Abstract

HERMANUS, M.. Mining redesigned - innovation and technology needs for the future - a South African perspective. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2017, vol.117, n.8, pp.811-818. ISSN 2411-9717.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n8a12.

This paper outlines global and local developments in minerals extraction of relevance to mining companies, equipment manufacturers, and state institutions, and describes a new attempt to revitalize mining in South Africa. This initiative, Operation Mining Phakisa, arises from a multi-stakeholder process and has the potential to provide a coherent and comprehensive response to the wide range of issues impacting the sector. The South African mining sector is in a predicament as contradictions rooted in its apartheid past have come home to roost, mineral prices remain stubbornly low, and another industrial revolution affecting all industries, including mining, gets underway.

Keywords : mining; structural change; innovation; transformative technology; multi-stakeholder process.

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