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Incline Conveyor Operations – Conveyor Safety SpecialistsICO Conveyor Belt Arrestor

Presentation to CMA - Safety Symposium– October 2012

Presented by Pierre Viviers

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Agenda

Overview of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor (CBA)

Benefits of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor (CBA)

Features of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor (CBA)

Reference Sites

Questions and Answers

Moving Forward

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Overview of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor

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Overview of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor (CBA)

Arrests snapped Conveyor Belt, preventing Damage and/or Fatalities

Robust and Maintenance Free

Reduces Downtime from 2-3 Days to 4 Hours

Specifically Engineered for Incline Conveyors

Enhances Safety and Productivity of Incline Conveyors

Locally Designed and Manufactured to Highest Standards (CSIR and SABS)

Safe, Reliable and TestedSafe, Reliable and Tested

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Benefits of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor

The ICO Conveyor Belt Arrestor reduces the risk of injury or fatalities due to belt and material rolling back down the incline.

The ICO Conveyor Belt Arrestor also improves productivity as it reduces down time cause by broken belts by up to 90%.

The ICO Conveyor Belt Arrestor reduces damage to the existing incline conveyor structure caused by a belt and material rolling down the incline following a broken or snapped belt.

Reduces TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

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Reduces TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP (TCO)

Maintenance• CBA is robust and virtually maintenance free

• Lifetime of device longer than the lifetime of a shaft

Safety• Cost of fatality to mine

• Improved safety record of mine

Productivity• Reduces time to repair belt up to 90%

• Reduced time to clean up debris out of incline

• Allocation of resources to other projects

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Features of the Conveyor Belt Arrestor

Will fit any incline conveyor belt width

SABS approved materials

CBA works on any incline from 9 to any degree incline

CBA Top Arrestor is installed as close to the head pulley as possible

Designed and Manufactured for harsh mining and Corrosive Environments

Will catch any snapped belt within seconds of breaking

Secondary safety devices can be linked to CBA

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Reference Sites

SA Chrome

Harmony Gold – Elandsrand

Anglo Platinum – Boschfontein, Turffontein, Townlands, Underground, Amandelbult, Rasimone, Zwartklip

Zimplats – Ngezi Mine

Anglo Coal – Phola Project

Anglo Coal – Zondagsfontein

Sasol Coal - Sigma

RPM Bleskop

Hernic Ferrochrome – Mooinooi and Brits

Kumba Resources

De Beers Group – Jwaneng – Botswana

Goldfields – Kloof and Libanon Division

Aquarius Platinum – Everest Mine

Harmony Gold – Tsheponeng

BCL – Botswana

PMC – Palaborwa

100% Success Rate

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PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION

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Slipping Device

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CASE STUDIES

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ANGLO PLATINUM BOSCHFONTEIN

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Anglo Platinum - Boschfontein

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Anglo Platinum - Boschfontein

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Anglo Platinum - Boschfontein

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SASOLSIGMA

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Sasol Sigma

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Sasol Sigma

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GOLDFIELDS SOUTH AFRICAKLOOFPLANT

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Goldfields - Kloof

We are aware of 4 instances where the two belt snapped and the Arrestors successfully caught the belt.

Nigel Bower the then Engineering Manager at Kloof Mine wrote ICO an e-mail confirming that apart from the improved safety on the incline conveyor, Kloof save R3,5 million rand due to reduced downtime.

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ANGLO PLATINUMMOTOTOLO CONCENTRATOR

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Questions and Answers

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Contact Details of ICO

Pierre Viviers

Tel: 011 782-3717

Cell: 082 552 0222

Email: pierre@ico.co.za

Incline Conveyor Operations

PO Box 84506

Greenside

2034

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Top and Bottom Combined Unit

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