South Africa urged to go back to basics to avoid mining’s demise
For South Africa’s mining industry to return to more successful times, the country will need to go back to basics, says Wits Mining Institute director Professor Fred Cawood, who also suggests that these basics could aid in the continued survival of the mining industry in South Africa.
These basics would include embracing Africa, South Africa, mining sustainability, mine modernisation and the skills needed for a twenty-first century mining industry, he said in a presentation delivered at the thirty-eighth African Mining Network event, in Johannesburg, last week.
The head of the University of the Witwatersrand institute acknowledged that there were key concerns for the industry, including reckless politics, volatile commodity prices, a long-term trend of mining becoming less important as no large deposits had been found, as well as international trends.
“[To go back to basics], we can start by embracing Africa . . . Africa has the mineral resources the world wants and needs,” Cawood said, adding that the continent had large quantities of good quality minerals, as well as the people and skills to mine those minerals.
He suggested that African governments and mining companies align their policies and strategies with the African Mining Vision, while innovations for broad benefit, for mine sustainability and for business improvement should form part of all decision-making processes.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 08, 2017 من Mining Weekly.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 08, 2017 من Mining Weekly.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Supply Cliff?
Commodities supply shortfall looming following years of underinvestment
Strikes Threaten Coal Sector
If an agreement cannot be reached on the future structure and form of wage nego­tiations in the coal sector, unions have threatened to strike, says Solidarity mining industry deputy general secretary Connie Prinsloo.
Continued Focus On Downstream Development
Continued Focus On Downstream Development
Unrelenting Scourge
Mining fatalities in South Africa rise for first time in decade
Plea For Open Discussion
Diamonds body calls for ‘productive dialogue’ on Kimberley Process reform
Deep Potential
Stillwater deal seen positioning Sibanye as globally competitive mining champion.
Explosive Advantage
Explosives reloading system helping Gold One to reduce mining costs.
Critical Juncture
South Africa’s mining sector at a crossroads, collaborative effort required.
Consulting Engineering's Viability Proportional to Mining's Growth
The consulting engineer-ing industry’s sustain-ability and growth are largely dependent on and proportional to the mining industry’s sustainability and growth respectively, says industry body Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa).
Greater Emphasis On Ensuring Sustainability
Engineering expertise can be used to generate socio-economic gains for mining companies, particularly in jurisdictions that are dependent on the finite business of mineral extraction, states global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Aurecon, an adviser to the African mining sector.