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Engineering student competition contributes towards greener mining

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Drive technology company SEW Eurodrive and pneumatic solutions provider Pneumax reports that they have officially opened their 2013 PneuDrive Challenge Engineering Design competition.

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

Entrepreneurial interns graduate

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A pilot group of five entrepreneurs graduated from diversified miner Anglo American’s Entrepreneur Internship Programme (EIP) last month.

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

Tablet computers could assist with lack of African mine professionals

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Tablet computers could be the solution to the lack of locally trained professionals in the African mining industry, says custom training solutions for the mining sector developer The Training Room Online.

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

Tertiary institution’s mining student intake rockets

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The number of first-year mining students at the School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), in Gauteng, has surpassed all expectations in 2013, reaching record levels that will help solve the industry’s skill...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

The benefits of training with simulation

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Modern mining companies understand that introducing high-fidelity simulator systems into the training curriculum is a quick and cost-effective way to significantly improve the skills and, in turn, the productivity of equipment operators, says...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

Training provider focused on growing its business

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Process industry training provider Metskill, which currently offers a range of Mining Qualifications Authority- (MQA-) accredited process training programmes to an average of 768 learners a year, will launch a laboratory training programme this...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

3rd May 2013

Education and Training

Critically minded geologists needed to improve yield of Wits basin

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There is a significant need to develop critically-minded geologists that are prepared to question the current exploration models to improve the chances of gold discovery in South Africa, notes owner of Australian geology consulting practice...

By: Sashnee Moodley

4th May 2012

Education and Training

Management – a skill not to be overlooked in mining

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Management skills are lacking on mines in South Africa, creating a big gap in the industry, reports management leadership consultancy Louis Allen, which has been serving the Southern African mining industry for the past 45 years.

By: Sashnee Moodley

4th May 2012

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Company	Country	Facility	Industry Term
Education Pneumax SEW Eurodrive Anglo American Thermal Coal Aurik Business Incubator Mining Weekly BME Eskom Explosives London Metals Exchange SRK Consulting Barrick Gold Gold Fields Sandvik Metskill Minopex	Germany Italy South Africa Australia Botswana Democratic Republic Of Congo Lesotho Mozambique Namibia Sierra Leone Tanzania Brazil	Cape Peninsula University Of Technology Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University North West University Optyma-S Valve Terminal Tshwane University Of Technology Southern African Institute Of Mining South Deep Mine	By-products Drive Technology Mining Real-life Business Solutions Realistic Engineering Solutions Technology Finance Supply Chain E-learning Sector Developer Explosives Actual Machinery Equipment Operators Fidelity Simulator Systems Heavy Equipment Machinery Simulator Systems Underground Mining Simulator Developer Mineral Processing Physical Process Plant Equipment Plant Operator Plant Operators Gold Mining Industry Gold-mining Industry Customised Management Leadership Solution
Person	Radio Station	Continent	Technology
Adrian Buddingh René Rose Bernd Schulz Godfrey Gomwe Lynne Scullard Mkhokeli Mlilo Tijen Diraz Christy Chadwick Godfrey Madanhire Cuthbert Musingwini Fred Cawood Huw Phillips John Cruise Carol Brandt Rebecca Sands John Clemens Neil Phillips Phillipsgold Neil Phillips Louis Allen Nico De Kock	Core	Africa	E-Learning
City	Product
Johannesburg	Cybermine