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http://www.sacoalprep.co.zaThe Society was established with the primary objective being to create a forumfor the exchange of ideas and to advance the use and processing of coal.
Newsletter#03/2017
Welcome to our third SACPSnewsletter. I would like towelcome new members thathave joined since our lastnewsletter. This newsletter isintended to inform all our ex-isting and potential membersof events occurring within thesociety and the coalprocessing industry as awhole. We welcome yourfeedback, suggestions, etc forfuture newsletters. Please fol-
low us on Twitter andLinkedin , checkout our websiteand Facebookpage for up-to-dateinformation on events
and happenings within the so-ciety and of course weappreciate feedback andsuggestions from all members.
Welcomecheck out the details for thethree days , if you have notalready done so, pleaseregister as soon as possiblefor the conference to con-firm your attendance.
On 27 July 2017 we had ourKnowledge Exchange techni-cal seminar where Enelexshared their experience re-garding GE 3000 online ana-lysers at South 32,Middelburg and Johan deKorte gave two presenta-tions one on Larcaderms andthe other on Coal Process-ing 101.
It is extremely worthwhileto attend these technicalseminars in order to keep upto date with developmentswithin our industry.
Our aim is to provide a forum for the exchange ofknowledge related to coal processing by means ofmeetings, conferences, seminars and colloquia.
It is my pleasure towelcome all membersArrangements are beingfinalised for ourconference which takesplace from 21 to 24 August2017 at Graceland Casinoand Conference Centre,Secunda, the finalprogramme is available onour websitehttp://www.sacoalprep.co.za and I request you all to
A message from ourChairman Jayson Jacobs
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One of the society aims is to further the education and understanding of coalprocessing by Society members and industry personnel
● A list of all operational Coal mines withinSouthern Africa with GPS coordinates, pro-duction figures, people and various otherinteresting facts; and
●Developments within the Waterberg Coal-fields.
The abovementioned represents a sample of thetopics we would like to cover in the book.
A mockup of the book will be available for view-ing at our conference in Secunda.
For information on advertising within this book,kindly contact Gerda Craddock via email [email protected] .
If you would like to be involved or require furtherdetails, please contact Chantal [email protected]
● The Coal to Liquid development atSASOL;
●Coal preparation research in South Africa,including developments at the FuelResearch Institute (FRI) of South Africa;
● ESKOM and Coal’s role in thedevelopment of South Africa;
● The history of the major coal producers inSouthern Africa, Exxaro, AngloCoal, Glen-core, South32;
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50th Anniversary of the SouthernAfrican Coal Processing Society
We are planning a special commemorativebook which we would like to invite you all tobecome part of to celebrate our 50thanniversary in 2018This high-quality leather-bound coffee tablebook will trace the history of not only theSouthern African Coal Processingbut of coal production and beneficiation andthe role it has played and still plays within theregion.Some of the topics that have been consid-ered will be:
● The development of the Richards BayCoal Terminal (RBCT) and the TFRline between Witbank.
● This is a perfect example of apublic/private partnership;
A special tribute celebrating 50 years ofcoal
http://www.sacoalprep.co.zaOne of our aims is to foster co-operation with appropriate educationalinstitutions and other similar organisations for the furtherance of coalprocessing knowledge.
Marco Le Roux via email at NWU. Theirrespective email addresses are:[email protected]@nwu.ac.za
Educational News
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North West University
A number of students recently graduat-ed from the university and congratula-tions to all with their various degrees.These are:PhD degrees:Dr DM Powell - A techno-economicevaluation of the production of hardcoking coal from mine discards.Dr J Viljoen - Single particle impactbreakage of coal. **(Supported financial-ly by the SACPS)Masters degrees:C Badenhorst - Primary fragmentationof large coal particles (Cum Laude)CB Espag - Water transport mechanismsin coal stockpiles (Cum Laude) ** (MsEspag was also the 2016 winner of theSACPS Coal Student of the Year Award)W Potgieter - The effect of the mode ofapplied breakage on coal yield (CumLaude) (Supported by the SACPS)ES Peters - Adsorbent assisted drying offine coal (Cum Laude)D Langner - The dry beneficiation ofduff coal in a dense medium fluidisedbed.If you would like more information onthe abovementioned students pleasecontact Professor Quentin Campbell or
CTC Training
50 students have enrolled for the basic coursein mineral processing and 23 students out of30 who started remain in the advanced studyschool which is a great achievement. CTCwill as from 2018 also present the full qualifi-cation : National Certificate in mineralprocessing Level 2. For more information oncourses contact Len Bowker via email [email protected]
Energy NewsAn interesting statistic regarding total electricityconsumed annually plus imports and minus ex-ports, expressed in kilowatt-hours.
The discrepancy between the amount of elec-tricity generated and/or imported and theamount consumed and/or exported is account-ed for as loss in transmission and distribution.Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
If you are interested to see where South Africarates click on this link
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http://www.sacoalprep.co.zaOne of our aims is to distribute any accumulated funds to support ourobjectives.
KnowledgeExchange
CALL FOR PAPERSThe 17th Australian Coal Preparation SocietyConference in Brisbane, Queensland from 11-14September 2018 “Same Resource – DifferentWorld” invites authors to submit abstracts(maximum 500 words) on any aspect of coalpreparation and utilisation to their technicalcommittee. More details can be found on ourwebsite
Copies of the presentations from the Julytechnical seminar can be obtained bycontacting Johan de Korte via email [email protected]
Have you registered yet for the SACPSConference which takes place from 22 -24 August 2017 at Graceland HotelCasino & Country Club? If not, contactGerda Craddock on +27 11 432 8918 ordownload the registration form whichcan be found on our website.
Details of accommodation options areavailable on our website.
The final programme is also available fordownloading off our website.
Conference - 22 - 24 August 2017
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For sponsorship opportunities, contactGerda Craddock [email protected]
