Blane Pillai
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Experience
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Multotec Group of Companies
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South Africa
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Machinery Manufacturing
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400 - 500 Employee
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Application Engineer
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Nov 2022 - Present
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Plant Metallurgist
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Aug 2020 - Nov 2022
Current major roles and responsibilities: Responsible for efficient reagent acquisition and consumption, while adhering to safe practices; Responsible for organizing data and compiling various daily, weekly and monthly management reports; Application of metal accounting best practices (AMIRA compliant), with traceable auditability; Responsible for monitoring and effecting change to the different processes in order to maximize production rate and increase the quality of the final product; Extensive work with gravity concentrators. Show less
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Graduate Metallurgist
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Nov 2016 - Aug 2020
Graduate intern and training, following the Sibanye-Stillwater bursar programme:- Responsible for daily sampling practices and smooth operation of the sampling teams;- Responsible for reagent accountability and optimization;- Major work with leaching, gold adsorption and elution circuits;- Multiple instances of relieving shift supervisors, process foremen, chief smelter and plant metallurgists.
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Metallurgy Student/Vacation Student
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Dec 2015 - Feb 2016
On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Extensive work with milling circuits and two stage classification; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management; On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Extensive work with milling circuits and two stage classification; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management;
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Metallurgy Student/Vacation Student
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Jun 2014 - Oct 2014
On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management; On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management;
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Metallurgy Student/Vacation Student
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Dec 2013 - Feb 2014
On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management; - Involvement in the commissioning of a fine carbon clarification circuit; On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Understanding the fundamentals that drive processes and quality control in gold production; - Daily, weekly, monthly sampling and reagent stock management; - Involvement in the commissioning of a fine carbon clarification circuit;
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Metallurgy Student/Vacation Student
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Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Basic hydrometallurgy. On/off vacation student at Sibanye-Stillwater during completion of degree. Work experience included: - Familiarization with plant flows and operation; - Basic hydrometallurgy.
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Sibanye-Stillwater
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South Africa
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Mining
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Artisan Student
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Dec 2009 - Feb 2010
Received training in boiler-making, fitting and turning, and electrical work Received training in boiler-making, fitting and turning, and electrical work
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Education
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University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Engineering, Chemical Engineering