Backfill contracting for South African gold and hard-rock mines.
Titan Mining runs backfill as a full turnkey operation — crews, paddocks, bags, piping, flushing and flocculant stations — and has carried out all backfill on the three shafts expediting backfill at Sibanye Gold since inception in 2001.
Everything the fill cycle needs, under one contract.
Trained backfill crews with on-site supervision and full MHSA-aligned procedures.
Paddocks built and bags installed, tensioned and sealed to the mine's standards.
Placement managed from station to stope, with monitoring through the fill cycle.
Induction of all required HDPE pipe ranges and flexible filling hoses.
Line flushing so pipe ranges stay clear between fills.
Installed and run underground to condition the fill.
Telephone boxes and reels linking the stope to the backfill plant.
Portable safety bags, mud accumulators and spillage mats keeping the footwall clean.
Backfill products and services
Backfill Contracting
Full turnkey backfill operations — labour, installation and placement.
Backfill Bags
Made-to-order in the materials and sizes your operation needs.
Backfill Portable Safety Bags
Portable spillage containment — eliminate skipped backfill lines.
Backfill Water Reticulation System
Stops fines washing into cross-cuts — no massive box-front spillages.
Supporting equipment on the fill line
Kit that keeps flushing water, mud and fines out of the cross cut while backfill is being placed.
VideoMud Accumulator
Keep cross-cuts clean beneath box fronts — patented spillage prevention.
Spillage Mats
Stop ore overflowing hoppers — less shovelling, more tramming.
VideoEzi Self-Cleaning Sump
Recycled flow design keeps the pump impellor clear.
A backfill contractor that also manufactures.
In 2009 Titan Mining acquired a backfill manufacturing enterprise in Randfontein. Backfill bags, portable safety bags and tie-down straps are made in-house, so sizes are matched to the stope and replacements reach the shaft quickly, at reduced cost.
A 240-strong workforce, Broad Based BEE Level 2 with 51% Black ownership, and an outstanding safety record across 25 years of continuous backfill contracting.
About Titan MiningCommon questions
What does Titan's backfill contracting include?
It is a full turnkey operation: labour supply and supervision, paddock and backfill bag installation, and filling of the backfill bag — including all required HDPE pipes, flexible filling hoses, flushing systems, flocculant stations and communication systems.
How long has Titan Mining been doing backfill?
Since inception in 2001. Titan Mining has successfully carried out all backfill on the three shafts expediting backfill at Sibanye Gold.
Does Titan manufacture its own backfill bags?
Yes. Backfill bags, portable safety bags and tie-down straps are manufactured in-house at Titan's Randfontein facility, acquired in 2009, in the materials and sizes each operation requires.
How is spillage handled if a backfill bag bursts?
Titan's portable safety bag system contains the spillage without lines of backfill being skipped for permanent safety bag positions. Mud accumulators and spillage mats keep flushing water, mud and fines out of the cross cut.
Which areas does Titan work in?
Gold and hard-rock mines across Gauteng, North West, the Free State, Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape, operated from the Randfontein head office.
Planning a backfill campaign?
Send us the shaft, the stope layout and the schedule — we will come back with a turnkey backfill proposal.