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A BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE Office Of the chief executive OfficerThis Newsletter provides customers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and the community at large with current information
on major performance and other activities of the companies under the leadership of the CEO
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ዩኤኤም ኃ. የተ. የግል ማ. ዘመናዊ የተሽከርካሪ....................5 Earth science is said vital for Africa’s ...........................6ሚድሮክ ወርቅ ማዕድን በአነስተኛና ጥቃቅን ........................7ዴይላይት አፕላይድ ቴክኖሎጂስ ኃ.የተ.የግ.ማ በጥራት..........8ሚድሮክ ወርቅ ማዕድን በሚያመርትበት ለገደምቢ አካባቢ......8
MIDROC Gold Mine P.L.C., a member of the MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group companies received a special Award in recognition of excellence in earning considerable foreign currency by standing first among more than 175 export customers of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia.
Dr. Arega Yirdaw, CEO of MIDROC Ethiopia and General Manager of MIDROC Gold Mine P.L.C., received the certificate and trophy from H.E. Ato Bereket Simon, Government Communication Affairs Office Head with ministerial portfolio and Chair of the Bank’s Board of Directors on an Exporters Day organized by CBE held on February 5, 2013 at Sheraton Addis.
MIDROC Gold . . .ሚድሮክ ወርቅ ማዕድን . . .ከገጽ 1 የዞረ
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United Auto Maintenance P.L.C, a member of MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group companies inaugurated vehicle technical inspection test lane built on its premises on January 15, 2013.
Federal Transport Authority Director General Kassahun Haile-Mariam said on the occasion that the low level technical capacity of vehicles has been a major cause for traffic accidents. In this regard, ensuring the technical capacity of vehicles has an important role to lessen the accidents.
Ato kassahun indicated that the company also through strengthening its capacity can be a model for other private companies engaged in providing the service.
MIDROC Ethiopia CEO, Dr. Arega Yirdaw on his part said that members of the MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group Companies have been taking a leading position in assisting the country’s economic endeavors.
The CEO indicated that as part of the technology group's effort, UAM has finalized preparations to provide annual vehicle inspection test lane services in accordance with the standards set by the Ethiopian Road and Transport Authority.
UAM P.L.C. General Manager Ato Ephrem Abera on his part said that the company would provide the service using its new modern machine imported from Germany at a cost of over five million birr.
The inspection service includes visual inspection pit, slide slip tester, shock absorber tester, axle play tester, roller brake tester and emission tester.
The company will also launch licensing service in the near future.
While inaugurating the inspection test lane
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Earth science is said vital for Africa’s development
The 24th Colloquium of African Geology (CAG) conference was held at the Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa Ethiopia from 8-14 January 2013 under the theme “40 years of GSAF (1973-2013); Earth sciences solutions to African Development Challenges”. It was conducted together with the 14th congress of the Geological Society of Africa (GSAF) and the 40th anniversary of GASF.
The conference was officially opened with the presence of the Minister, Ministry of Mine, W/ro Sinknesh Egigu.
MIDROC Ethiopia Chief Executive Officer and MIDROC Gold Mine General Manager, Dr. Arega Yirdaw made a plenary presentation on the topic of MIDROC Gold’s experience in the mining sector.
MIDROC Ethiopia Technology Group was a diamond sponsor and MIDROC Gold Mine was among platinum sponsors for the
conference.
The objectives of the conference are : to promote understanding of the earth sciences and improve standards of earth science education and research in Africa, to provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of information across national boundaries among scientists, associations and institutions engaged in African geology and earth resources as well as to improve natural hazards assessment and disaster mitigation.
Large number of earth scientists from 60 countries attended the CAG 24 which was organized by the Ethiopian Geo-sciences and Mineral Engineering Association (EGMEA) in collaboration with government and non-government organizations.
ያለውን ወቅታዊ ሁኔታ ለመረዳት ከመንግሥት ኃላፊዎች እንዲሁም
የየኩባንያዎቹን ሃላፊዎች በማነጋገር የሥራ አቅጣጫዬን ቀይሼ ድርጅቶቹን
ለማስተዳደር ሃላፊነቱን ተረከብኩኝ›› ሲሉ መልሰዋል፡፡
ዶ/ር አረጋ ባለፉት 15 ዓመታት ውስጥ ከቀድሞው የኢፌዲሪ ጠቅላይ
ሚኒስትር መለስ ዜናዊ ጋር ሁለት ጊዜ ፊት ለፊት ተገናኝተው
ተወያይተዋል፡፡ በተለይም የመጨረሻው ውይይታቸው ስለ አየር መንገድ
አገልግሎት መስፋፋት፣ ከውጭ ስለሚገቡና በኢንቨስትመንት ስለሚሠማሩ
ኢትዮጵያውያን ጉዳይ፤ በከተማ ግብርና ህግ ላይ ከዚያ ባለፈም በግል
ጉዳዮች ላይ አርኪ ውይይቶች አድርገው እንደነበር ይገልፃሉ፡፡
ዶ/ር አረጋ ሃያ ኩባንያዎችን መምራት እንደማይከብድ ሌሎችም ቢጨመሩ
መምራት እንደሚቻል ይናገራሉ፡፡ ‹‹ዋናው ነገር አንድ ጊዜ ኩባንያዎቹ
ሥራቸውን ማከናወን የሚችሉበት የአሠራር ሥርዓት ከተዘረጋላቸው
ሁሉም በዚያ ሥርዓት መመራት ብቻ ነው፡፡ አስቸጋሪው ሊመሩበት
የሚችሉትን ሥርዓት በትኩረት የመዘርጋቱ የመጀመሪያው ደረጃ ላይ
ነው፡፡ ከዚያ ራሳቸው እያዳበሩት ይሄዳሉ፡፡ ሌሎች ኩባንያዎች ሲጨመሩ
በአመራር ደረጃ ብቁ የሆኑ ሰዎችን የመምራት ኃላፊነት በመሥጠት
አመራሩን ይከፋፈላሉ፡፡ ኩባንያዎቻችን ከአምስት ወደ ሃያ ያደጉትም
በየወቅቱ የሚወጡ የመንግሥት መመሪያዎችና ደምቦችን የተከተሉና
ለሥራ ተደጋጋፊነት እንዲኖራቸው ሲባል ነው›› በማለት መልሰዋል፡፡
ዶ/ር አረጋ ከሼክ ሙሐመድ ጋር እየተገናኙ ስለ ሥራውና ስለ ኩባንያዎቹ
ይመካከሩ እንደሆነም ሲገልፁ፡- የባለሀብቱ ትልቁ ሀብቱ እምነቱ ነው፡፡
በመታመንህ ሥራህን በአግባቡ እንድትሠራ ያደርግሀል፡፡ በሰዎች መካከል
ያለው ግንኙነት ለሥራህ ወሳኝ ነው፡፡ አለቃ ሲኖር የአለቃን ስሜትና
ፍላጐት መገንዘብ ግዴታ ነው፡፡ ሼክ ሙሐመድን ስንመለከት በእምነት
ለቀቅ አድርጐ ‹‹ሥራህን ሥራ!›› የሚል አለቃ ነው፡፡ የምናመርተውን፣
የምንሸጠውንና የምናስገባውን ገቢ ምን ያህል እንደሆነ የሚጨቃጨቅ
አለቃ አይደለም፡፡ በሌላ በኩል የሼክ ሙሐመድ ተቃራኒ የሆነ አለቃ
ለእያንዳንዷ ጉዳይ ሪፖርት እንዲቀርብለት በመጨቃጨቅ ሥራ መሥራት
የሚቻልበትን ጊዜ በመሻማት ውጤታማ ሥራ እንዳይሠራ የሚያደርግ
አይጠፋም፡፡ ይህ ውጤታማ አያደርግም፡፡ መረጃ ሰብሳቢ ያደርጋል እንጂ!
እኔ ወደ ኢትዮጵያ መጥቼ ሀገሬን እንዳገለግል ዕድሉን የፈጠረልኝ
ሼክ ሙሐመድ በመሆኑ መናገር ከምችለው በላይ ዕድለኛ ነኝ፡፡ ስለዚህ
የማመሰግንበት ቃላቶች እንኳ ያጥሩኛል፡፡ ለጋራ ሀገራችን ‹‹እንረዳዳ
አብረኸኝ ሁን›› ያለኝ አለቃዬ ስለምሰራው ሥራ አንድ ቀን ጥያቄ ጠይቆኝ
አያውቅም፡፡
«ከምግብ ሽሮ፤ ከመጠጥ ሚሪንዳ፤ ከሠራተኛ በራሱ ነገሮችን ፈጥሮ
ለመሥራት የሚንቀሳቀሰውን፤ መጽሐፍ ማንበብ፣ ተራራ ለተራራ መኪና
መንዳት፣ የሀገር ቤቱን ሁኔታ እየተዘዋወሩ መቃኘት የምወዳቸው ሲሆኑ፤
አልኮል መጠጦችን ግን ሞክሬያቸው አላውቅም፡፡ የሥራ ፍልስፍናዬ
ሥራን መሥራት ነው፤ ሥራ ያስከብራል፣ ማንነትን ያንፃል፣ ከአልባሌ
ቦታ ይከለክላል፣ ቤተሰብን እንድትመራ ያደርጋል፤ ሥራ ባህል መሆን
አለበት፡፡ ማንም ሰው የሀይማኖት ልዩነት ሳይኖር ሥራን ማክበር አለበት።
የህይወት መሠረት በመሆኑ!» ብለዋል።
በትምህርቱ በኩልም «ሀገሮች ትልቅ ደረጃ ላይ የደረሱት የተማሩትን በቶሎ
ሰብስበው ሥራቸውን በመሥራታቸው ነው፡፡ ትምህርት ለማንም ሰው
ለሆነ ሁሉ የተሰጠ ዕድል ነው፡፡ አክብሮ ለያዘው ማንነት የሚለካበት ነው።
በእኔ አስተሳሰብ ትምህርት መለኪያ የሌለው የመጨረሻው ሀብት ነው፡፡
ለልጆቼ የሚሠጣቸው ስጦታ ትልቁ ትምህርት ነው፡፡» ሲሉ ተናግረዋል።
‹‹ሀገራችን ወደፊት ለማደግ የተዘጋጀ መሠረት አላትን?›› ብለን ስንጠይቅ
መልሳችን አዎን! ነው፡፡ የመሬቷ አቀማመጥ፣ የአየር ጠባይዋ፣ ባህልዋ
የሚወደድና እግዚአብሔርን የሚፈራ ሕዝብ ያለበት ሀገር ነች፡፡ ስለዚህ
ወደፊት ሀገሮች ሊበላለጡ የሚችሉት በወታደራዊ ኃይል ሳይሆን በአእምሮ
ዕድገትና በኢኮኖሚ ይሆናል ያኔ ሀገራችን ትበልጣለች ብዬ አስባለሁ፡፡
የሰው ልጅ በሕይወቱ የተሳካ ነገር ሁሉ ሊፈፅም አይችልም ጐደሎ ነገር
ሊኖር ይችላል፡፡ በሕይወቴ ማድረግ የሚገባኝን አስተዋፅዎ ለማድረግ
እየጣርኩ ነው ብዙዎቹ ተሳክተውልኛል፡፡ ሙከራዎቼ አመርቂ ናቸውና››
ብለዋል።
ተፈፀመ!
ከጐንደር እንኮዬ መስክ . . .ከገጽ 12 የዞረ
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GENERAL KNOwLEDGE
The first moon walker
Neil Armstrong made history in 1969 when he planted his feet — and a flag — on the moon.Armstrong fell in love with flying at a young age. By 15 he was already taking lessons. He picked up odd jobs around his
hometown to pay for flight time in a small airplane. He got his student’s flying permit, at 16, before he got his driver’s license.
In college, he trained as an aeronautical and aerospace engineer. In this field, people learn how to design and control not only aircraft but also jets and other propulsion systems.
But before he could finish college, Armstrong was called up for military service. He signed on to become a Navy fighter pilot. He flew 78 combat missions in Korea. During one, his plane was hit and he had to parachute out. It was an event that could have killed him. But it didn’t frighten him off of flying. Instead, he went back to school and finished his studies. Then he joined a federal agency that would become the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA.
Armstrong standing in front of an X-15 space plane that he test piloted. Credit: NASA .There, for 17 years, Neil Armstrong held a number of different jobs. He started as a test pilot for many pioneering aircraft. These included the X-15, an experimental vehicle that could zoom through the atmosphere at more than 4,000 miles per hour! He made seven flights on that space plane, at one point reaching an altitude of 63,198 meters (207,500 feet). That’s about six times higher than today’s standard jumbo jets. And he didn’t just pilot the X-15. He also worked closely with the aircraft’s engineers and designers to improve the plane’s flight controls. In all, Armstrong flew more than 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, helicopters and gliders.
That all changed in 1962 when Armstrong joined NASA’s astronaut corps. Suddenly, his focus became rocketry and space exploration. Within four years, he was given the command of the Gemini 8 spacecraft, from which he controlled the first successful docking, or linkup, of two vehicles in space.
But the highlight of his career was Apollo 11, that famous mission to the moon. And almost 1 in 5 people alive at the time shared in the excitement, watching as blurry television images showed Armstrong descending to the lunar surface.
His team’s landing module had set down in a region known as the Sea of Tranquility. Within 20 minutes, Aldrin joined him. There, the two took photos, collected moon rocks and set up some science experiments.
They also left mementos for future space travelers. These included a patch carrying the names of Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee — Apollo 1 crew members who died in a launchpad fire. Armstrong and Aldrin also left medals inscribed with the names of Vladimir Komarov and Yuri Gagarin, two Russian astronauts (called cosmonauts) who died during space flights in 1967 and 1968. Finally, they left a small silicon disc that carried a miniature goodwill message from 73 world leaders (its message is so small that you would need a microscope to see the words).
Aldrin returned to the Eagle after 93 minutes on the moon’s
surface. Armstrong, the mission’s commander, stayed 40 minutes longer. He savored the last bits of this huge adventure. Then the pair rejoined Michael Collins aboard the Apollo 11 space capsule for their return trip home. In all, the team spent more than eight days in space and traveled 953,054 miles (more than 1.5 million kilometers).
And still their trip wasn’t really over. The men couldn’t step out of their space suits and rush to hug their families for another three weeks. Once back on Earth, the men had to remain in quarantine. It was a precautionary measure to make sure no one had picked up a dangerous germ during their lunar trek and carried it home.
After his Apollo 11 trip to the moon, Armstrong stayed on at NASA and eventually rose to become its deputy associate administrator, in Washington, D.C. Later, he became a college professor, teaching aerospace engineering. He then worked for several aerospace companies. It seems the man never could get enough of the idea of cruising through — and occasionally outside of — Earth’s atmosphere.
After his death, Armstrong’s family issued a statement. They said, in part: “While we mourn the loss of a very good man, we also celebrate his remarkable life and hope that it serves as an example to young people around the world to work hard to make their dreams come true, to be willing to explore and push the limits, and to selflessly serve a cause greater than themselves.”
Observes NASA Administrator Charles Bolden: “As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind’s first small step on a world beyond our own.”
Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s official portrait for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Credit: NASA A little more than 43 years ago, an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module — the Eagle — and became the first human to touch the moon’s surface. As he steadied himself, he said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Around the globe, an estimated 530 million people watched on their televisions…
A little more than 43 years ago, an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module — the Eagle — and became the first human to touch the moon’s surface. As he steadied himself, he said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Around the globe, an estimated 530 million people watched on their televisions as Neil Armstrong uttered those now-famous words. On August 25, this American hero died at age 82.
“Neil was among the greatest of American heroes — not just of his time, but of all time,” said President Barack Obama. “When [Armstrong] and his fellow crew members lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969, they carried with them the aspirations of an entire nation.” These men showed the world “that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible,” the president added. And these brave individuals “delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten.”
As a mark of respect for Armstrong and what his achievements represented, President Obama ordered that flags throughout the country and at U.S. embassies abroad be lowered to half-staff on the day Armstrong is buried.
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