NEWS
4
HEALTH & SAFETY IN FOCUS 36
ENVIRONMENT IN FOCUS 34
ASSOCIATIONS 38
WHAT’S ON 39
INSIGHT 40
20 TECHNOLOGY 24 BENEFICIATION 30 WINNING
Innovation takes drilling to the
next level At the core of residential
development Tyres in a time of scarcity
The conversion of an excavator into a drilling
rig has produced a machine that rewrites the
rulebook. The residential property market remains
buoyant in and around Polokwane, in
Limpopo province of South Africa.
In the midst of tyre shortages, the maintenance
of tyres becomes that much more important for
quarrying operations, writes Johan de Jager.
The Department of Mineral Resources
(DMR) lists 881 quarrying operations located
throughout South Africa.
QUARRY SA | MAY/JUNE 2018 _ 3