From the Chairman’s Desk
In the lead-up to Beltcon 22, which will be held 6th and 7th August 2025 in Johannesburg
From the Chairman’s Desk
Beltcon is the leading conveyor event in Africa and ranks up there with the best in the world. It is the bi-annual highlight for all things conveying (much like the Oscars are to movies). Organisers work through the autonomous body, The International Materials Handling Conference (IMHC), which is managed by a committee of individuals drawn from […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
Beltcon 22 is gearing up for what promises to be a very interesting conference this year. Technical papers are under review and promise a wealth of information to the conveying industry. As usual, speakers are drawn from around the world together with our own home-grown experts with big names like Craig Wheeler, Andrew Jennings, Dave Pitcher, […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
As always, education and training remains one of the CMA’s top priorities. As part of our focus on upskilling, we are running the following two courses this year: Bulk Handling Chute Seminar (13 – 15 May 2025) and the Diploma in Design & Operations of Belt Conveyors (5 – 12 May and 6 – 13 […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
On the count-down to the end-of-year shutdown, it seems appropriate to reflect on the CMA activities during the year. The Training arm has seen two Design Diploma courses, the popular Chute Seminar and four On-Site Certificate courses, with good examination results and high praise on all evaluation forms. Two Joint Forum meetings were held at […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
This month we have for readers some spectacular and not-so-spectacular news for the conveyor industry. After twelve long years, the corrections to SANS 1313-1 are now underway, in that the SABS has prepared an amendment to the standard correcting all the errors that are in the version of SANS 1313-1 that was published in 2012. […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
This month I have some very important information for industry: It concerns the ‘CMA Safety Around Belt Conveyors Guideline’, which is widely used in industry and the DMRE. Revision 5 of this document is now available and is published on the CMA website www.cmasa.co.za. Revision 5 corrects an omission that occurred in earlier versions of […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
Electra Mining is almost upon us, and all exhibiting CMA members will be easily recognisable by the CMA Member sign on display at their stands. We wish everyone a successful exhibition week in showcasing their products and making plenty of new contacts. The CMA AGM provides interesting feedback on current tasks that impact our industry. […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
I would like to remind readers that Beltcon 22 (which is underwritten by the CMA) will be coming up next year. It is widely known that the international speakers have voted Beltcon conferences as being the best conveyor conference in the world, and everyone remarks that it is the best information-share for delegates. That is […]
From the Chairman’s Desk
We remind “Bulk Handling Today” readers that there are some informative documents on our website, all of which are downloadable, they include: Belt clamps; CMA Guideline – Safety around belt conveyors Revo4; Generic geared reducers; Guide to SANS 1313 errors and corrections; Observation Guide; Pulley bearing support pedestals; Pulley repair guideline; sole plates, and; Static […]
