Initiative to set new enterprise architecture standards for the mining industry launched

Information technology (IT) standards body, The Open Group, has convened a global collaborative drive to set enterprise architectural standards for the exploration, mining, metals and minerals industries.

University sets the pace in geology research

Geology research in South Africa is growing significantly and the internationally competitive analytical infrastructure provided at the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) analytical facility is engaged in more than a dozen...

BHP Billiton runs DRC unit from Joburg office

BHP Billiton’s business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being run directly from the company’s corporate office in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg, Dr Vincent Maphai tells Mining Weekly in an exclusive interview to mark the...

BHP Billiton's business in DRC run from Johannesburg office

BHP Billiton’s business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being run directly from the company’s corporate office in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg, Dr Vincent Maphai tells Mining Weekly in an exclusive interview to mark the...

Further funding for university project

Since an initial donation by a nongovernmental US organisation for the drilling of two deep-diamond core holes in the Northern Cape, visitors from the institute have decided to fund an expansion to the project for the acquisition of further data...