. There were only two opencast
user meetings, one included a technical visit to Trentyre
in September 2006.
The Council again calls
on members to support these sub- committees and encourage
participation from shift bosses and foremen.
PAPERS
AND TECHNICAL NOTES
Whilst it is noted that
technical notes were presented during the year at Regional
meetings, the call for the preparation and presentation
of full technical papers has largely gone unheeded, and
your Council would again urge that this matter receive
urgent attention from members as these technical papers,
besides being a valuable source for the dissemination
of information, also serve as an educational tool for
future mining engineers.
The following technical
papers and presentations were made at the Association's
General Meeting on
1 September 2006 and at
Regional Meetings during the year:
Power
Factor and Power Factor Correction
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L
Rich
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| Underground
Conveyor Simulation |
L
le Roux |
| How
the Gautrain will Affect the Shortage of Engineers
and Artisans in the Mining Industry |
A
van Schalkwyk |
MERIT AWARDS
The standard and quality
of technical papers presented during 2006 continue to
be of high standard. The Editorial Committee agreed
that the paper by Ms A van Schalkwyk entitled "How the
Gautrain will Affect the Shortage of Engineers and Artisans
in the Mining Industry" was of sufficiently high standard
to warrant the awarding of the Association's gold medal.
Certificates of Merit
were awarded to:
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Power
Factor and Power Factor Correction
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L
Rich
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Underground
Conveyor Simulation
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L
le Roux
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How
the Gautrain will Affect the Shortage of Engineers
and Artisans in the Mining Industry
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A
van Schalkwyk
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AWARDS SCHEME
Your Council introduced
an awards scheme in 2000 utilizing the Association's
surplus funds to promote the advancement of education
within the engineering discipline of the Coal Mining
Industry.
The award for the Best
Certificated Engineer who had passed their Plant and
Law examinations in 2006 was made to Mr M Freitag.
The best apprentice award
for 2005 at the Colliery Training College was awarded
to Mr J R A Mitchell at a function in May 2006.
PRESIDENTIAL FUNCTION
The 2006 combined
General Meeting and Annual Presidential Function was
held at the Protea Hotel, Kruger Gate Lodge 1 September
2006 - 3 September 2006. The function was well attended
by 76 members and provided an opportunity for members
to network and share information.
The successful Presidential
function culminated with the traditional Black Tie banquet.
REPRESENTATION
The
Council wishes to express its appreciation to all the
representatives and alternates who continued to give
their time to ensure that the Association was well
represented and its views made know, in a most professional
manner on various committees.
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a)
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Legitimacy of SACEA and the Future
of the Certificated Engineer
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T J Ferguson
(Champion)
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* Future
of the Certificated Engineer (MPA Steering Committee
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T
J Ferguson/C M Norden
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* ECSA,
Registration and Committee
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H
A Lamprecht/P E Mojalefa
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* Sub
Committees
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Various
Representatives
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* MQA
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* ESGB
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* SGB
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* 5-8
Working Groups (MQA and ECSA)
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*
Membership Applications
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H
A Lamprecht/President
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* Accreditation
Committee (CPD)
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H
A Lamprecht
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* Improve
Interaction with DME
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President
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* Communication
with Mining Houses (Head of Engineering)
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President
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b)
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Membership Value
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L D Botha
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* Website
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M
Acutt
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* Newsletter
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Secretary
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i)
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She Performance in Mines
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Vice-President (Champion)
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* Occupational
Health and Safety Policy Committee (OH&SPC)
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C
M Norden
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* Annual
Safety Workshop
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L
D Botha
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* Coalsafe
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Z
A Botha
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* COPS
(Standardisation)
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J
Nkosi
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* SACMA
Safety Forum (Feedback)
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J
Nkosi/R Power
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* Engineering
Expert Panel (SIMRAC)
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R
Power/TBA
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* SANS - 868 - Part
2/3
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M
J Lourens
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* SANS
10142 Part 2
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H
Zwart
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* SANS
10108
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H
Zwart
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Flameproof
Certificates
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J
J du Plessis
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SIMRAC
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M
L Acutt
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* SANS
1438
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H
Zwart
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* SANS
1489
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H
Zwart
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* SANS
086 Part 2
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H
Zwart
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* SANS
10086 Part 2 and Part 3
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H
Zwart
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* SANS
1654
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H
Zwart
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* Collate
and Distribute Safety Statistics and Safety Flashes
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Vice-President
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* Interact
with DME on Safety
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Vice-President
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* Contractors
Safety (Workshops)
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H
A Lamprecht/R M Power
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ii)
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Technical
Professionalism
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J P Pearson (Champion)
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* Development
and Training
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Z
A Botha
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* CTC
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J
J du Plessis
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* Olifantsfontein
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J
J du Plessis
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* SASOL
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* Ingwe
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* Commission
of Examiners
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J
P Pearson
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* CM&EE
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President
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* Technical
Reference Group 26
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J
P Pearson
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* EPA
Training
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H
Zwart
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* JOY
Liaison
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M
L Acutt/A Kotze
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* Regional
Meetings
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* North
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J
P Pearson
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* South
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TBA
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* Opencast
Users
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G
Gething
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* Underground
Users
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M
L Acutt
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* Plant
Users
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M
J Lourens
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* Technical
Visits
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J
P Pearson/H A Lamprecht
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* Technical
Symposium
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S
W J van Wyk
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* Papers
and Presentations (Editorial)
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Z
A Botha/J P Pearson/S W J van Wyk
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* Awards
Committee
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Z
A Botha/J P Pearson/S W J van Wyk
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* Flameproof
Association (SAFA)
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M
J Lourens/H Zwart
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Funding
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L D Botha (Champion)
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* Income
and Expenditure
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* Revenue
Sources
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MINING HOUSES CO-ORDINATORS
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Sasol
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Z
A Botha/C M Norden
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Ingwe
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T
J Ferguson
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Xstrata
Coal
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A
Kotze
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Anglo
Coal
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J
J du Plessis
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Exxaro
Coal
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L
Kilian
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Total
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H
A Lamprecht
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Other
Small Mines
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TBA
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