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CONGRATULATIONS! Shaft Sinkers Mining would like to congratulate our incredible crew at the South 32 Manganese Operations, Wessels Shaft Rehabilitation Contract for their amazing achievement of 365 days of accident and incident free operations! This work was undertaken in particularly challenging co...

Although United Mining Services (UMS Group) was formed out of a business that was primarily focused on underground ore body access and related contracting work, the company is – in nearly five years of existence – punching above its weight with a growth strategy that hinges on diversification of...

We congratulate our Evander project crews who successfully installed a shaft compensating tower for our client within budget and exceeding all time, quality and safety requirements under extremely challenging conditions. Special thanks to the team for working safely together and achieving this witho...

Preparing for a restart of post lockdown operations; big plants and operations take time to start up and reach optimal performance. Many parts of an operation that become ‘mothballed’, even for a short period of time, run the risk of deteriorating quite quickly.  Start-up, if not properly manag...