Mine ventilation/cooling – striking the right balance
By Wynand Marx Wynand Marx, CEO at BBE Group, talks to emerging technologies for mine ventilation and cooling – and striking the right balance between energy efficiency and health and safety. […]
Designing conveyor retrofits for production and safety
Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering, makes a case for designing safety into a system rather than merely training safety, showcasing innovations that drastically improve safety that can be retrofitted into almost any belt conveyor [...]
Are diesel refunds more glug-glug than ching-ching?
By Evádne Bronkhorst, senior manager at Forvis Mazars in South Africa In the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement 2024 published by the National Treasury on 30 October 2024 in South Africa, part of the weaker [...]
African Mining outlook 2025: Mining Indaba Preview
“Future-proofing African Mining, today!” is the theme for Investing in African Mining Indaba 2025. The focus is on advancing the mining industry in Africa while also promoting sustainability and equality. […]
The importance of water equity
By Jonathan Schroder, technical director; Snothando Shezi, associate technologist and Mohamed Abdelmegeed, technical director, at AECOM Water is critical to the mining industry and mines play an important role in supplying potable water to host [...]
The real cost of green for the mining sector
By Evádne Bronkhorst and Marilize de Kock, senior managers at Forvis Mazars in South Africa According to the 2023 South African Energy Sector Report, the primary source for South Africa’s energy supply is still coal. [...]
Revolutionising mining operations: feeding the right data enables AI
Most companies generate vast amounts of information; fewer can access and use it effectively, writes Wilhelm Swart, chief OT officer, 4Sight OT Cluster. […]
Electra Mining Africa 2024: where inspiration and innovation meet
Electra Mining Africa is back in town at the Expo Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg from 2-6 September. […]
Mining matters: never before has more been expected of an industry which is trusted so little!
By Minerals Council South Africa Mining matters to society and domestic and international economies, deeply embedded in impact and relevance to every facet of life. As we look to the future, minerals and metals are [...]
Coal Safe 2024 – safeguarding today while enabling a sustainable tomorrow” (part 1)
By Sharyn Macnamara Safety trends moving in the right direction, successful ESG programmes, celebrated awards for safety excellence and a focus on challenges for the year ahead were all the order of the day, under [...]