The mining industry is a significant contributor to employment and the economy in South Africa but faces sustainability challenges, including increased operational costs, decreased production, and health, safety, environmental and social issues (Chamber of Mines of South Africa, 2018; Singh, 2017). South African narrow-reef hard-rock ...
Our view of the South African mining industry is very similar to these global results, but with some key specific South African challenges and opportunities. Below are some points we extracted from the survey. Similarities: Commodity price risk remains the top risk to the global mining industry, and we believe the same applies to South African ...
Jan 22, 2019 Industry 4.0: Big opportunities, big risks for Africa. 22 January 2019. By Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. The theme for this year’s edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), taking place in Davos between the January 22-25, is “Globalisation 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
May 16, 2013 The lingering challenges facing the mining industry remain a balancing act. While more money doled out to the workers and the state would seem beneficial on the surface, the problem of scaring mining investors and speculators into taking their business elsewhere has the potential to be a catastrophic problem, especially in the gold and diamond ...
Implementation Challenges of Performance Management System in the South African Mining Industry Rankadimeng Percy Job Seotlela MBA Graduate School of Business & Government Leadership, North West University – Mafikeng Campus, South Africa Ogutu Miruka
Problems in the mining industry in South Africa. GREAT Insights, Volume 2, Issue 2. February-March 2013. Maastricht: ECDPM. The current turbulence in the mining industry in South Africa has its roots in several different factors. First, the fall in global demand for platinum and other minerals due to recession; second, the consequences of the Marikana disaster in destabilising labour relations; and …
Sep 29, 2017 A strong price recovery for the main commodities South Africa mines and exports has helped the country’s sector stage a turnaround in 2017, the first time in five years the industry …
Despite the challenges it faces, the mining industry continues to be a significant contributor of value. The monetary benefit received by each stakeholder in the industry is usually summarised in mining companies’ value added statements. Shareholder dividends represented 3% …
Finance. Presentation. English. Looks at the challenges facing the South African mining industry, focusing on mining and minerals; mining integral to modern society; the global mining industry; back to the “boom”; the RSA coal mining sector, an overview of the South African mining industry and finally, what the future holds for the industry..
Implementation Challenges of Performance Management System in the South African Mining Industry Rankadimeng Percy Job Seotlela MBA Graduate School of Business & Government Leadership, North West University – Mafikeng Campus, South Africa Ogutu Miruka
Feb 07, 2018 While criticism has been levelled at the survey because of a low response rate among mining company executives, it remains an important indicator of the health of the industry. The reality of reduced investment attractiveness is located within the broader challenge of recent credit rating downgrades to the South African economy.
Jul 01, 2004 @misc{etde_20490052, title = {Current challenges and opportunities in the South African mining industry} author = {Fauconnier, C J} abstractNote = {Some of the challenges facing the South African mining industry, such as the new legislative environment and social and economic environments, are discussed. The overheads/viewgraphs of the actual presentation are included in a …
PDF | On Jan 1, 2004, Daniel Limpitlaw published Key Challenges Facing The Mining And Minerals Sector In South Africa | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Stakeholders benefited from the improved profitability with mining companies strengthening their social licence to operate in supporting their employees and communities in which they operate. Certainly one of the biggest challenges the South African economy has had to face since the global financial crisis is the scourge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Challenges facing the South African Mining Industry by Prof Cyril O’Connor. Prof Cyril O’Connor’s presented the 2016 Academy Lecture, “Challenges facing the South African mining industry”, in October 2016 in Cape Town and in March 2017 in Gauteng. Prof O’Connor is the CEO South African Minerals to Metals Research Institute
Despite the challenges it faces, the mining industry continues to be a significant contributor of value. The monetary benefit received by each stakeholder in the industry is usually summarised in mining companies’ value added statements. Shareholder dividends represented 3% …
Mining companies globally are currently facing severe economic and financial challenges. In addition to global challenges, the South African mining industry has to face other operational ...
South African Mining Industry Best Practice on the Prevention of Silicosis Prepared By David W Stanton,Bharath K Belle,Kobus JJ Dekker and Jan JL Du Plessis Published by the Mine Health and Safety Council Safety in Mines Research Advisory Committee Braamfontein Centre 23 Jorissen Street Braamfontein 2001 South Africa. March 2006 ISBN 1-919853-21-9
The South African Mining Industry The future The global mining industry Back to the “BOOM” RSA Coal Mining Sector Coal, key issues: –254.7 MT local production, R69 billion in sales in 2010. –Only 65.7mt exported in 2010 vs 70mt target. –Rail constraints big challenge. –RSA needs extra 100MT of coal production by 2020, +/- 75 MT
Mining in South Africa: the challenges and the opportunities 2 September 2016 18 • Non-gold mining sector can grow at 3-5% pa, resulting in more balanced country growth rate (double size of non-gold mining by 2028). • If mining had grown at same pace as rest of economy between 1994 and 2013, country’s growth rate would have been 4% (not 3.2%)