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Mintek Annual Report Our Mandate. Mintek’s mandate is to serve the national interest through high-calibre research, development, mintek annual report and technology transfer that promotes mineral technology, and fosters the establishment and expansion of small, medium, and large industries in the field of minerals and products derived from them. Our Vision. To be a global leader in mineral and 2 metallurgical R&D and technology transfer. Our Mission. To serve our stakeholders by promoting technology, industrial growth and human development. Key Objectives. In order to attain its goals, Mintek shall strive to: • Develop efficient mineral processing technologies and sustainable value-added products and services in order to, 0 amongst others, strengthen Mintek’s position as a global supplier of mineral-processing technology, equipment, process design and control-optimisation systems; • Play a significant role in second economy interventions by developing technologies appropriate to the local jewellery, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASSM) industries with the aim of expanding the industry and of lowering entry barriers. Initiate poverty alleviation programmes and 0 support the growth of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in the mineral sector; • Support regional interventions concentrating on value addition and capacity building through mineral-based anchor projects; • Develop human and organisational skills whilst transforming its internal and external business processes and the workforce profile to ensure that it is in line with the socio-economic realities of South Africa today, whilst 9 ensuring broad representation of diverse cultures and 1934 - 2009 people; and, • Uphold good governance practices. A global leader in mineral and metallurgical innovation acronyms and abbreviations AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrometry AMI Advanced Metals Initiative AMP African Mining Partnership ARC Agricultural Research Council ASSM Artisanal and Small Scale Mining BEE Black Economic Empowerment CBT Cape Biotech Trust * * CDFR Client Dissatisfaction Frequency Rate * * CGS Council for Geoscience COST European Co-operation in the field of Science and Technological Research * CRMs Certified Reference Materials DC Direct Current DME Department of Minerals and Energy (South Africa) * DRC Democratic Republic of Congo * DST Department of Science and Technology (South Africa) DTI Department of Trade and Industry (South Africa) EIFR Environmental Incident Frequency Rate EU European Union GAAP Generally Accepted Accounting Practice GDP Graduate Development Programme (of the MQA) GSM Global System for Mobile communications ** HPGR High pressure grinding roll * HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus * * ICMI International Cyanide Management Institute ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma * * JOGMEC Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation * * JSE Johannesburg Securities Exchange * KIC Knowledge Interchange and Collaboration (programme of the * NFF) * KPI Key Performance Indicator LA-ICP-MS Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer LTIFR Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate MESU Mineral Economics and Strategy Unit (Mintek) MLA Mineral Liberation Analyser MQA Mining Qualifications Authority MTC Metals Technology Centre (at Mintek) mintek global locations MTEF Medium-Term Expenditure Framework NCI National Council for Innovation (South Africa) NIC Nanotechnology Innovation Centre Gold Ferrous Metals drainage puriification. Acid-base Capital Equipment accounting. NIH National Institute of Health (USA) • Evaluation and design of recovery • DC arc smelting processes for • MinfurnTM regeneration furnace NNR National Nuclear Regulator (South Africa) circuits, carbon / resin adsorption, chromite, ilmenite, nickel laterites, • Kimberlite indicator mineral for activated carbon in the gold PFMA Public Finance Management Act elution, electrowinning. Leach investigations. Alluvial diamond NRF National Research Foundation (South Africa) magnetite, magnesium metal processing, water treatment, and PDFR Public Dissatisfaction Frequency Rate optimisation and heap leach / bio- production, metal recovery from slags provenance studies. food industries. PGMs Platinum-Group Metals leaching amenability. and dusts. Uranium • Gold electrowinning cell. PMDN Powder Metallurgy Development Network • Cyanide speciation monitoring, online • Iron ore beneficiation. PLC Programmable Logic Controller cyanide measurement and control, • DC arc furnace. • Materials characterisation (physical, • Ambient, pressure, and heap R&D Research and Development cyanide destruction. Assistance with leaching, solvent extraction, fixed • AtomijetTM atomiser for base and RBTS Resource-Based Technology Strategy mechanical and corrosion properties), ICMI gap or full certification audits. bed and countercurrent (NIMCIX) precious metals. RIL Resin In Leach failure investigations. TM ion exchange, resin-in-pulp, ADU RIP Resin In Pulp • Minfurn technology for granular activated carbon regeneration. precipitation. RME Regional Mineral Economics Non-ferrous Metals Economic and TM ROM Run-Of-Mine • Minataur all-hydrometallurgical gold • Bioleaching of copper, nickel, and • Mintek is registered as a uranium Regional Studies RPDP Research and Professional Development Programme (of the DST) refining process. polymetallic concentrates. Heap testwork facility with South Africa’s RPP Radiation Protection Programme • Regional commodity-based mineral • New industrial uses for gold – catalysis, bioleaching of low-grade chalcopyrite- National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) SADC Southern African Development Community economic studies. biomedicine, nanotechnology. bearing materials. and the Department of Mineral SADPMR South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator Resources. • Resource-based technology SARIMA South African Research and Innovation Management Association • Integrated circuit design for metal PGMs strategies. SARM South African Reference Material(s) recovery and purification by leaching/ • Design and optimisation of integrated Process Control Strategies SEDA Small Enterprise Development Agency heap leaching, precipitation, ion • Sustainable development studies. SEM Scanning Electron Microscope comminution and flotation circuits • Advanced process control and * exchange, and SX/EW. SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises • ConRoast smelting technology for optimisation strategies for milling, SMS Short Message Service high-chromium low-sulphur PGM Industrial Minerals flotation, and gold leaching circuits, SOE State-owned enterprise matertals. sumberged-arc furnaces. STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics • Physical beneficiation - comminution, THRIP Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme • Catalyst development for automotive, flotation, gravity, dense media, • Online cyanide measurement and UK United Kingdom fuel cell, and industrial applications. electrostatic and magnetic separation, control. UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa • Novel PGM-containing alloys, powder optical sorting. • Heap leach operator guidance USA United States of America metallurgical processes. • SAVMINTM process for acid mine software and in-heap instrumentation. WAD Weak Acid Dissociable (cyanide) MINTEK MANDATE – inside flap front cover ANCRONYMS – inside front cover MINTEK GLOBAL LOCATION - inside front cover 2 75 YEAR’S AT A GLANCE 4 mINING VALUE CHAIN 5 CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT 6 Mintek Board 7 CEO’S REPORT 9 Management Organogram 11 PERFORMANCE AgAINST ObJECTIVES 18 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY 20 Gold Industry 24 Platinum-Group Metals Industry 27 Ferrous Metals Industry 31 Non-Ferrous Metals Industry 34 Industrial Minerals Industry 38 OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS 38 ConRoast Development Programme 39 Capital Equipment 40 Process Control Products 43 Certified Reference Materials 44 MINERALS POLICY AND SUSTAINAblE DEVELOPMENT 44 Mineral Economics and Strategy 47 Small-Scale Mining and Beneficiation 48 Kgabane Rural Development Programme 50 HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT 51 Employment Equity 51 Unionisation of Mintek 52 SAP and Human Resources 52 Wellness 52 HIV/AIDS 52 Academic Support and Training 56 MINTEK PUblICATIONS 58 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 61 ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2009 62 Audit Committee Report 63 Directors’ Report 65 Report of the Auditor-General 68 Financial Statements and Notes MINTEK LOCATION MAP & INTRODUCTION - inside back cover contentsCONTACT DETAILS – inside back cover MINTEK ANNUAL REPORT – 2009 A global leader in mineral and metallurgical innovation Opening of the MRL in The first mezzanine floor erected in Activity in the MRL. Test on uranium dissolution and Inspecting a model of the July 1935. the MRL. ion-exchange adsorption, GML, Yale Mintek building after Road site ( 1950s). the unveiling. Mintek’s 75 years at a glance Minerals Research Laboratory 1934 - 1942 ► Government Metallurgical Laboratory 1943 - 1965 ► 1934 MRL established at the Department of Metallurgy and 1966 Purlex process piloted. National Institute for Metallurgy Act. Assaying, University of the Witwatersrand. 1967 Harmony U plant converted to solvent extraction. 1935 Andalusite beneficiation project started (Mintek’s 1969 Pyrometallurgy Research Group established at the University longest-running investigation). First sponsored project of the Witwatersrand. (industrial diamonds in drill bits). First scholarships awarded. 1970 Harmony U plant converted to Purlex. 1936 First published papers (reduction of chromite, reduction of 1971 Start of UG2 PGM investigations. titanomagnetite). 1972 Work
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