Communications company cuts costs through service offering

Communications company Communications Solutions (Comsol) reports that the company is able to cut the costs of communications technology through its service offering.

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Wireless technologies improve mine safety

Information and communications technology companies GijimaAst’s mining division (GMSI) and Tronimex Data Technologies have partnered to develop a locally innovated Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-based management system that is currently...

Take advantage of mineral wealth - Mlambo-Ngcuka

Instead of begrudging the People's Republic of China for bringing the local textile industry to its knees through its cheap fabric exports, South African entrepreneurs should focus on other sectors where they could have a competitive edge over...

Multicommodity firm outsources ICT

The AST Group’s information and communications technology (ICT) contract with Kumba Resources has been renewed for a period of three years with effect from February 2004.

Opportunities for SA to develop mining inputs industries

Although South Africa accounts for only some 0,5% of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP), it accounts for about 10% of the world’s mining GDP, excluding hydrocarbons and industrial minerals (quarrying).

Mining migration

From static orebodies to dynamic mining inputs.

Mining in the knowledge-based economy

The arrival of the Internet and the associated knowledge economy has changed the way in which the world operates for ever.