BuRockRacyDoesnâtYou are on the archive wiki. The new wiki is here. Well the project is moving along and all is well. There isn’t as much for me to do as I originally thought so I have resumed an old project as well. Will probably pick up in a couple of weeks though. Part of my project is to coordinate the selection and installation of a new crusher underground. I won’t bore you with details but it is a pretty large and expensive piece of machinery and we are busy deciding who we want to give our money to. Unfortunately the machine that is best suited is also the most expensive and the suppliers have invited us to visit their headquarters so that we can get a better idea of what we are looking at. This is fairly normal practice, the only difference is their headquarters are in England. Needless to say I am rather excited. Well, I was. You see even though DeBeers? is a rich diamond mining company, they are still a bureaucratic business and I am an ever so slightly too small fish. They have decided to send two people. My direct boss, and engineer in charge, and the engineering manager… although I’m not sure why. I can’t say I’m overly surprised but it is a bit of a let down. However, all is not lost. They have assured me that I can join them at the visit to the local head quarters in JHB. :) |