{"id":15670,"date":"2020-01-30T10:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T10:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za.dedi735.jnb2.host-h.net\/?p=15670"},"modified":"2020-08-06T18:25:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T18:25:15","slug":"icon-prepares-groundwork-for-colliery-extension-near-delmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/icon-prepares-groundwork-for-colliery-extension-near-delmas\/","title":{"rendered":"ICON prepares Groundwork for Colliery Extension near Delmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>30 January 2020<\/i> The ICON Group is close to completing the groundwork for the Canyon Coal Colliery Extension situated on the outskirts of Delmas. The contract awarded to ICON in October 2019, valued at R2,5million is expected to be complete in February 2020 in preparation for the extension of the colliery aimed at substantially increasing the mine\u2019s production output.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur technical capability and keen pricing played a key role in winning this prestigious project, coupled with our extensive in-house range of bulk earthworks equipment\u201d, states Wayne Neary, Managing Director for the ICON Group.<\/p>\n<p>Wherever possible ICON is making use of local labour and services sourced from the surrounding communities in alignment with Canyon Coal\u2019s commitment to developing the communities in which they operate.<\/p>\n<p>Neary went on to state that safety at the mine is a top concern and there are very stringent safety requirements in place. ICON\u2019s pro-active focus on safety ensured that the company is in full compliance with all criteria often exceeding the mine\u2019s strict requirements.<\/p>\n<p><b>About ICON Group<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The ICON Group, established over 30 years ago, is the trusted provider of bulk earthworks, demolitions and other related civil engineering and construction services that are needed to get a commercial, industrial or mining site into an ideal state of build readiness. The ICON Group has an unrivalled reputation for delivering on specification and well within the deadlines provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>30 January 2020 The ICON Group is close to completing the groundwork for the Canyon Coal Colliery Extension situated on the outskirts of Delmas. The contract awarded to ICON in October 2019, valued at R2,5million is expected to be complete in February 2020 in preparation for the extension of the colliery aimed at substantially increasing the mine\u2019s production output. \u201cOur technical capability and keen pricing played a key role in winning this prestigious project, coupled with our extensive in-house range of bulk earthworks equipment\u201d, states Wayne Neary, Managing Director for the ICON Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}