Exclusive Opinion Piece Taking a bullish stance on commodity markets, global consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting are building on their solid performance through the current slump – fostering their discovery-driven culture through embracing technology and youthful energy. Having recently celebrated 40 years since its formation in Johannesburg, SRK expects the start of a commodity …
Exclusive Opinion Piece: Social License to Operate By SRK Consulting’s partner and principal environmental consultant Briony Liber, partner and principal consultant in stakeholder engagement Vassie Maharaj, senior stakeholder engagement practitioner Elna de Beer, and corporate consultant Roger Dixon. Growing pressure on mines from local communities, NGOs and governments to meet broader socio-economic expectations and spread mining’s …
Caption News Release The School of Mining Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand awarded seven doctoral degrees in 2015 – a record achievement that surpasses previous years’ achievements. “This achievement indicates the School’s commitment to our strategic goal of raising research productivity, which aligns with the Wits Vision 2022 of being a global top-100 …
Media Release KwaZulu-Natal aggregate producer Flanders Quarry has expanded its operations and fleet of Pilot Crushtec International equipment with the opening of an additional site at Verulam on the north coast. The new operation, known as Flanders Canelands, is already under way with the current establishment of a new quarry and the successful supply of …
Media Release There are few fields of product development in the mining sector that have evolved quite as fast as mine planning software, a fact that led Wits University School of Mining Engineering lecturer Dr Bekir Genc to conduct his PhD on the topic. In particular, Dr Genc was interested in which software was, in …
Opinion Piece It is well known that good blast design ensures an effective distribution of powder that improves blast results and reduces drilling and blasting costs. Now, through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), global positioning systems (GPS) and three-dimensional (3D) photogrammetric software, the field of blast design has been taken another …
Media Release Pent up demand for housing and associated infrastructure in the Limpopo province is attracting many new players to the building and construction industry. One of the key elements in the delivery of large volumes of low cost housing is the availability of suitable raw materials, a need that has created a major business …
Media Release “Waiting for upturn will be too late – SRK” – Ahead of the Investing in African Mining Indaba being held next February in Cape Town, Roger Dixon and Andrew van Zyl of SRK Consulting urge miners to look beyond the gloom of the current commodities slump and to start planning their next projects …
Media Release As South Africa draws thirstily on its groundwater resources, it must urgently educate role-players that these are not infinite and that careful controls must follow the drilling of boreholes to make sure they last. According to Gert Nel, principal hydrogeologist in SRK Consulting’s East London office, the current drought in many parts of …
Media Release As government looks to develop the economic potential of the oceans – estimated to have the potential to contribute up to R177 billion to GDP by 2033 through its Operation Phakisa – companies entering sectors like aquaculture, offshore oil and gas, and marine manufacturing and transport will need to navigate complex and demanding …