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Buoyant Take On Northern Cape’s Mining Potential
Joseph Mainama, Andrew van Zyl

As the prospects for South Africa’s minerals sector start to brighten, there was considerable mention of the Northern Cape’s potential at the recent Joburg Indaba mining conference. It was encouraging to hear a similar message from major mining companies and juniors alike.

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Improvements in Rock Engineering Reduce Accidents
William Joughin, Andrew van Zyl

Rock-related accidents have reduced significantly in recent decades, owing to incremental improvements in rock engineering practice, says independent consulting firm of engineers and scientists SRK Consulting chairperson William Joughin.

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Acid Mine Drainage in SA’s Coal Mining Areas
Laetitia Coetser, Norman McGeorge

While government efforts to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) have focused on the East, Central and West Witwatersrand, there are various bodies looking at how to address the treatment of AMD in the coal mining areas of Mpumalanga.

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Infrastructure Recovery Hinges on Urgent Action, Innovation
Visvanathan Reddy, Steve Bartels

According to Steve Bartels, partner and principal engineering technologist at SRK Consulting, hopes of a recovery in South Africa’s economic fortunes rely heavily on more infrastructure spending, but the COVID-19 pandemic is further complicating this difficult task.

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Building Efficiency Into Mine Design
A van Zyl, N McGeorge, A Rudaki, J Mainama, J van Graan, C Smythe, K Mahuma

Mining Magazine's Graig Guthrie spoke with several principals of SRK Consulting's engineering team about power efficiency in the mining industry.The decarbonisation debate in the mining industry often focuses on how to replace fossil-fuelled power in energy intensive operations.

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Gas-to-Power Options Emerge on SA Energy Scene
Nicola Rump

As South Africa races against the clock to fill an electricity supply gap of some 2,000 MW between 2019 and 2022, gas-to-power projects will play a significant role.

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The Science of Addressing Climate Change Risks in Mining
Philippa Burmeister, Ashleigh Maritz

Climate change is exacerbating many of the risks that mines already face in their daily operations and needs to be factored into planning decisions right from the pre-feasibility stage of projects.

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