Australia-based consulting firm SMEC will be attending the Investing in African Mining Indaba to showcase the capabilities of its various divisions and service offerings to high-profile decision-makers from hundreds of mining companies worldwide, giving particular focus to established regions such as South Africa, Namibia and Botswana, in addition to booming regions such as West and East Africa.

The Mining Indaba, which is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from February 3 to 6, is recognised as the largest mining investment conference in Africa and one of the largest in the world, says the company.

“This is an event that brings together the mining industry in a global forum and, from a business point of view, it is able to create an extensive networking environment on a large scale, giving us an excellent opportunity to speak with top executives in a short space of time,” says SMEC Group subsidiary management consulting services provider GMC Global Africa regional manager Schalk Prinsloo.

At the 2013 Mining Indaba, SMEC launched its mining, oil and gas division, which was established to consolidate the company’s expertise in providing extensive consulting services for the mining industry by coordinating skills and expertise to ensure that value-added and holistic project management, infrastructural development and mining productivity solutions are provided to mining operations located across Africa and the globe.

“We have seen measurable success since its launch last year. This year, we mainly want to show that we have established our brand in Africa, in addition to opening our GMC Global Africa office in 2013, which has also seen the company experiencing growth to date. With the company going through these changes, we would like to take this opportunity, at the Mining Indaba, to connect with mining executives and decision-makers to make them aware of the service offerings that we can provide,” says Prinsloo.

SMEC will have a stand co-branded with SMEC Africa and GMC Africa branding. The company will also include other divisions that operate within SMEC and its service offerings such as Soillab, a testing services provider in the local and international civil engineering industry.

Prinsloo highlights the fact that, with globalisation, events like the indaba make it possible for companies such as SMEC and their customers to come together from all corners of the world and share experiences and lessons learned in the mining industry.