Komatsu’s joy smart service centre – an excursion into a connected future (part 2)
By Sharyn Macnamara Part 2 of our series of articles covering a smart, connected future for mines in a visit to Komatsu’s Joy Smart Services Centre in eMalahleni [...]
Komatsu’s joy smart service centre – an excursion into a connected future (Part 1)
By Sharyn Macnamara On a visit to Komatsu’s Joy Smart Services Centre in eMalahleni – home to the company’s service division that takes care of machine condition monitoring, [...]
A trip back in time at Ngwenya Mine
The Ngwenya Mine in eSwatini is potentially one of the oldest mining sites, located in some of the oldest rocks in the world, writes Dr. Nicolaas Steenkamp. [...]
Namibia, the next frontier for lithium
By Sharyn Macnamara Sharyn Macnamara (SM) speaks to executive director Gino D’Anna (GD) Askari Metals Limited (Askari) about the company’s targeted exploration activity at its flagship lithium project [...]
A female geologist, with boots firmly grounded, explores the future of mining in SA
By Sharyn Macnamara Sara Turnbull, senior exploration geologist for SRK Exploration, takes us on an excursion into the realities of, and the need for, exploration and discovery of [...]
An excursion into the nuances of alternatives to alternatives in energy
The inherent high cost of some critical metals and elements has driven initiatives to search for alternatives, writes Dr Nicolaas C. Steenkamp, as he explores the nuances of [...]