Mining redesigned - innovation and technology needs for the future-a South African perspective

摘要

This paper outlines global and local developments in minerals extraction of relevance to mining companies, equipment manufacturers, and state institutions, and describes a new attempt to revitalize mining in South Africa. This initiative, Operation Mining Phakisa, arises from a multi-stakeholder process and has the potential to provide a coherent and comprehensive response to the wide range of issues impacting the sector. The South African mining sector is in a predicament as contradictions rooted in its apartheid past have come home to roost, mineral prices remain stubbornly low, and another industrial revolution affecting all industries, including mining, gets underway.