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:
South Africa’s TB epidemic is one of the worst globally.
Beacon Hill says Tete is its most favourable sub-Saharan Africa coal destination.
And, the mining industry requires formal skills recognition.
South Africa’s status as the country that has one of the highest number of tuberculosis cases worldwide has put a spotlight on efforts to arrest and reverse the number of people living with the 100-year-old disease, thereby realising economic benefits of about R13-billion.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe
London-listed Beacon Hill Resources CE Rowan Karstel says Mozambique’s Tete coalfield has the most potential for development over the next ten years.
Beacon Hill Resources CE Rowan Karstel
Sixty-two mining industry stakeholders recently attended the first South African Exploration Drilling Forum to provide a platform for role-players in the exploration industry to begin discussing issues of common interest.
Dicasa chairperson Colin Rice
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