CALENDAR

 

Calendar of Events

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Annual Dinner

The annual dinner dance and awards function will take place on 17 May 2024 at Emperors Palace.

Technical Workshop 2024

The Technical Workshop will take place on 21 August 2024 at The Ridge Casino and Conference Centre, Emalhaleni.

Biennial Technical Conference

The SACPS Biennial Conference was held at Graceland Casino and Country Club, Secunda on 15, 16 and 17 August 2023. 

To view the images from the conference, please visit the gallery.

Technical Meetings

The 2nd Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2024 will be held at the Colliery Training College (CTC) Auditorium in Emalahleni on 4 April 2024. Details of presenters will be communicated soon.

A networking session with snacks and drinks will be held after the meeting at the CTC Lapa.

Technical Meetings

The 1st Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2024 will be held at the Colliery Training College (CTC) Auditorium in Emalahleni on 25 January 2024. Samuel Tsotetsi from Xalati Resources will present on “Optimising Processing Costs in a tough coal environment”.
Jean Makola from Derrick Screens will present on “Static/non-vibratory Machines and Synthetic Surfaces for Coal Sizing Applications”.

A networking session with snacks and drinks will be held after the meeting at the CTC Lapa.

Technical Meetings 2023

The 6th Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2023 will be held at the Colliery Training College (CTC) Auditorium in Emalahleni on 30 November 2023. Njabulo Mavimbela, Fraser Alexander Mineral Processing will be presenting on “Lessons from operating a water-only duff processing module” and Jimmy Alade will be presenting on ‘Dry coal beneficiation using wind-sifter separator’.

The 5th Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2023 was held at the Colliery Training College (CTC) Auditorium in Emalahleni on 28 September 2023.  Ryan Birkin from Vortex solutions will be presenting on “Revolutionising fine and ultrafine coal processing”

The 4th Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2023 was held at the Colliery Training College (CTC) Auditorium in Emalahleni on 27 July 2023.  The presentations that were given were namely:

  • Thickener fundamentals and Optimization by Keolin Pillay of Roytec.
  • The importance of understanding your dewatering requirements by KG Setlhako
The 3rd Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2023 took place at the CTC Auditorium, Watermeyer Street, Emalahleni on 1 June 2023.  2 technical presentations with the following titles were given:
Economics and its role in coal processing – Annelize Fouchee (VA Resources)
Optimal spiral operation in an efficient coal processing plant – Refentese Molehe (Multotec)

The 1st Technical Meeting of the Southern African Coal Processing Society for 2023 took place at the CTC Auditorium, Watermeyer Street, Emalahleni on 26 January at 14h00.  The following two presentations were given:

  • “Operational Requirements for effective coal thickening’’ – Emmanuel Ngubane from Majichem (Pty) Ltd.
  • ‘’A new look at coal beneficiation – combination of single and double stage washing’’ – Fanie Boshoff
 

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