Future Production: Mining

The Mandela Mining Precinct is pleased to announce an Expression of Interest Call for the Identification of additional Collaborative Research Partners for the South African Mining Extraction Research, Development & Innovation (SAMERDI). Document to download SAMERDI Programme Contact Person: Enqui...

The Mandela Mining Precinct is pleased to announce an Expression of Interest Call for the Identification of additional Collaborative Research Partners for the South African Mining Extraction Research, Development & Innovation (SAMERDI) Real Time Information Management Systems (RTIMS) Programme co...

For the Mandela Mining Precinct, the journey to mine modernisation has as its end goal, to develop shared value for all people in the modernising minerals sector. To this end, the Precinct has developed a research programme that focuses solely on the role of people in a modernised mine in South A...

While South Africa is a mineral-rich country, its characteristic difficult geological features make it challenging to accommodate mechanisation. Research commissioned by the Mandela Mining Precinct has shown that mechanisation can be accommodated if conceptualised in the early stages of developme...

In the context of rising electricity costs and Eskom generation constraints, mining companies should be looking to diversify their energy supply through alternative self-generation technologies such as renewables. This was the consensus reached by researchers commissioned by the Mandela Mining Pr...