IQSA Conference 2017
Jaqueline Raputsoe presented the AEL student paper ‘Initiating
System Conversion’.
presentations, the industry is looking for
practical advice on how to navigate what
can often seem to be an endlessly changing
maze of requirements, regulations and
legislation governing mining and related
practices in South Africa.
Providing this information while steering
clear of even the appearance of collusion
and anti-competitive practices is a difficult
line to walk at the best of times, and often
companies would rather err on the side of
caution by releasing too little information
than risk being in ‘collusion’, even when
sharing information would be of benefit to
the industry – and the country – as a whole.
Navigating the legislative maze
Selvan Subroyen’s presentation, titled
‘Environmental legislative amendments:
Conference papers
Speaker
DAY 1
Tebello Chabana, senior executive: Public Affairs & Transformation
at the Chamber of Mines, delivered an industry update to
conference attendees.
Impact on mining’ gave an overview
of recent and pending changes to
environmental legislation that impacts
the quarrying industry. Focusing on the
challenges raised by the implementation of
South Africa’s ‘One Environmental System’,
the presentation looked at the lead-up to the
introduction of the system as well as specific
licensing regulations and how these could
potentially impact South African quarry
operators. Subroyen also touched on some of
the concerns raised by the mining industry
regarding certain legislation and regulations,
including the financial provisions for annual
and final rehabilitation, as well as the
rules and regulations surrounding residue
stockpiles and deposits.
The second day’s papers all looked
at environment and legislation as it
“I think the current
trends within the
quarrying industry will
focus on pedestrian
detection systems due
to the incoming DMR
legislation, as well as
accurate volumetric
control, both prior
to and post plant
throughput.”
Paper
Vaughn Duke (Sound Mining Solutions) Mine planning
Jaqueline Raputsoe Sishen Iron Ore – Initiating System Conversion (AEL student paper)
Dave Sibley (ELB Equipment) Screening technology solutions
JD Singleton (Weir Minerals Africa) Sand washing total cost of ownership (TCO) case studies utilising latest technologies
Selvan Subroyen (EOH Legal Services) Environmental legislative amendments: Impact on mining
Gabriel Gomes A study on the impact of drilling and blasting: Effects on crushing performance
DAY 2
Alan Cluett (Cluett Consulting) ASPASA: Environmental update and changes in the industry
Chris Doran ASPASA: Update on TMM/PDS for opencast industry
Tebello Chabana ASPASA: Chamber of Mines industry update
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