Welcome to Creamer Media's Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.

This week:
The mining industry eyes the Colombian policy under a post-Uribe government,
Optimum Coal launches a R600-million water treatment plant,
And, we take a look at a 50-t rock breaker.

The policies adopted by the new government in Colombia will be critical in determining whether the mining sector in the Latin American nation continues to grow the way that it has under outgoing President Alvaro Uribe.

Fraser Institute vice-president research Fred McMahon

JSE-listed, black-owned mining and exploration company Optimum Coal has launched a water reclamation plant south-east of Middelburg, in Mpumalanga. Megan Wait reports.

Creamer Media TV Megan Wait

Optimum Coal health and safety director Dr Victor Cogho

Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica

South Africa's mining industry boasts some of the largest workhorses in the world. One of these is the 50-t rock breaker manufactured by JDS Industries. Loni Prinsloo takes a look.

Creamer Media TV Loni Prinsloo

JDS sales and technical manager Hendrik Alberts

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