SA Mining Industry: A key revenue contributor and the need for regulatory reform
By Althea Soobyah, partner, head of Tax at Forvis Mazars in South Africa The mining industry in South Africa has consistently been a cornerstone of the nation’s economy, demonstrating robust revenue generation over the past [...]
Mental health in mining: the link between psychological stress and safety
By Arjen de Bruin, Group CEO at OIM Consulting As a country, South Africa struggles with its collective mental health. Zoom in on the mining sector, and you will see South Africa’s mental health ‘pandemic’ [...]
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 [...]
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 countries move people, goods and services from place to place impacts [...]
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) ‘risk mitigation’ to ‘value creation,’ said Sabine Anderson, principal mining engineer [...]
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 emissions with the contribution of the efforts of mining and metal [...]
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 that refers to the business value derived from spend. It involves [...]
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 signals that a new age of partnership is called for if [...]
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 suite of solutions. This is especially important in countries such as [...]
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 journey is as important as the end-goal; to responsibly source the [...]