WorleyParsons on track at Bakubung

Four years since the production phase kicked off at Wesizwe Platinum’s Bakubung mine near Rustenburg, contractors WorleyParsons have reported good progress, with the project set to deliver first ore from the Merensky reef by the end of 2017. According to Ryan Illingworth, WorleyParsons RSA’s senior project manager on the Wesizwe Underground Project, work completed includes the main terrace comprising the production shaft headgear, and the sinking of both the production and services shafts. “The vital work of equipping the production shaft is now about halfway, with steelwork successfully and safely installed so that the rock skips and man-cages can be installed early in 2017,” said Illingworth. “This puts us on track to commission the ore-handling system in mid-2017.”