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Longevity of Current Mines (LoCM)

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“More from the same, with the same”
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Longetivity of Current Mines (LOCM)

The Longevity of Current Mines programme is aimed at improving mining practices and procedures, particularly for established mines that are already constrained by their infrastructure. The aim is to prolong the sustainability of the mines, thereby maintaining current jobs.

The objectives of the programme are to:

1. Improve occupational health and safety performance;

2. Increase the efficiency of extraction; and

3. Reduce costs.

The objectives will be achieved through the use of more efficient systems of the mining cycle. The work will entail processes of documenting and analysing the challenges and issues (within the mining cycle) experienced by mining companies within the gold and platinum sectors.

The programme is geared towards identifying gaps in the mining cycle that prevent the achievement of one quality blast per day. A quality blast in this context is a blast that meets mine standards, which include: the rate of advance, breaking accuracy, the quantity of explosives used, safety, fragmentation of rock, and the shape of the face.

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LoCM Projects

Drilling Equipment Monitoring
Drilling Equipment Monitoring
Theory of Constraints
Theory of Constraints
Energy
Energy
Blasting – Lost Blast Analysis
Blasting – Lost Blast Analysis

Longevity of Current Mines (LoCM)

The Longevity of Current Mines programme is aimed at improving mining practices and procedures, particularly for established mines that are…

Longevity of Current Mines (LoCM)

Non-explosive Rock Breaking (NERB)

The goal of the Non-Explosive Rock Breaking programme is to identify, develop and support the implementation of solutions that will enable…

Non-explosive Rock Breaking (NERB)

Mechanised Drill and Blast (MDB)

The Mechanised Drill & Blast programme is targeted at providing sustainable mechanised solutions to the gold and platinum mining…

Mechanised Drill and Blast (MDB)

Advanced Orebody Knowledge (AOK)

The Advanced Orebody Knowledge (AOK) programme is aimed at providing mine planners, rock engineers, geologists and other decision-makers…

Advanced Orebody Knowledge (AOK)

Real-time Information Management Systems (RTIMS)

The Real-Time Information Management Systems programme aims to improve data transmission, storage, dissemination, and information…

Real-time Information Management Systems (RTIMS)

Successful Application Of Technologies Centred Around People (SATCAP)

The Successful Application of Technologies Centred Around People (SATCAP) programme places people at the centre of all mining-related…

Successful Application Of Technologies Centred Around People (SATCAP)
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