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ALL AboardSecond Quarter 2014 I Ethics Line: 0800 205 280

Wealth UnearthedPrinted on 100% eco-friendly paper

AEL’s “Hot Tummies, Warm Feet Campaign” Meet Alan Gutierrez,

Key Accounts Chief – Latin America

AEL Indonesia recognising Long Service

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Contact Details: Eubulus Pillay - All Aboard Editor I Tel: +27 11 606 0313 I Fax: +27 11 605 0000 I [email protected] I www.aelminingservices.com

3 WEETR (Workshop for Explosives Engineers and

Technical Representatives)

4 AEL’s hot tummies, warm feet campaign

5 67 Minutes to help the children of Thuthukani

Centre

6 AEL in the spotlight in the international arena -

ExpoMin 2014

7 Meet Alan Gutierrez, Key Accounts Chief - Latin

America

8 AEL Indonesia recognising long service

9 AEL takes Seth Academy learners on a tour of

the AECI Dynamite Factory Museum

10 AEL’s knowledge transfer at the IOQ conference

10 Declaration of gifts

11 AEL Indonesia’s exemplary safety achievement

for the second consecutive year

11 AEL supports the women of Limpopo region

12 Quality game changers

13 Living The AEL Way

14 AEL @ a glance

14 Freaky Friday

15 Babies on board

15 Wayne’s word

Editor’s Note

Dear Colleagues

As the first half of the year draws to a close, we celebrate our successes at the office and in the field. We have proven thus far that the AEL family leads by example and places team effort at the forefront in order to achieve world class standards.

Some of the highlights in this issue include a sneak peek from the various sites in our AEL Energy section.

The AEL CSI section takes you on our journey to Thuthukani Centre as part of Nelson Mandela International Day where employees got their hands dirty to build a fully-equipped jungle gym encouraging more physical activity in a safe, controlled environment for the children. Employees also demonstrated AEL’s value of Care by donating slippers and comfort food as part of our Hot Tummies, Warm Feet winter campaign.

Our AEL Values section turns the spotlight onto vibrant, young Lerato Thabede, a sterling example of our company values of Confidence, Courage and Care.

Under our AEL Thought Leadership banner, we celebrate our recent success hosting the annual Workshop for Explosives Engineers and Technical Representatives (WEETR) and participating in the Institute of Quarrying conference.

Safety remains one of our key priorities globally. Through our strong focus on safety, we continue to encourage all employees to always keep their safety switches on. In our AEL in the Field section, we commend AEL Indonesia for their exemplary safety achievement for the second consecutive year.

Finally, in our AEL family section, we introduce the latest babies on board and share another marvellous motivational morsel from Executive Director SADC, Wayne Du Chenne.

As our valued readership, you encourage you to submit your stories for the next issue by e-mailing [email protected]

We trust that you are energised to face the second half of the year with confidence, courage and care.

Eubulus

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In line with our thought leadership and knowledge-sharing stance, AEL hosted yet another successful WEETR (Workshop for Explosives Engineers and Technical Representatives) in June.

The conference was tailored to increase technical product knowledge and equip the frontline with detailed information on specific AEL product offerings; best practice and how these offers differentiate AEL in the market.

The conference affords AEL technical staff the opportunity to get updates on the latest technical methods and projects, to be trained or refreshed on technical issues and to share their own work through

WEETR 2 days = 100% success

presentations and informal discussion.

Simon Tose, Group Consulting Mining Engineer structured the programme and also presented two papers entitled:

1. The evolution of explosives from fire setting to electronics provides big improvements to blasting.2. New developments present ways to mitigate wild flyrock more effectively.

The team of presenters included Sandy Etchells, Mauritz Kotze, Mohammed El Gharraz, Carlos Paz, Lesego Chauto among others.

The event comprised a conference where AEL’s internal experts presented a range of key topics associated with their specific product portfolios and an exhibition showcasing the latest product range including the CE4 Tagger, latest generation underground pump and the Surface Blasting Handbook app (available at the iStore and Play store).

Well done to the Mining Optimisation Team and all delegates who contributed to the success of this workshop.

For highlights, visit our Facebook (AEL Mining Services) and Twitter pages (@ael_mining).

Larry Wilson (left) takes a delegate through the R&D offerings

Delegates at the exhibition

Various generations of the pneumatic pump on display

South African delegates

Delegates at the conference

Delegates engaging with product specialists

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The children of Thuthukani Centre receiving slippers and beanies to keep them warm

AEL’s “Hot Tummies, Warm Feet Campaign”

As part of our CSI campaign, AEL supports the Thuthukani Centre in Tembisa, a non-profit

organisation that cares for more than 250 vulnerable children. The nature of AEL’s support

looks at facilitating school attendance and valuing of education for the children at the centre.

Coupled with this is the need to keep the children warm in winter. AEL has instituted the

inclusion of an annual winter campaign into its CSI initiatives where blankets, warm clothing

and food are sponsored in order to add comfort to the children and beat the Gauteng winter

chills which reach temperatures bordering on 0˚Celsius. Our successful campaigns to date

include the “Blanket Campaign”, the “Hands and Feet Campaign” and our 2014 “Hot Tummies,

Warm Feet Campaign”. We believe that physical comfort of these children can aide with their

psychological happiness.

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Eye testing in progress

Mxolisi Nene filling the sandpit

Subash Chetty offloading material

Ayanda Zici (L) and Vivi Majova (R) entertaining the children

Francois van Niekerk preparing for the jungle gym installation

The optician attending to the children The AEL team helping with the construction of the jungle gym

67 Minutes to help the children of Thuthukani Centre

In aid of encouraging more physical activity in a safe environment for the

children of Thuthukani Centre, AEL employees spent 67 minutes as part of

the Nelson Mandela International Day initiative, at the centre assisting with

the installation of a jungle gym which included a slide, swings, sandpits

and more.

In addition, to promote good health, AEL also sponsored eye-testing

for more than 250 children at the centre and will be purchasing any

prescription glasses needed. It’s in our hands to make a difference!

AEL CSI

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AEL in the spotlight in the International Arena - ExpoMin 2014

AEL participated in ExpoMin 2014, a premier event in the mining sector held in Santiago, Chile.

The 13th annual ExpoMin offered an effective platform of contact between national and international supplier companies and the mining industry.

AEL’s presence at the event as one of many exhibitors from 35 countries, enabled constant networking opportunities

with delegates including prospective customers. The major highlight for AEL was the launch of the new CE4 Tagger, which was well-received by the international mining fraternity.

The CE4 Tagger, with GPS, is an inherently safe device for testing and tagging of Electronic Detonators. The CE4 Tagger is usable across all applications of AEL Electronic initiation systems and can be used with current hardware.

The equipment has been designed to simplify use and increase the robustness of devices to be suitable in the mining and construction environment.

AEL was represented by the AEL Latin American team led by Des Decina, MD AEL Latin America.

Follow us on Twitter: @ael_mining for the full rundown of the event.

Alan Gutierrez (far right) and Felipe Vasquez (second to right) with delegates

Alejandro Contreras (Operations Manager Latin America) manning the stand

(From L to R) AEL Latin America’s Alan Gutierrez - Key Accounts Chief, Ximena Gonzalez - Administrative Assistant and Felipe Vasquez - Supporting Engineer Operations

Des Decina (MD AEL Latin America) being interviewed by a journalist

The newly launched CE4 Tagger

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Young and vibrant, multi-lingual father of two who bops to the beat of retro tunes...

Alan studied mining engineering at the University of Santiago in Chile and graduated with an honours degree in Engineering in 2009. He started working in the engineering support area in June 2007, for the subsidiary of DetNet in South America. He was then promoted to senior support engineer in 2009. Subsequently, Alan was promoted to Project Engineer and Head of Key Accounts in 2011 and 2013 respectively.

All Aboard chatted to Alan while in Chile.

Share some highlights of your career at AEL.

In 2007, I was part of the team that won the first contract with a Chilean Mining company to use our electronic initiating systems. At the beginning of 2008 with our Brazilian partnering company, Britanite, in São Paulo, we did the first electronic blast using the HotShot initiating system. We managed to enter the Brazilian market in the first stage because we could demonstrate that we were able to reduce levels of vibrations induced by the blasting and maintain good levels of fragmentation when using electronic detonators.

During the same year, I was part of the team that was led by Alejandro Contreras, now Operations Manager of AEL Mining Services Chile, where we introduced the electronic initiating systems in Peru and in 2011 we did the same in Argentina.

What does your portfolio entail?

I represent AEL with the various mining clients in the region imparting knowledge about AEL’s products and services.

What are your key responsibilities?

I promote AEL’s strong capability and range of cutting-edge products to current and potential customers as AEL is relatively unknown in this region.

I drive the AEL safety culture within the team and lead them to present a professional approach at the various mines that we work at in South America ensuring that we engage in the safe application of AEL products.

What is your modus operandi? Is it aligned to The AEL Way (confidence, courage, care)?

I like to maintain an environment of trust and loyalty in my

team, to promote good communication and a commitment to rigorous work. So I always endeavour to be transparent, fair and objective in my actions. If we have clear goals, we must strive to achieve them through a display of courage, confidence, and care.

What major projects are you currently engaged in?

One of my biggest focus areas currently is the mining project Sierra Gorda, located in the North of Chile, in the Atacama desert, in the II region of Antofagasta. This project is considered to soon become one of the biggest mining copper projects in the region. We have been involved with this project since the first blast in March 2012 with 100% of the blasts having been initiated using the DigiShot Plus electronic initiating system. It is the first mine in the world where we have used the new CE4 Tagger and where we are implementing a RF Repeater antenna in the pit.

Other recent major projects have been the conversions from the SmartShot system to the DigiShot Plus system in mines in Franke (Chile), Antamina (Peru) and Sossego (Brazil). During May 2014, several mines have called on AEL to display our comparative advantages over the competition. Successful first stage trials have been done in Minera Yanacocha (located near Cajamarca, in Northern Peru and considered South America’s largest gold mine).

What is your vision/ goal for the future within AEL?

My goal is to position AEL as a recognised brand of quality and superior service excellence in Latin America. AEL’s products, services and employees must be synonymous with best quality and meticulousness.

Tell us something interesting about yourself?

I’m a real bookworm. I love reading novels and history books. I also have an aptitude for foreign languages, I studied German and English at university and Italian at the “Istituto italiano di Cultura” in Santiago some years ago. I have also improved my proficiency in English and Portuguese which has helped me with my duties at AEL.

My other obsession is my large, constantly growing collection of vinyl records ranging from rock bands of the 60s and 70s to classical music. This allows me a little escapism from my daily routine. I generally lead a very tranquil life with my wife Ingrid and my two sons Álvaro and Rafael. We love taking long walks or riding our bikes in the park.

Meet Alan Gutierrez, Key Accounts Chief – Latin America

Movers and Shakers

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AEL Indonesia recognising Long Service

In line with our commitment to showing appreciation

for our human capital, AEL Indonesia recently

presented Long Service Awards to employees who

have been part of the AEL Indonesia team for 5 years.

The recipients included Muhammad Dadang (Site

Superintendent Melak – Thiess), Dadan Ihsanudin

(SHE Supervisor Melak – Thiess), Jafar Sidik (Field

Leadinghand Melak – Thiess), Evi Sri Hartono (Senior

Plant Operator Melak – Thiess), Fadli Zuchri (SHE

Manager), Saverianus Kobu Lamak (Field Supervisor

Gunung Bayan – BUMA/Petrosea), Reynaldo Paruntu

(Plant Operator Gunung Bayan – BUMA/Petrosea),

Fendi Bara (MMU Operator Gunung Bayan – BUMA/

Petrosea).

Melak site awards were presented by Acep Setiawan

(HRD Manager), Gunung Bayan site awards were

presented by Totong Fardian (Area Manager –

South West Territory) & Balikpapan office awards

were presented by Mark Gibbs (Engineering &

Maintenance Manager).

The Long Service Awards policy has not only

been incorporated as a company policy in PT

AEL Indonesia but has also been legalised by the

Indonesian Minister of Manpower.

The Long Service Awards will become a routine

occurrence for employees who have been in AEL

Indonesia’s employ for 5, 10, 15 and 20 years. These

awards are structured to motivate employees to

display world class performance standards.

Congratulations to the award recipients!

Mark Gibbs and Fadli Zuchri Jafar Sidik

Muhamad Dadang and Acep Setiawan

Totong Fardian and Saverianus Kobu LamakTotong Fardian and Reynaldo Paruntu

Award recipients Totong Fardian and Fendi Bara

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AEL takes SETH Academy Learners on a tour of the AECI Dynamite Factory Museum

AEL hosted a group of SETH Academy learners at the AECI Dynamite Factory Museum in Modderfontein in June.

The goal was to give the grade 8 and 9 learners an experience of the work that AEL does and its importance in the South African and global landscape.

Also, having first-hand experience of science and engineering principles in action, will serve to give learners insight into the field of science and technology.

The AECI CSI Fund supports the SETH Academy in partnership with the University of the North West and as

Learners explore the range of exhibits at the museum

part of its CSI projects arranged this visit.

The feedback received from the SETH Academy and the University of the North West is that the visit was a valuable experience for both learners and teachers.

The AECI Dynamite Factory Museum is a specialty museum dedicated to the history of dynamite manufacture in South Africa. The museum places particular emphasis on the past use of dynamite in the mining industry with displays of artefacts from the working factory.

Housed in the 1895 residence of the first Factory

Manager, the museum also offers social commentary and insight into the part played by some of the famous historical figures who helped shape the destiny of Southern Africa’s mining industry.

Visit the museum and learn about explosives, how they are made and their purpose in the mining industry.

Visiting Hours: Monday to Friday: 10:00 -14:00 Wednesday: 14:00 -16:30 Tel: 011 - 6082747

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AEL’s knowledge-transfer at the IOQ Conference

DECLARATION OF GIFTS

Employees may receive gifts at any time of the year. The principle adopted within AECI for receiving and giving of gifts is that:

“an employee should accept gifts and entertainment that are for business purposes only, which is not too frequent”

Gifts that are promotional in nature like pens, diaries, calendars need not be declared provided that their value does not exceed R500.

An employee must therefore do the following to avoid any potential conflict of interests with respect to receiving gifts:

> Gifts worth R0 - R500: No need to declare

> Gifts worth R500 – R2000: Must be declared using Form 001

> Gift over R2000 in value: Line manager/supervisor must authorise the acceptance of such gift. Once permission has been

granted, the recipient employee must complete and sign Form 001 declaring such gift. The immediate manager/supervisor

must also sign Form 001 as an indication that they authorise the acceptance of such gift.

* Form 001 is available on Edge, Intranet and Extranet under the Ethics tab.

* Note: Conversion should be done into the local currency to determine the country specific threshold.For all queries, please contact:

Nomini Rapoo (AECI - Group Company Secretary) [email protected] Chilwane (AECI - Group Compliance Officer) [email protected]

Leanda-Marsha Vilakazi (AEL - Group GRC Manager) [email protected]

The annual IOQ (Institute of Quarrying) Conference, designed for the professional development of information exchange between industry peers, attracts in excess of 200 visitors from Southern Africa and abroad annually.

AEL was present at the event held at the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, Cape Town from 10 – 11 April 2014.

This year’s conference coincided with the 45th anniversary of the Institute

of Quarrying and gave delegates the opportunity to view the latest technology in the quarrying industry.

AEL launched its cutting-edge electronics offering, the CE4 Tagger – a revolutionary tagging and testing device.

Simon Tose, Group Consulting Mining Engineer, was honoured with an accolade for the best paper presented at the IOQ Conference in 2013 entitled Understanding and Managing the Flyrock

appointed as President of the Institute of Quarrying (IOQ).

Oosthuizen says, “It is an honour for me to serve the institution and make it fit and relevant, especially from an international point of view, to all members going forward.”

Congratulations Simon and Dennis!

Risk Zones.

This year Simon furthered AEL’s thought leadership stance with the presentaion of a paper entitled “From Fire Setting to Electronics”.

Dennis Oosthuizen appointed President of the IOQ

AEL is proud to announce that Dennis Oosthuizen, Managing Director: Quarrying and Construction at AEL was

Dennis Oosthuizen with members of the IOQ Dennis Oosthuizen appointed President of the IOQ Simon Tose, recipient of the best paper award for 2013

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Monday 14 April was a very significant day for the women in the Limpopo region as the Women’s Forum for the Limpopo region was launched under the stewardship of the Managing Director – Open Pit and Massive, Morne Stiglingh. The launch was attended by all the ladies within AEL in the Limpopo region.

In his opening address, Morne Stiglingh shared his

AEL supports the women of Limpopo region

excitement about the day and elaborated on the current percentage of the economically active population with particular focus on women representation. Furthermore, he shared extracts from the assessment report conducted through the company during the course of 2013 and the various next steps currently underway. It was also emphasized that this engagement will be a bi-annual event in order to ensure continuous engagement.

The women shared their excitement and commitment to this initiative with emphasis on the need to improve the representation of women within the various levels of work within the business.

The team of women present at the event Morne Stiglingh addressing attendees

AEL Indonesia’s exemplary safety achievement for the second consecutive year

Every year, the Indonesian Ministry of

Manpower and Transmigration hosts

the Keselamatan dan Kesehatan Kerja

(Occupational Health & Safety) awards

ceremony that recognizes outstanding

achievements in occupational health and

safety during the year.

This year the awards ceremony was held in

Jakarta on 26 May and was well-attended

by company representatives from various

industry segments operating across Indonesia

including oil and gas, mining, construction,

chemicals and manufacturing. Other

attendees included mayors and governors who

were involved with assessing the participants

in their regions.

At this year’s event, AEL Indonesia was

presented with an award for achieving 4

million Lost Time Injury (LTI) free working

hours. This is the second consecutive year

that AEL has received an award for LTI free

working hours. Last year AEL was presented

an award for achieving 3 million LTI free

working hours.

AEL Indonesia’s 4 million LTI free working

hours were achieved by the end of 2013 and

takes into account the working hours from

all employees and contractors since AEL

Indonesia started operations in October 2009.

Congratulations to the team!

Fadli Zuchri, AEL Indonesia’s SHE Manager (right) receives the award from Muhaimin Iskandar, Minister of Labour & Transmigration - Republic of Indonesia

In the Field

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ISAP (Best Plant Winner) – Comments by Hedwig Chauke

How do you plan on retaining your Best Plant Quality Award next year?

By ensuring continuous visibility in the plant, this will allow us to pick up problems before they are escalated. We will also look for opportunities where we can improve.

What support have you received from Group Quality to ensure quality is always in place in your area?

The monthly communication material i.e. newsletters, poster themes and caucuses have helped us to communicate to the shop floor and keep the path of quality alive.

Quality Fast FactsBy Cecil Korkie

The Quality Management System that complies

with ISO: 9001 will ensure our ability to trade

internationally.

Quality Game Changers

Quality The AEL Way

Lerato Thabede (Quality Champion Winner)

What does quality mean to you?

Quality means a way life. If you do things with quality in mind you are guaranteed to do them right, and do them right the first time.

How do you encourage others to deliver Quality The AEL Way?

Firstly it’s important to ensure they understand what Quality The AEL Way is. People tend to resist when they don’t fully understand. Secondly you make them believe it by leading by example and doing things The AEL Way.

Vela Mazula (Catch of the year Winner)

What makes you stand out from the rest in terms of displaying good quality practices?

It’s about making sure that whatever I do, I do honestly and to the best of my ability. Ensuring that it’s done right the first time.

Whenever you hear the phrase “Quality The AEL Way”, what springs to mind?

Making sure the quality of our products and services meet our customer’s needs at all times.

Your Thoughts

We want to know your thoughts on delivering Quality The AEL Way. How do you incorporate quality into your everyday life at AEL?

The best replies will be published in the next addition of All Aboard and accompanied with a gift courtesy of Group Quality.

Linnea Cloete, Group Quality Manager with Lerato Thabede Linnea Cloete with Vela Mazula Khensane Shipalane receiving the award from Linnea Cloete on behalf of ISAP

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Lerato Thabede, a shining example of the AEL values

of Confidence, Courage and Care doubles up as career

woman, mother and mentor to young girls. All Aboard got

more insight about this vibrant young go-getter.

Give us a brief background of your career path?

I have been with AEL for a year and a half but with the AECI

group for about 9 years.

I moved from DetNet to AEL in 2013. I was promoted to

Distribution Admin Controller. My current role exposes

me to the areas of project management and leadership

and also affords me the opportunity to broaden my

understanding of the supply chain industry.

These are invaluable skills that will enable me to add

value to the company. I will obtain my Bachelors Degree

in Logistics Management in 2014 and plan to further my

studies in the area of supply chain management. My

long term goal is to obtain Certification in Production and

Inventory Management (CPIM) and Certification in Supply

Chain Profession (CSCP).

What does your portfolio entail? What are your key

responsibilities?

As a Distribution Administrative Controller, I am

responsible for the smooth running of the Distribution

administration department, and ensuring our inventory is

well managed. My key responsibilities include the planning

of exports loading, daily scheduling of loads, managing

finished goods inventory and distribution processes. I am

also a Quality Champion and Edge Leader for Distribution.

What is your modus operandi? Is it aligned to the AEL

Way (Confidence, Courage, Care)?

“Do things right the first time” - this is important to me

as it ensures efficiency thereby meeting our service level

Living The AEL Way

potential, which is what I am doing. To read up about

Goddess Girls visit http://officialgoddessgir.wix.com/

goddessgirls

What are your interests/ hobbies/ sporting activities

away from the office?

I am a regular church goer and a dedicated mother. So

you will often find me at a kiddie’s restaurant trying to

entertain my 3 year old child, Tshenolo. When I do have

some free time to myself I catch up on my reading and

enhance my cooking skills.

agreements with our internal and external customers.

Confidence: Understanding my KPAs and striving for

process efficiency enables me to carry out my duties with

diligence and a higher degree of confidence.

Courage: I’m occasionally required to make tough and

unpopular decisions. These decisions require courage

and conviction. My understanding of courage is having the

ability and willingness to do the right thing no matter how

difficult it is.

Care: My leadership role invariably requires that I show

care for people and the things they care about to ensure

that they know that what they do is just as important

as what I do. This improves communication and boosts

morale and productivity.

Do you see yourself as a leader or a team player?

I don’t believe you can be a good leader without being a

team player. Team effort is crucial in rallying employees

behind a specific goal and in achieving our business

objectives. I’m a team player with leadership ambitions.

Strong leadership is required to manage teams and my

current role enables me to perform some leadership

duties.

Tell us something interesting about yourself?

I am a mentor for young girls in an outreach programme

called Goddess Girls which focuses on previously

disadvantaged girls from Soweto that need mentoring and

assistance with following their dreams. I am privileged to

be part of this programme; it is my way of giving back to

the community.

My potential for doing this, was discovered by the former

HR Manager for DetNet Lisa Crawford-Brunt who showed

me what can be done by just acknowledging someone’s Lerato Thabede

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AEL @ a Glance

FREAKY FRIDAYFriday the 13th is a day that is associated with all sorts of mystical urban legends, superstition and unusual occurrences. This was certainly not the case at AEL, as the corridors were turned into a fun-filled environment.

Even though there is a phobia associated with the day called “Paraskeuidekatriphobia” - the fear of Friday the 13th, there was an interesting turn of events at the office as people came dressed in scary costumes embracing the fun element of the day. The thrill of competitiveness was rife with prizes being handed out for the most creative and eye-catching costumes worn on the day.

Thank you to everyone that participated!

Coal Southern Africa eMalahleni Distribution’s MMU Calibration

The IT department transformed into a freakishly fun work space

Coal Southern Africa eMalahleni Distribution Facility’s engineering team

On 28 April, AEL Tanzania conducted a Safety Competition at the Dar es Salaam offices where employees proved to be knowledgeable about health & safety

Rita de Bruin celebrated her 30 years service with AEL on 21 May 2014. Congratulations!

Safety recognition braai at the Rustenburg office for excellent safety commitment in 2013

The AEL team won first place at the Sibanye golf day. Here they are receiving the floating trophy, from Pieter Turner, Chief Operating Officer (right)

Commemoration of World Safety day in Orapa, Botswana

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Wayne’s Word

Babies on Board

Zakhele Mashita`s (Machines at ISAP) adorable baby girl, Dineo born on 4 June

Introducing...

Alwyn de Lange’s (FMS) handsome grandson, Ziane born on 24 June

Evelyn Motasi’s (Skymark) beautiful baby girl, Lesego born on 16 June

Nic Dreyer’s cute son, Nicolaas Isak, born 10 April

Wayne Du Chenne and his monkey

Johan Duvenhage with Wayne Du Chenne

Hendrik Jv Rensburg with Wayne Du Chenne

Wayne Du Chenne (Executive Director SADC) was presented with a special gift

by his team members, Johan Duvenhage (Managing Director – Coal Southern

Africa) and Hendrik Janse van Rensburg (Managing Director - Platinum &

Chrome – SA). The gift, a plush monkey, signifies the wise words that Wayne

shares with his team as part of his motivational chats:

“It’s your circus, go feed your own monkeys”

Definition: Confront your challenges head-on.

We are certain that Wayne will continue to colour our AEL world with more

pearls of wisdom as we look ahead to the second half of the year.

AEL Fam

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AEL Head Office Tel: +27 11 606 0000 email: [email protected] www.aelminingservices.com

AEL is proud to present our annual Blasting Masterclass on 30 September 2014.

Do you know what explosives energy you are buying?

Log on to http://masterclass.aelminingservices.com for more information.