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ContentsEDITORIAL NOTECompetitiveness should drive wave of success in mining : .......... 4

NEWS BRIEFSAcquisition extends Concord Cranes’ reach : .................................. 5Chariot raises US$15mln to advance drill programme : ................ 5ExxonMobil sells 40% stake to Galp : ................................................. 5Governments urged to build trust with miners : ............................. 5India applaud mining’s EIA regulations : ........................................... 6Montero acquire lithium prospect in Namibia : .............................. 6Uis Mine indicate positive mineralisation : ....................................... 6

COVER STORYLets attract more global capital - Alweendo : ................................. 8

GENERAL NEWSAbandoned mines worry government : ........................................... 9Cobalt rush reach Namibian shores : ................................................ 10Financial advisor for Elizabeth Bay appointed : .............................. 11Miners optimistic of the year ahead : ................................................ 12Supplement mineral royalties paid to government : ..................... 13Heat Exchange Products In The Mining Sector : ............................ 14Women urged to be proactive miners : ........................................... 16

REGIONAL NEWSDRC signs new mining code : ............................................................. 17Global metals exploration anticipated to rise 20% in 2018 : ....... 18WorleyParsons broadens operations in Mozambique : ............... 19

Corporate NewsSafety, quality workmanship guaranteed with fischer : ................. 20Vitaclamps enhance safety in power generation : ......................... 21

Industry Trends & TechnologiesBUSTED: Slurry pumps short lifespan myth : ................................... 24Online crane advisor comes to Africa : .............................................. 25

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Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is currently pitched high among priorities that authorities are working on to make the economy tick and

thrive.

Recent calls for improved competitiveness by

Mines and Energy Minister, Tom Alweendo sends positive pointers for investors to consid-er us for investment.

We welcome the gesture, government author-ities should always find ways to make doing business easy.

To hear government urging full exploitation of minerals is also most welcome.

Our minerals should be a great part to spur the economy to greater heights, as we endevour to make our one of the best economies.

On the other hand miners are optimistic of the year ahead, as a result of the uptick in mining commodities prices on the globe.

All these positives attract not only huge bene-fits to shareholders but the societies too where mining companies mine.

As we prepare for the 7th Namibia Mining Expo and Conference slated for the 25th and 26th of April, more dialogue over opportunities that exist in the industry should be cornerstone of

the jamboree.

Over the years, the exhibition has and contin-ues to bring together, the different stakehold-ers in the mining industry.

According to the organisers, this year's Mining Expo and Conference will feature an exhibition by mining companies and suppliers, along with representatives and players from the energy sector.

The conference programme will feature speak-ers from a variety of stakeholders, specifically focusing on topics that explore ways on how the sector can continue to maximise benefits to the Namibian economy in all areas.

Let the nation ride on the good times of mining industry to spur other industries such as agri-culture, manufacturing and tourism

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Acquisition extends Concord Cranes’ reach

Concord Namibia a subsidiary of Concord Cranes Group has expanded its geographical reach in Namibia through the strategic acquisi-tion of a Walvis Bay-based company.

Concord Cranes recently acquired Walvis Bay-based plant hire company Rent-A-Plant Namibia with an in-depth knowledge of the country due to its 19 years’ experience in the Namibia.

Concord Namibia’s operations are based in Okahandja, primarily servicing the northern and central territories.

The new development expands the group’s geographical reach significantly, as Rent-A-Plant Namibia is currently in the process of be-ing merged into Concord Namibia.

According to a statement from Concord Cranes, the company’s fleet consists of 55 fork-lifts, five mobile cranes, four access platforms, and three trucks, which complements Concord Cranes’ product and service offering of cranes range in size from 25 t to 35 t.

Francois Smith, Concord Namibia Chief Exec-utive Officer said that Rent-A-Plant Namibia boasted a good order book prior to the ac-quisition.

“It has a different customer base compared to us. We have a couple of customers looking for cranes, which we rent them on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis.

“Conversely, Rent-A-Plant Namibia has an ex-tensive client list, which will sometimes use a machine for just a few hours at a time,” he said.

Rent-A-Plant Namibia’s key accounts include a number of customers in Walvis Bay.

These relationships are well-established, re-flecting customers’ confidence in the compa-ny’s service and product offering. While short-term projects do bolster the bottom line, it is the repeat business that ensures sustainability and viability going forward, Smith stresses.

Smith points out that Rent-A-Plant Namibia of-ten received requests for larger-size cranes, a service it will now be able to cater for thanks to the latest acquisition, due to the support it now receives from Concord Cranes.

“It illustrates the synergy between our two companies, as well as the potential benefit our existing and future customers.”

This includes in-depth expertise of the crane and forklift industry, together with a thorough understanding of local business conditions.

The transaction will aid Concord Namibia in transporting and housing its fleet of mobile cranes in Walvis Bay, and will also increase the ease of servicing projects in the region, par-ticularly those based at the Port of Walvis Bay.

This is where most large-scale projects in the country are currently taking place.

Smith elaborates that the acquisition dovetails with Concord Cranes’ broader goal of having a strong presence in South Africa’s neighbour-ing countries, in order to increase its uptake of cross-border business opportunities.

“We are piloting the concept of having multi-franchises with multi-product offerings in Namibia,” he reveals.

The pilot project will ascertain how best to make this business model work in an African context, so it can be refined if need be and rolled out to additional countries such as Bo-tswana and Ghana, among others. This forms part of Concord Cranes’ vision to become a pan-African service provider.

“We are positive about the medium-to-long-term prospects for the Namibian industrial sectors.

Concord Namibia aims to provide the highest level of support to our clients in that country, and to expand our geographical footprint throughout the country,” Smith said.

Chariot raises US$15mln to advance drill programme

British company Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has confirmed US$15mln fundraise has now taken place, via a share placing to new and existing institutional investors to advance drill pro-gramme of Prospect S exploration target off-shore Namibia.

The capital injection is intended to allow Char-iot to drill the Prospect S exploration target offshore Namibia, giving the explorer a second high impact well this year.

Chariot also has a 10 percent stake in the Eni operated Rabat Deep venture, offshore Mo-rocco.

In addition to the now closed equity placing, the company intends to raise a further €5mln through an open offer share sale to existing shareholders who will have the right to buy one new share for every eight shares they own.

“This fundraise will represent another major step forward for Chariot, and one which allows the company to participate in two giant-scale wells in this calendar year whilst capturing the bottom of the cost cycle for drilling,” said Larry Bottomley, Chariot chief executive.

“Success in either well would be transforma-tional, and would also de-risk significant addi-tional portfolio in the relevant licence.

He said the fundraising intention comes after continued investment throughout the port-folio during the industry downturn which has allowed Chariot to build a drilling and prospect inventory of giant-scale opportunities.

“We will continue to progress operations in Namibia to drill Prospect S in second half of this year to benefit from synergies with third-party operations, and, in combination with our other partners,” said Bottomley.

He also highlighted that “the equity markets support Chariot’s investment thesis.”

ExxonMobil sells 40% stake to Galp

ExxonMobil has sold a stake on its petroleum explaration licence located on the Walvis basin to a Portugal based company.

Galp has informed its shareholders on inten-tions to of farming-down a 40% interest in Na-mibia to an ExxonMobil subsidiary.

Under the transaction, both Galp and Exxon-Mobil will hold a 40% interest in the license, and Galp will maintain the operatorship.

Meanwhile the National Petroleum Corpora-tion of Namibia (NAMCOR) and Custos, a local Namibian company, each hold a 10% stake in the license

“The transaction conclusion is subject to satis-faction of customary conditions precedent, in-cluding the approval of the relevant competent Namibian authorities,” Galp said in a report.

The license is located in the Walvis basin and covers an area of 11,444 km2 in water depths ranging from 300 m to 2,000 m.

Governments urged to build trust with miners

Namibia Chamber of Mines has bemoaned the prevalent mistrust between governments and miners across Africa’s mining addresses.

“The biggest problem is mistrust between gov-ernments and the private sector. We are cur-rently grappling with this issue,” said technical adviser to the Association Chamber of Mines and other Mining Associations of Africa and CEO of the Namibia Chamber of Mines Veston Malango.

Addressing the 8th MineAfrica panel discussion at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference, Malango said as long as the mistrust is perpetuated, the continent will not make progress.

“The African Mining Vision will be difficult to pursue if we cannot solve this fundamental problem of instilling a higher level of trust.”

Malango said the mining industry will have to undertake introspection and look at the per-ception governments have towards the mining industry.

He believes transparency is key to solving the issue, since it forms the foundation of trust.

“We are working to implement the African Mining Vision. We want to make it work with-out killing the industry. We have to create the linkages to facilitate the goals of the African Mining Vision to create shared prosperity for all stakeholders,” Malango said.

The African Mining Vision aims to address this

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issue by stimulating regional manufacturing nodes. However, Malango noted that there is a common misconception among governments that miners are manufacturers and should con-tribute more to add downstream value to the minerals they produce.

Meanwhile South Africa’s Deputy Mining Min-ster Godfrey Oliphant echoed Salim’s senti-ments, noting that South Africa is working to restore confidence in the mining administra-tion.

This comes after years of attrition under the inept administration of Jacob Zuma.

The new President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to usher in a “new dawn” for South Africa, and has given the Mining Ministry new marching orders to fix the system and stamp out corrup-tion.

India applaud mining’s EIA regulations

Indian advocacy and research organisation – Centre of Science and Environment has ap-plauded Namibia for having the most regulat-ed mining sector.

The Centre said the country has exhaustive and comprehensive list of mining and environment related acts and regulations

“The Mining Act, enacted in 1992, is the cen-tre-piece legislation governing the sector. Subsequently, the Environment Management Act of 2007 and the Environmental Impact As-sessment Regulation of 2012 were enacted for environmental management.

“Both the acts and the regulation broadly cover the environmental aspects of the mining sec-tor,” said the Centre.

According to the Centre Namibia’s mining laws and regulations are predominantly indus-try-centric and focused on boosting invest-ment in the sector.

“Aspects like benefit sharing, corporate social responsibility, strengthening of local content plans, and insurance against damage to envi-ronment and the community are under consid-eration to make mining policies environmen-

tally and socially responsible.”

In addition, the Centre said the implementa-tion of policies requires strengthening of insti-tutional capacity through proper guidelines, manuals, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for ensuring effective enforcement and compliance.

Namibia also has the richest marine diamond deposits in the world, with an estimated re-source potential of over 1.5 billion carats.

Montero acquire lithium prospect in Namibia

Africa-focused explorer Montero Mining & Ex-ploration has acquired an 80 percent interest in prospecting licence 6162 for lithium, base, rare and precious metals for a project 20km north of the town of Karibib, which is 211km from Walvis Bay, Namibia’s largest commercial deep-water port.

There is known petalite mineralisation in the area and the licence is located 40km north of a major lithium producer.

Under the terms of the letter of intent, Mon-tero immediately earns an 80 percent interest by committing to spend C$1mln in three years and is given three months to complete due diligence.

“The acquisition of a lithium exclusive pros-pecting license, located on the Omaruru Lin-eament, has favourable geology to host Lith-ium-Caesium-Tantalum mineralisation,” said Dr Tony Harwood, the President and Chief Execu-tive of Montero.

“The license has not previously been explored for lithium and is located in close proximity to existing lithium producers. The demand for lithium is being driven by the need for clean energy storage devices in the auto and tech-nology sectors and a focus for Montero,” he added.

The property lies in one of the four belts of LCT-type (lithium-cesium-tantalum) pegmatite fields previously mined for lithium-tantalum-tin.

The area has never been investigated for lithi-um and has good potential for LCT-type peg-

matites in favourable Karibib marbles.

Uis Mine indicate positive mineralisation

AfriTin is upbeat following geology work at its Uis Mine, showing mineralisation throughout unmined surface extensions.

The AIM-listed miner said the mapping pro-gramme confirmed the presence of mineral-isation throughout the unmined surface ex-tensions of the V1 and V2 pegmatite bodies mining

“We are very pleased with the results of the geological work recently completed at Uis, as this supports the detailed work that was con-tained in the historical SRK report that pro-duced a 70 year life of mine plan,” Anthony Viljoen, AfriTin’s Chief Executive Officer said.

AfriTin said the information acquired during the mapping expedition will be used to create a 3-D geological model.

According to the company completion of de-tailed geological mapping has confirmed the presence of mineralisation throughout the unmined surface extensions over the V1 and V2 pegmatite bodies at the Uis tin mine in Na-mibia.

The AIM-listed firm said the information ac-quired during the mapping expedition will be used to create a 3-D geological model to be utilised to generate a block model from which a provisional mine production plan will be pro-duced.

The mining company said the estimate Run of Mine feed to the plant is planned at 500 000 tonnes per year.

At this rate the V1 and V2 pit could be the sole supplier of mineralisation to the plant for the first 29 years of production, however, AfriTin stated its intention is to increase this produc-tion rate over the life of the mine.

“We believe the results provide a solid founda-tion on which AfriTin can base its mining pro-gramme, to resume early production at what was once the biggest hard rock tin mine in the world,” Viljoen.


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Metals developer Cazaly Resources recently confirmed that it would proceed with the acquisition of the Kaoko cobalt project, in northern

Namibia.

The ASX-listed company in March announced an option over the project. A due diligence has now confirmed the potential of the proj-ect, with Cazaly telling shareholders that the company would now move to acquire a 95% interest in the project area.

“Cazaly is very pleased to secure the Kaoko project, which adjoins Celsius Resources’ rapid-ly growing Opuwo cobalt/copper project,” said MD Clive Jones.

“This region in Namibia appears to be a sig-nificant emerging cobalt bearing belt having remarkable similarities with the Central Afri-can Copperbelt in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. This is an ideal time to be exploring for large resources of cobalt, where we are seeing cobalt prices continuing to surge on the back of growing concern that future supplies may be unable to meet burgeoning demand.”

Cazaly will acquire 100% of the capital of unlist-ed company Kunene North, whose main asset is a joint venture (JV) with KDN Geo Consulting. The transaction would see Cazaly issue six-mil-lion of its own shares to the vendors and KDZ,

and be obligated to spend N$3-million by No-vember 2020 on the project.

The junior will also issue 10.5-million shares on the delineation of a Joint Ore Reserves Com-mittee-compliant resource, containing at least 10 000 t of contained cobalt. A further A$1-mil-lion will also be payable on a formal decision to mine.

Cazaly is now setting up a local team and will start initial field work at the project, including a detailed review of existing data, reconnaissance work and surface sampling.

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As investment into the country’s main-stay industry keeps growing, more efforts are still being made to attract the much needed foreign direct in-

vestment (FDI).

Government’s latest reports indicates that fixed investments in the local mining and energy sectors reached N$43 billion over a five-year period from 2011 to 2016.

Tom Alweendo, Mines and Energy Minister the country needs to improve its competitiveness as an investment destination to attract more global capital into the two sectors, Namibia needs to continue.

“We are competing with other jurisdictions that are tapping into the same global capital mar-ket.

“It is for this reason that we will continue to re-view our policy framework to ensure that we have the right regulatory framework that can attract the necessary investment capital,” said Alweendo citing that the mining and energy sectors continue being vital to the country's economy with the mining sector contributing over 10 percent to the gross domestic product

Alweendo said without energy, the country's socio-economic development would not ma-terialise.

The minister highlighted that the country’s wide range of mineral deposits, some which are in demand on the world market such as di-amonds and uranium should be fully exploited.

“We are also blessed with other minerals such as gold, base metals, industrial materials and several types of dimension stones. Our mineral resource potential is indeed great and has yet to be fully tapped for the benefit of the nation,” Alweendo said.

However, Roman Grynberg, University of Na-mibia economics professor said investments in the mining industry and the local economy as a whole would face a downward trajectory for as long as there is uncertainty regarding the New Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (Neeef ) bill.

“The President needs to address the policy structure of the Neeef bill and the uncertain-ty surrounding it. If not, the private investor will opt to invest in other countries instead of Namibia. I have spoken to so many business people who are too skeptical to invest in the local economy.

“We were hoping the budget speech would in-clude some information on Neeef, but we were dismally disappointed,” he said.

Professor Grynberg said unemployment would continue rising because no new jobs can be created due to a lack of foreign investments entering the country being stifled by the bill.

Meanwhile Namibia's Chamber of Mines will host the 7th Namibia Mining Expo and Confer-ence from April 25 to 26.

The event will run under the theme, "Maximiz-ing the multipler effect from Namibia's mining sector," said the chamber's CEO Veston Malan-go.

Malango said the outlook for the country's mining industry is positive with several new players targeting a larger array of minerals.

"These developments widen the opportunities for investment, job creation and broadening of the value chain," he added.

This year's expo will feature an exhibition by mining companies and suppliers, speeches and discussions.

Lets attract more global capital - Alweendo

Tom Alweendo, Mines and Energy Minister


GENERAL NEWS

Environmental concern on unused mines is a concern, the latest government re-port has indicated.

According to the audit report on Manag-ing of Pollution and Environment Rehabilitation of Mining Sites compiled by the Office of the Auditor General during the 2015/16 financial year, there are 157 abandoned mining sites in the country.

“These pose environmental problems such as collapsed structures, and contamination of groundwater and soil that subsequently has effects on livestock and human health,” reads part of the report.

The report further indicated that the State tasked the Directorate of Geological Survey within the Ministry of Mines and Energy as well as Ministry of Environment and Tourism to ef-fectively monitor pollution and environmental rehabilitation at mining sites.

However, none of the old mines have been rehabilitated and not enough environmental monitoring and inspection have been done at active mines since 2004.

Besides, small-scale miners have also been mining illegally without any valid Environment Clearance Certificates, which is a major prereq-uisite for one to acquire a mining licence, as per the Environment Management Act 2007.

Some mines were granted mining licences without providing a mine closure plan and fi-

nancial mechanisms for environmental rehabil-itation and aftercare.

The Office of the Auditor General found that all sand miners who received permits from the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry were operating without environmental clear-ance certificates.

As a result, the riverbeds got polluted and mining pits were not rehabilitated when min-ing operations ceased, which encouraged the dumping of waste into riverbeds.

"All active mines visited, except Rossing Urani-um Mine and Ohorongo cement and factory, did not submit their final mine closure plans to-gether with a funding mechanism to the Min-istry of Mines and Energy. As a result, mineral right holders leave mining sites un-rehabilitat-ed," further read the auditors' report.

The Environmental Management Act provides for the assessment and control of activities, which may have significant effects on the en-vironment.

This is done through applications for environ-mental clearance. This application requires the submission of environmental assessment re-ports, which include a scoping report and an environmental impact assessment report.

The two reports identify and assess the impact of a planned activity on the environment and also inform the proponent's environmental management plan, which seeks to ensure the

timely identification and continuous manage-ment of environmental risk through appropri-ate measures.

Although the environmental rehabilitation, ac-cording to the Environment Act, is based on the principle of "polluter pays", the audit found that the Ministry of Mines and Energy did not investigate the establishment of financial mechanisms for the environmental rehabilita-tion and aftercare.

As a result, mining licences are issued without mineral right holders providing final mine clo-sure plans together with funding mechanisms, a practice that has resulted in some mines liq-uidating and leaving the State to foot the bill for the clean-up.

In response to this issue, the Minister of Envi-ronment and Tourism, Pohamba Shifeta, said the ability to monitor and enforce compliance with the Act through inspections is constrained by lack of resources and inadequate manpow-er.

Through the report on the implementation of the Environment Act of 2007 of the 2016/17 fi-nancial year, Shifeta indicated that sand mining continues to be a major challenge.

He said his ministry is working with traditional authorities and the Ministry of Agriculture, Wa-ter and Forestry and the Ministry of Mines and Energy to address this issue.

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As the rechargeable battery boom gets underway, Namibia known for dia-monds and deserts is also set to join the bandwagon.

Reports indicate that Namibia could have its first cobalt mine in 2020, making it the latest country to get in on the world’s insatiable need for rechargeable batteries.

Cobalt discovered in 2012 in the country’s northwestern Kunene region has now attract-ed mining companies, who are reporting that initial exploration shows there could be enough of the metal to make Namibia a competitive cobalt producer.

As the price of cobalt surges thanks to the de-mand for rechargeable batteries in everything

from phones to cars, this latest discovery could be a boon for Namibia’s economy.

Australian mining company Celsius Resources secured tenure over the 1470 square kilometer (568 square miles) area and announced that its investment in the Opuwu Cobalt project has paid off.

The company said it’s still early in the explora-tion process, but is confident about the grade of cobalt products the region could yield.

Meanwhile more explorations are already un-derway to determine how deep the cobalt re-serves, once dismissed as a byproduct of cop-per and nickel.

Namibia Rare Earths is also now planning to re-analyze over 12,000 existing soil samples to

check for cobalt.

The company recently took over a slew of proj-ects from Gecko Namibia with the intention of expanding its cobalt exploration in the region.

Gecko Namibia, a local company, was the first to discover traces of cobalt in Kunene, and is also a partner in the Celsius venture.

Keen to get in on the rush to supply the re-chargeable battery industry, the south of the country has also seen a renewed interest (pdf ) in lithium mining.

Historic maps are being re-examined to deter-mine the extent of lithium deposits, while small but existing mining operations in the Tantalite Valley near the border with South Africa, are being reactivated.

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Standard Bank Namibia has been ap-pointed financial advisor on the pro-posed sale of Elizabeth Bay diamond mine.

Pauline Thomas, Namdeb’s Corporate Affairs Manager told media recently that the decision to offload Elizabeth Bay mine that was commis-sioned in 1991 is part of the company’s plan to cease diamond mining at four of its mines over the next few years.

Over the years, land-based diamonds were hard to come by, and the government and De Beers have turned their sights on marine dia-monds along the Atlantic Ocean.

Last year, onshore mining operation yielded

about 200,000 carats compared to 403 000 produced in 2016.

Toward the end of 2017, the company an-nounced plans to shut down operations at Elizabeth Bay at the end of 2018, Daberas at the end of 2019, Sendelingsdrift by 2020 and the biggest operations at Southern Coastal in 2022.

Elizabeth Bay mine is located along the south-western coast of Namibia near the port of Lüderitz.

The mine was placed in care and maintenance following the economic meltdown in 2009.

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In 2011, the operation was restarted through the implementation of the Elizabeth Bay Opti-misation Project which, at the time, projected a four year Life of Mine (LoM) to 2014.

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Following a recent review, it was concluded that the best way to secure a longer future for the mine, beyond the projected 2019 life, was to find a more suitable low-cost operator that could allow the mine to continue to contribute to Namibia and Lüderitz through continued employment and economic activity.

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Namibia Chamber of Mines is optimistic that the industry will perform better in this year, amid uncertainties that have punctuated it, over the years.

"In terms of outlook, we are extremely positive with the recent uptick in commodity prices, es-pecially for base metals and minerals that have recently been coined battery minerals.

“These include lithium, graphite, rare earths and cobalt, among others," Veston Malango, Chief Executive Officer of the Namibia Cham-ber of Mines.

He said the surge in prices for such commodi-ties is being driven by electric vehicles and re-newable energy storage technologies. Improv-ing global growth is also driving demand for commodities."

Malango made the announcement at the of-ficial launch of the 7th Namibia Mining Expo and Conference slated for the 25th and 26th of April in Namibia.

The Chamber said the outlook for exploration especially for these minerals is particularly pos-itive as evidenced by the increase in such activ-ity and new projects in 2017

Statistics from the Chamber indicate that the most notable project to date have been Desert Lion lithium project near Karibib, Gecko Opu-wo Cobalt project, Namibia Rare Earths proj-ects and the Namib Lead and Zinc mine near Swakopmund, which is currently progressing with mine development.

Another highlight on the Chamber's calen-dar was first produced from the Okandjande graphite mine in April 2017.

Malango added that battery minerals are a component of a new and rapidly growing elec-tric vehicle industry that offers potential for Namibia.

"We have heard the call by the government on the need for value addition in the mining industry. Although we maintain that we are miners and not manufacturers, the extraction of these minerals potentially opens new value chains for Namibia. These markets can and should be explored further. As stakeholders, we must be proactive where possible in unlocking such opportunities for Namibia."

He also stressed that the sector will continue to look for upstream value addition and local procurement opportunities while continuing to engage with Government on how best to

diversify local content and ownership in the sector.

"We have consistently engaged Government on NIPA in 2017 and additional conditions to licences. We are also positive that the final ver-sion of NEEEF will address concerns and issues raised by various sectors of the private sector and civil society. Continuous engagement and constructive collaboration between the Cham-ber and Government will most certainly help Namibia to regain its position as the top desti-nation for mining investment in Africa."

Even though the uranium price continues to be depressed, the Chamber of Mines is optimistic about the industry's prospects, pointing out that mining contribution to GDP is expected to increase over the next few years.

This year's Mining Expo and Conference will feature an exhibition by mining companies and suppliers, along with representatives and play-ers from the energy sector.

The conference programme will feature speak-ers from a variety of stakeholders, specifically focusing on topics that explore ways on how the sector can continue to maximise benefits to the Namibian economy in all areas.

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Indian civil society organisation, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has suggest-ed that Namibia should levy a tax mineral production to supplement royalties paid to

government.

CSE made these recommendations in a report titled “Improving the Environmental and Social Aspects of the Mining Sector in Namibia 2018”.

According to the CSE, the tax is to boost capi-tal investments required for exploration, seeing that the mining sector is heavily dependent on huge capital outlays for mineral exploration.

“In India, the National Mineral Exploration Trust has been established under the country's min-ing laws to strengthen exploration, research and development, and a fund accrues to it through levying a ‘cess’ of 2 percent on the royalty,” noted the CSE report.

Using India as a case study, the report added that Namibia does not have guidelines and manuals to ensure effective and smart com-pliance concerning the environment, health, safety and audit, to mention a few.

The report notes that the local concept content plan requires further strengthening, whose is to create employment, build skills and boost the local economy by making it mandatory to use goods and services produced within the coun-try by mineral rights holders.

“Under a local content plan, the mineral rights holders are required to prepare and submit five-year procurement plans and compliance status to a commission, including the annual achievements in utilising local goods and ser-vices,” the CSE report said.

CSE says Namibia should look at introducing the concept of an integrity pledge in the mining

sector, as a key provision of the pledge relates to the environment and community protection, the maintenance of satisfactory and effective insurance coverage against losses, injuries or damage to the environment, communities, in-dividuals as well as properties due to mining operations.

“Failure to comply with the integrity pledge can result in the cancellation or withdrawal of the licence. Small and large-scale mines have dif-ferent issues and challenges, and at the same time, they have a different impact on society and the environment. So, separate regulations for small-scale mines should be developed,” notes the report.

It also stressed the need for the proper cate-gorisation of mines in the country, saying the Mining Act currently defines mining claims for small-scale mines, but has no definition for me-dium- and large-scale mines.

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Heat Exchange Products has grown from a small operation to a business with a compliment of over 30 employ-ees consisting of engineers, chemists

and artisans. The team are committed in pro-viding services and products as the leading na-tional water treatment specialist.

The company is present in all sectors of the economy from food/beverage, fishing, min-ing, manufacturing and the agricultural sector. The key priority of Heat Exchange Products is excellent service and long- term relationships with clients. Their client base consists of private and national enterprises where they supply optimum solutions on national water purifica-tion systems especially in outlying areas of the country.

Heat Exchange Products supplies services, equipment and products in the following min-ing applications:

Flocculation and coagulation – chemicals re-quired to remove suspended solids for thick-ening and clarifying

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Through the introduction of ISO accreditation and sourcing a professional energetic team, Heat Exchange Products has become the sec-ond largest water treatment company with-in Namibia and is continues to offer effective water treatment solutions to its clients through specialised non-commoditized chemicals and services.

As from February 2018, Eos Capital, a leading Namibian private equity firm, acquired the ma-jority of the ordinary share capital of Heat Ex-change Products. There was a great need to expand and diversify ownership to include pre-viously disadvantaged Namibians and hence the formation of a smart partnership with Eos Capital. The Namibia water industry is fore-casted to grow further and through this invest-ment, the company will strengthen, making it possible to expand and contribute towards job creation and economic development.

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Government has urged the mining in-dustry to involve women in order to promote inclusive development and empowerment.

Kornelia Shilunga, deputy minister of Mines and Energy said there is a greater need for renewed and realistic understanding of the intimate relationship between gender parity and opportunities made available to qualified women.

She highlighted that there is opportunities for women willing to take a stake in the entrepre-neurial side of mining.

"I assure you, it has not been an easy task,” said Shilunga citing that there is evidence of the

progress made in changing the very fabric of one of the ‘most male-dominated industries in Africa, if not the world.’

She women should be ready to move from being mere administrative workers to leaders driving change in the mining industry as ex-clusive prospecting licences (EPL) and mining licence (ML) holders.

Shilunga also commended Debmarine Namib-ia and the De Beers Group for having identified the importance of gender, diversity and inclu-

sion as an important strategic initiative that is driven at the highest level of the two compa-nies.

Debmarine Namibia and the De Beers Group recently launched the 'Inclusion and Diversity campaign', with the focus particularly on wom-en and girl-child empowerment.

Shilunga said, she fully supports and looks forward to the successful implementation and sharing of their lessons with others bold enough to follow their footsteps.

"It is even more encouraging to see today men and women in this room committed to support this noble initiative - this is the first step towards positive change," Shilunga added.

She said she visited Debmarine Namibia's op-erations in the Atlantic 1 mining licence area in April 2017 and was impressed by the tech-nological advancements made in the field of marine diamond mining. However, when she looked around the vessel during the tour, she said she was concerned as she could not see women and wanted to find out what the the company was doing to ensure that there are no barriers to women excelling in senior positions and sea-based positions within the company.

"Given this bold and noble initiative, my ques-

tions have somewhat been allayed and I look forward to my next visit to your operations, in order to witness the changes you are setting in motion today, in real time," she said.

Further, she said women have continuously strived to put in a strong image for themselves over the past years.

Additionally, she encouraged all women and men to support women's efforts to excel and pursue with purpose whatever career and dream they see for themselves.

Statistics show that Guinea has 75 percent women involved in the sector while in Mada-gascar, Mali and Zimbabwe the figure is at 50 percent.

In Bolivia 40 percent of women is involved in mining, while in Zambia and Mozambique they occupy 30 percent of involvement.

Tanzania has 25 percent women involved in mining, Papua New Guinea has 20 percent, Indonesia 10 percent and South Africa five per-cent.

Further statistics indicated the exploitation and selling of gold has traditionally been a fe-male-only activity in Gaoua region in Burkina Faso.

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As countries in the southern Africa bloc continue to compete for foreign direct investment, DRC government met with the country’s major mining hous-

es to negotiate terms that would be beneficial to all stakeholders.

The dialogue led to signing of the revised Min-ing Code into legislation by the DRC President Joseph Kabila.

“I believe the demand for cobalt, and copper to a lesser extent, will override the financial impacts of the revised DRC Mining Code,” says Laura Cornish, editor of the mining trade jour-nal Mining Review Africa.

“The electric vehicle and battery markets are growing and require cobalt to operate. Profits due to higher cobalt prices should lessen the impact of higher taxes,” she adds.

However the mining industry has not fully em-braced code.

“The Mining Code in essence has increased taxes on the minerals mined and processed in the DRC” saids Laura, “and the code will like-

ly impose higher royalties on cobalt, a critical metal for electric vehicles – a market that is growing exponentially every year.

Laura said royalties on cobalt could rise to 10 percent if it is determined ‘strategic’ by the government, up from 2 percent.

“I understand that the country would like to realise greater revenue generation from its mining industry and copper and cobalt in par-ticular and I appreciate this need, but I believe it would have been better for government to engage more with the industry to find a reso-lution that benefits all, including the investors.”

She continues: “The mining industry has not fully embraced the revised Mining Code – pri-marily because the government did not engage with them during the revision stages. Naturally mining companies would be opposed to legis-lation that impacts on their profits and share-holder returns without forewarning.”

Meanwhile at the recent Mining Indaba in Cape Town in February, Randgold Resources Chief Executive Officer, Mark Bristow, openly stated

that the revised DRC mining code was not ben-eficial to investors and stakeholders.

"When we set out in 2014 to negotiate the code” he said at the time, “we did have con-structive engagements and we made progress and we reached agreement on just about ev-ery contentious issue, but the code that was presented to Parliament the last time was not that draft.”

"We need to have a transparent platform with the intension of finding the most beneficial code for the DRC."

The Randgold Resources CEO said that through the company's Kibali gold mine, the company had invested some $3-billion into the economy, its surrounding communities and lo-cal skills development and it would continue to do so for its long lifespan.

"We need more investment not less invest-ment, we need big investors because it is going to take tens of billions of dollars to bring this great country to its rightful place, both in Africa and in the world," said Bristow.

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Global spending on the search for non-ferrous metals rose to an estimated US$8.4 billion in 2017, compared with US$7.3 billion in 2016, representing

the first annual increase in exploration spend-ing after four consecutive years of declining

investment in this area.

This is according to the World Exploration Trends (WET) report from S&P Global Market Intelligence, released in conjunction with this year's Prospectors & Developers Association

of Canada (PDAC) I n t e r n a t i o n a l Convention.

S&P Global Mar-ket Intelligence predicts that ex-ploration efforts will continue to expand over the course of this year.

Mark Ferguson, Associate Re-search Director at S&P Global Mar-ket Intelligence, says: “Improved equity market support for ex-plorers allowed many companies to launch or re-sume drill pro-grams on their most promising projects. “Despite signifi-cant market vola-tility, the generally positive trend in metals prices has continued in early 2018; we there-fore expect the global exploration budget for 2018 to increase by a

further 15 percent to 20% year-over-year.” The report says the industry indicates signs of life after four years of depressed explora-tion spending, the mining industry upped aggregate nonferrous exploration budget to US$7.95 billion by surveyed companies — a 14 percent increase over 2016.

In addition, reflects funding challenges faced by some junior companies early in the year, the number of explorers with spending plans declined slightly by 3 percent year-over-year to 1,535 companies.

Producers restrict exploration: major miners (revenues >US$1 billion) continue to allocate only a small proportion of their revenues to exploration efforts. Riskier exploration remains relatively unattractive.

Meawhile, Canada, Australia and U.S. continue to lead exploration spending: with allocations totalling US$5.55 billion.

The top 10 countries accounted for 70% of the US$7.95 billion global surveyed total, gold led the way to a higher global budget in 2017.Battery metals exploration surged with lithi-um exploration allocations in 2017 more than doubled year-over-year, while cobalt-focused exploration also increased strongly.

On the other hand, the exploration sector health improves: S&P Global Market Intelli-gence's measure of exploration activity, the Pipeline Activity Index, jumped to 87 in Q4 from 77 in Q3, the highest since Q1 2013, when the recent downturn was just beginning.

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As Mozambique mining industry con-tinues to register growth, WorleyPar-sons continues to expand its footprint in the country.

WorleParsons’ activities in Mozambique are showing a positive trajectory compared to East Africa’s emerging and significant oil and gas regions

Over the past recent years, the company’s presence in the country has transformed from a project support office into a standalone busi-ness with the head office in Maputo and a branch in Pemba, Cabo Delgado.

For 13 years, WorleyParsons has provided en-gineering and project management services to many of Mozambique’s largest developments from ROMPCO’s 865 km, 26” gas pipeline from Temane gas fields to Sasol’s Gas-To-Liquids fa-cility in Secunda, to Vale/CDN’s Railway Corri-dor linking the Moatize coal basin to Nacala Port some 900 km away.

The Nacala Railway Corridor in particular is a flagship project for WorleyParsons Mozam-bique Lda that has enabled the company to build a strong team and reputation in one of Africa's fastest growing economies.

At the peak of the Nacala rail construction in 2015, WorleyParsons Mozambique Lda had 145 professionals in-country.

Other projects that WorleyParsons has contrib-

uted to is the development of the Anadarko Area 1 Gas Field and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant including early infrastructure mas-ter planning, design of the resettlement village, pre-FEED (front end engineering design) and FEED oversight of the subsea instructure.

WorleyParsons also designed the subsea ris-ers for ENI’s Coral field supplying gas for their Floating LNG facility, the first LNG project in Mozambique to reach financial close.

Furthermore, WorleyParsons has provided a variety of planning and construction super-vision services for the completion of Syrah Resources’ Balama Graphite mine, the largest flake graphite mine in the world today.

WorleyParsons’ leading electricity sector ex-pertise has been successfully applied on the Kuvaninga 40MW Gas Engine Power Plant, re-cently commissioned in Mozambique.

The Mozambique operation is well supported by WorleyParsons’ project delivery hub in Jo-hannesburg, South Africa.

WorleyParsons Mozambique Lda also has di-rect access to specialists from WorleyParsons’ global Centres of Excellence, enabling the local operations to provide a full range of engineer-ing, procurement, and project and construction management services in Mozambique.

The company works with its customers across all stages of the asset lifecycle from the assess-

ment of potential project opportunities to the operating, maintenance and improvement of assets within the hydrocarbons; power; min-erals, metals, and chemicals; and infrastructure and environment sectors.

The project delivery company is committed to building a strong, sustainable engineering and project services business in Mozambique.

“We believe that building local capacity and capabilities is the right thing to do – that it makes business sense when it is done in a sustainable manner,” says Ryan Froude, Wor-leyParsons’ Country Director for Mozambique.

WorleyParsons Mozambique presently has a teaming agreement with Consultec, a wholly owned Mozambican engineering consulting company.

WorleyParsons and Consultec are successfully working together on projects in hydrocarbons, mining, power and related infrastructure in Mozambique.

The WorleyParsons team has also been actively involved in a number of corporate social ac-tivities to uplift the lives of the Mozambican people living in the immediate vicinity of the projects.

These social activities coupled with a ‘Locali-sation Training and Development Programme’ have ensured that WorleyParsons continues to leave a legacy that promotes the well-being of all Mozambicans.

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Corporate News

South African company Upat SA exclu-sively distributor of German engineered fischer anchor-system says safety, quality workmanship is guaranteed.

“When tensile tests for load failure are under-taken on anchors, fischer anchors on average are able to withstand four to five times more than what is certified, highlighting the high level of safety and confidence implicit in using this brand,” said Upat Technical Manager Kevin Owen.

Owen says safety is always guaranteed when using a fischer anchor system, highlighting that for example, a 10-mm chemically installed stud has a recommended load capacity of about 1 ton.

However, using a fischer anchor, failure usually only occurs at around 5 tons. This is another clear indication of the exceptional strength and durability of fischer products.

“Ensuring that the correct products are speci-fied and installed in accordance with all of the necessary technical requirements effectively guarantees that no installation will fail,” Owen said.

Fischer adheres with the international stan-dards and regulations which include being IS0 9002-certified.

The company is also certified by construction standards body the European Organisation for Technical Approvals (EOTA), which test hun-dreds of different construction materials each year.

If the material passes the test and receives a European Technical Assessment (ETA) stamp of approval, this translate to a 50-year guarantee on the certified product, and fischer has ETA certification on all of its anchors used in safety critical applications.

Upat National Product Specialist Charl Weber remarks that the correct selection of anchor systems is of vital importance, as the incorrect use or application of any of these products can lead to injuries and even fatalities.

“I am aware of several incidents where sus-pended ceilings collapsed due to incorrect specification, or the use of substandard prod-ucts selected mainly due to their cheaper cost, but without any thought given to their quality or applicability,” Weber said.

The problem is exacerbated by contractors sometimes not taking the correct load into account, which can result in a structural failure even if the correct products are applied.

“The market is highly price-sensitive at present, given the tight margins that contractors are

operating under at present,” said Weber.

This has resulted in the predominance of cheaper, lower-quality fixing systems being used in the local construction industry.

Upat is meeting this challenge head-on by a concerted effort to educate the construction industry about the benefits and advantages of using fischer, which represents the best tech-nology available internationally.

“We are making substantial inroads into the local market through our targeted marketing campaigns to inform users from DIY to heavy industrial about the possible costs which can be incurred by using inferior products. This includes failures, added maintenance, repair and replacement, and reputational damage to companies using inferior fixings.”

Owen points out that many of the leading building contractors in South Africa always specify fischer products for their projects, as “they know that what they are using is trusted and will work the first time.”

He concludes that the brand has always been synonymous with providing the highest levels of safety, reliability, and innovation.

“Due to this, fischer is now rightly regarded globally as the pinnacle in total fixing solutions for the construction industry.”

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Vital Engineering, a long-established manufacturer of gratings, stair treads, expanded metals, pressed floors and safety handrail has reiterated its com-

mitment to quality.

The continued pledge comes after the compa-ny was selected to supply 500 000 Vitaclamps, as part of the largest gratings, handrail and stair tread supply contract in Africa.

According to the company the contract includ-ed the supply of 250 000 Vitaclamps to Medupi Power Station in the Limpopo Province and 250 000 to Kusile Power Station in Mpumalan-ga, South Africa.

As part of the project, Vital Engineering also supplied some 200 000 m2 of grating panels and 70 km of handrailing and 8 000 stair treads.

“After carefully assessing the quality and dura-bility of our products, our superior fixing prod-uct was chosen because it suited the client’s particular requirements and application,” said Glen Pringle, Technical Director of Vital Engi-neering.

“Their decision shows that the market recog-nises our products as synonymous with high quality, performance and safety.”

Vitaclamps are a patented, top-fixing grating panel unit intended to save installation time and costs, by improving installation turnaround times, reducing scaffold hire and improving overall operational safety in the mining, petro-chemical and other industries.

“Vitaclamps reduce costs while improving safe-ty, by enabling a unit to be tightened from the top - unlike the traditional clip on the market which is fixed underneath,” explains Pringle.

As always, safety was a key aspect in both the Eskom power station projects. Vital Engi-

neering worked proactively with the principal contractor, MHPSA (Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa) to meet and surpass specified quality and safety goals.

As a strong advocate in the industry of the im-portance of making an informed choice when it comes to safety products, Vital Engineering is wary of the number of sub-standard prod-ucts that are ‘passed off’ as being equivalent to specified products by engineers or quantity surveyors.

In comparison with other products on the mar-ket - including copies - Vitaclamps are:

Stronger: They can more securely and reliably fix grating panels/flooring to the steelwork for various applications.

Faster: They enable quicker fixing, easier main-tenance and replacement of floor gratings.

Safer: In addition to the use of friction grip nuts for improved safety, they are more visible for safety checks and can even be colour-coded.

Easier to use: With better grip features and torque when tightening, they are simple and easy to fit.

The three Vitaclamp ranges — light, medium and heavy — are suitable for various applica-tions and environments within mines, petro-chemical plants and other on other industrial sites.

Vitaclamps are furthermore branded with the Vitagrid trademark — a sign of quality indicat-ing a product is manufactured by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).

“For example, when mining and petrochem-ical companies use products with this quality trademark, they protect themselves from risks associated with the use of poor quality copies

available from other companies,” said Pringle.

He adds that Vitaclamps are an example of how the company continues to develop and pro-duce innovative fixing solutions. With a proud history and track record of product innovation, Vital was the first square grating manufacturer on the market.

“We also manufactured the first ball-type hand-rail in both tubular and solid forged handrails; and m the first serrated gratings and expanded metal conveyor walkways to reduce slippage.

In addition, we have recently launched a dis-tinctive channel clip, which clips onto the un-derside of the channel for faster installation,” he adds.

“We see a constant demand for our fixing products. In addition to utilising our products for their maintenance-related requirements, clients are even using them to secure opposi-tion products in place.

“This is the result of the market’s growing pref-erence for improved safety in industries rang-ing from power generation, mining, and petro-chemicals to commercial, food and beverage, and materials handling sectors.”

In most if not all cases, Vitaclamps are sold with Vitagrid precision-made grating products and handrails.

“We do find that demand for these and many of our other patented gratings, stair treads, pressed floors and safety handrails products within South Africa - and from the international market - is growing, thanks to their innovative design and safety features.

“Vitaclamps are a really excellent example thereof, as their selection at some of our coun-try’s leading power stations signifies,” Pringle said.

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KSB Pumps and Valves has busted the ‘slurry pumps have short lifespans’ myth with the ongoing success of its Navach-ab Gold Mine installation, where 10 of its

LSA slurry pumps have operated for nearly a year without incident.

This is in stark contrast to the previous pump sets at the mine, which operated a mere 4-6 weeks between breakdowns in the aggressive wear environment of the mine.

Resultant stoppages and production losses had resulted in the mine’s management seeking al-ternative solutions from new suppliers.

KSB Pumps and Valves’ Andreas Gremels says the company was able to convince the mine of LSA technical superiority, and now has backed up the recommendation with actual on-the-job proof.

“Our pumps have proven that they can work reliably and efficiently where others simply can-not.”

He continues that the hard metal design and

additional high-pressure gland water system is less prone to component wear.

The KSB LSA pumps make use of a unique high-pressure gland water system and gland ser-vice package that pressurizes the stuffing-box with non-slurry laden water to prevent particle ingress that can cause wear of components.

Hard metal linings and specially designed impellers further con-tribute to the hard-wearing na-ture of the pumps.

“This just goes to show that specifying the right pump for a technical application is critical to the success of pumping operations.

“In the case of the Navachab Gold Mine, the additional performance gains and reliability were complimented by the outstanding work done by owners, QKR Namibia’s technical teams,” said Andreas.

He said they de-signed and man-aged the installa-tion of the entire project including monitoring systems etc and worked closely with our technical team to ensure optimal performance and longevity of the pumps and the en-tire installation.

QKR Namibia Proj-ects Engineer, du Preez Calitz, con-firms the success of the project: “The pumps were se-lected based on the long term wear simulations done by KSB and full life cycle cost analysis during the tender evaluation process. We have not looked back since then! In fact, an open inspection of the pumps re-cently revealed a much lower wear rate than initially expected which has resulted in low-er operating and

maintenance costs as foreseen over the total lifecycle of the pumps.” The engineer said the pumps have certainly met and exceeded expectations and the solid technical input and support of the company has been superb from the outset.

Echoing the sentiment, AK Roux, projects and asset management manager for QKR Namibia, adds that the new pump station has now run more than 5000 hours without a single break-down.

He added that the project team placed specif-ic focus on the evaluation of the full life cycle cost of the operation and maintenance of the pumps during the design of the new pump sta-tion and the selection of equipment.

This resulted in pump installation which con-sume 18 percent less power under similar op-eration conditions than the previously installa-tion, while the maintenance requirements over the first 5000 hours of operations was limited to the repacking of the glands and the checking of bearing assembly oil levels.

KSB Pumps and Valves slurry pumps manag-er, Rob Bond, says the rural nature of this, and other mines in Namibia, makes it imperative that the pumps are manufactured from the highest quality materials and manufactured to the highest international standards. Correct pump selection is important making it essential to work with the best technical teams available, such as those of KSB Pumps and Valves. “The success of our slurry pumps in tough Na-mibian conditions is important to us as it gives us leverage to introduce our slurry pumps to other mines in the region.

“We are already one of the top suppliers of wa-ter pumps to mines in Namibia and the addi-tion of our ultra-reliable slurry pumps enables us to become a multi-faceted solutions provid-er to the industry in Namibia and elsewhere in southern Africa,” he said.

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As competitiveness in Africa’s indus-trial space increase, Konecranes has launched Crane Advisor customer support tool.

The online tool helps customers narrow down their crane options with customized recom-mendations.

The tool already extensively used in North America and is now available in Southern Af-rica, with new features and content.

“Crane Advisor is a service that makes the in-formation retrieval a lot easier and more effi-cient for customers,” says John MacDonald, Service, Sales and Marketing Director of Kone-cranes Southern Africa.

“Crane Advisor offers the customer valuable in-

formation which is then customized according to their lifting needs.”

Konecranes says invests in research and devel-opment to bring new technologies and novel-ties to the market.

According to the company, the tool is driven by ease-of-use and customized information.

MacDonald said only four steps are necessary to get a crane recommendation. He said Crane Advisor asks the customer to answer four key questions – industry, capacity, span and duty class.

“The icon-based-design of the tool makes it extremely user-friendly. After submitting the answers, the user immediately gets a personal-ized overhead cranerecommendation.”

The Crane Advisor saves the customer’s time and decision-making.

Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, established in Finland over 100 years ago, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process indus-tries, shipyards, ports and terminals.

Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as servicing for cranes and hoists of all makes.

The Group has branches in Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town, Witbank, Klerks-dorp and Ngodwana, Uitenhage, Maputo and Richards Bay.

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