Resources Watch

24th July 2014 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Resources Watch

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:
Aviation high technology is flying into the South African mining space.
South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy says the mining industry needs a quantum change.
And, the State considers Eskom’s ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’.

Advanced aerospace high-technology is flying into South Africa’s changing mining space.

Dassault Systèmes Africa business unit MD David Osborn

South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy past president Dr Gordon Smith says the mining industry needs to make a quantum change.

SAIMM past president Dr Gordon Smith

State-owned electricity producer Eskom has confirmed that it has handed its ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’ to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, who is a key participant in an inter-Ministerial process set up to deal with the utility’s financial problems.

Eskom interim CEO Collin Matjila

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