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Resources Watch

Resources Watch

29th July 2026

     

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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:

Optimum back from the dead with historic dragline returned to production

AI’s efficiencies keeping even lower quality operations going longer

And, Industry leaders, researchers, govt partners, innovators gather to modernise mining

 

The troubled Optimum Colliery, having emerged from a business rescue process in February 2024, is being rapidly revived with a multibillion-rand investment from Liberty Coal to ramp up mining, processing and exports.

Liberty Coal COO Peter Nordin...

 

The increased efficiencies achieved by AI are ensuring that even lower quality operations are kept going for longer which benefits all stakeholders.

 

Thungela Resources CEO Moses Madondo...

 

The future of modernisation in South African mining will not be forged by individual companies or institutions working in isolation but collectively by industry leaders, researchers, government partners, and innovators from across South Africa's mining community.

Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane...

 

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