South Africa’s mining industry may have shown resilience and weathered the COVID-19 storm but companies will need to focus on their strategies, particularly when it comes to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. This is according to a recent report by PwC on the state of country’s mining industry. The report paints the sector in […]

Fiber optic cables (FOCs) are waveguides that transmit light over far distances. Used in applications like telecommunications, surgery, and endoscopy, it can be interesting to consider that they’re used by organisms in nature too. To find out more about this article please visit: https://www.machinedesign.com/materials/article/21836170/what-can-we-learn-about-fiber-optics-that-appear-in-nature Resources:  https://www.machinedesign.com/

In South Africa, glaring disparities between municipalities and metropolitans on their efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of services are widely known. In some cases, the more rural local municipalities are teetering on the verge of collapse. But all is not lost. The structural problem of municipalities in the country is a long-standing and complicated

Covid-19 has hampered merger activity in the mining sector. Industry players have cautioned that only a few deals may be completed due to the weak economic environment. Business Day TV spoke to RMB’s Henk de Hoop for his views on consolidation in the industry. To find out more about this article please visit: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/mining/2020-11-04-watch-how-covid-19-has-affected-ma-in-the-mining-sector/ Resources:  https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/

Infinera and  Seaborn Networks a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic  cable systems, have announced the launch of new submarine network services on Seaborn’s  AMX-1 submarine network segment connecting the U.S. and Brazil.   With submarine cable you have two main ways to increase the system’s data capacity. You can add more fibres to future cables

South Africa’s mining sector has been on the rebound after years of almost terminal decline, with several of the big players reporting soaring profits on the back of red-hot prices. The question now is whether the tide has turned on a decade of job losses. The decline in South Africa’s mining sector in recent years

Despite an extremely challenging year, South Africa’s mining companies remained resilient and performed on all fronts. Stakeholders benefited from the improved profitability with mining companies strengthening their true social licence to operate in supporting their employees and communities in which they operate. The mining industry weathered the COVID-19 storm, mostly unscathed, and certainly better than

With mining operators under growing pressure to perform in the face of falling ore grades, the need to drill deeper in search of new resources and an industry-wide skills shortage, the ability to leverage reliable and flexible communication systems is growing in importance, writes Martin Killian*, IoT Solution Architect at Speedcast. Leading mining operators have already

With Covid-19 creating new safety priorities for transport hubs, airports have accelerated a long-awaited transition to touchless technologies. Here is a look at some of the most promising contact-free applications and the airports pioneering them. Airports worldwide have been working around the clock to make their facilities coronavirus ready ever since the pandemic highlighted the

Mining and agriculture were among the stand-out performers during what is set to be known as the ‘pandemic quarter’. Statistics SA predicts that the second quarter of this year will become known as the ‘pandemic quarter’. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by just over 16% between the first and second quarters. However, according to PwC