Portable emulsion pump facility and training centre opened

16th April 2015 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Portable emulsion pump facility and training centre opened

From Creamer Media in Johannesburg, this is the Real Economy Report. Explosives company BME recently opened its first narrow-reef emulsion site and training centre at platinum miner Anglo American Platinum’s Tumela underground mine in Thabazimbi, Limpopo. Ilan Solomons was there and filed this report.

Ilan Solomons:
Tumela mine production manager Pierre Prinsloo explains the significance of the mine trialling BME’s emulsions system at its 16 West shaft and the potential benefits it may provide the mine’s operations.

Tumela mine production manager Pierre Prinsloo

Ilan Solomons:
BME senior operations manager Selwyn Pearton discusses how the training and maintenance facilities that BME established at the mine will support the rollout of its portable charging units and narrow reef emulsion technology.

BME senior operations manager Selwyn Pearton

Shannon de Ryhove:
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