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 [...]
Integrated transport: why it matters and how it can be achieved
By Bongani Mthombeni, director of Smart Mobility at Royal HaskoningDHV in South Africa No sector exists in isolation, transportation included. How towns, cities and [...]
ESG – mines shift from a focus on ‘risk mitigation’ to ‘value creation’
Edited by Sharyn Macnamara Business models within the mining sector have indeed undergone transformation, shifting from a focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) [...]
Urgent policy reforms required to save mining sector
Edited by Sharyn Macnamara Urgent policy reforms are the only way to save the mining sector, says Old Mutual Investment Group. […]
The 2020’s is the decade of AI – in your business
AI is a bigger revolution than the Internet in the 1990s, writes Tertius Zitzke, CEO of 4Sight. […]
Achieving ‘Net Zero’ in mining: Challenges opportunities and action
Sandrine Pfister – Sustainability Market Leader, Bureau Veritas Africa envisions the year 2050. In the year 2050 – the world has successfully reduced carbon [...]
Why you shouldn’t only be thinking ROI
By Arjen de Bruin, MD at OIM Consulting In its most literal sense, ROI – or return on investment – is a profitability metric [...]
New water policy calls for all hands on deck
Edited by Sharyn Macnamara Lindsay Shand of SRK Consulting comments on the draft policy on Integrated Water Quality Management (IWQM). The draft policy clearly [...]
EMPOWERING SA MINES TO ADOPT ELECTRIFICATION
By Erik Pretorius, Business Line Mining Large and Strategic Projects global lead, ABB Decarbonising the mining industry requires a purposeful methodology combined with a [...]
RESPONSIBLE SOURCING CONSIDERS SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MINING
By Andrew van Zyl, SRK Consulting South Africa MD As Europe plans its way towards a lower-carbon future, there is an awareness that the [...]
Mitigating strike-related violence
By Brett Abraham, partner, and Nonjabulo Mthembu, associate at Webber Wentzel | All images supplied by Webber Wentze Violence and intimidation associated with industrial [...]
Industrial platinum demand in 2023 forecast to be second strongest year recorded
Image credit: Irina Iacob | Unsplash According to the WPIC, this year is forecast to be the second strongest year for industrial [...]