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André Snyman
MANAGING DIRECTOR, WALVIS BAY SALT HOLDINGS
"South Africa remains interested in our production, and key players want their salt from us because of our logistical capability together with our ability to meet the higher chemical grade specifications."
Errol Smart
CEO, ORION MINERALS
"Orion Minerals is rebooting significantly, no longer being a pure explorer; with that, we have a new management team being assembled, which brings a specific set of technical operating skills."
Vuslat Bayoglu
MANAGING DIRECTOR, MENAR
"On the production side, South Africa is very competitive thanks to shallow and high-quality deposits, but on the logistics side, rail shortfalls are a big impediment."
Leon Goosen
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BELL EQUIPMENT
"We next aim to have a fuel-agnostic product that can handle hydrogen as well as diesel or LNG to meet carbon targets."
Martin van Gemert
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT (AFRICA), MINCON
"A big change that is shaping the mining value chain in Africa is the proliferation of mining contractors and, specifically, local contractors, which we believe will bring enormous socioeconomic benefits."
Nishen Hariparsad
GENERAL MANAGER (TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, GLOBAL PRODUCT MANAGEMENT MARKETING), BME
"While there remains a place for the more traditional blasting methods – with their characteristic limitations – the Global trend is very much towards advanced blasting solutions."
Hadley Natus
CHAIRMAN, TANTALEX LITHIUM RESOURCES CORP
Tantalex Lithium Resources updates GBR on its various projects in DRC.
Errol Smart
CEO, ORION MINERALS
Orion Minerals outlines its strategy for developing copper and zinc projects in South Africa.
Catherine Warburton
MANAGING DIRECTOR, WARBURTON ATTORNEYS INC
"The firm specializes in the dynamic field of sustainability law, focusing on environmental law, energy law, mining law and policy, and occupational and mine health and safety law."
Mark Bristow
PRESIDENT AND CEO, BARRICK GOLD
Mark Bristow spoke with GBR about Barrick’s global operations and sustainability philosophy.
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It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.
It is said that mining is a patient industry. Current demand projections are not. Demand for minerals deemed ‘critical’ is set to increase almost fourfold by 2030, according to the UN. Demand for nickel, cobalt and lithium is predicted to double, triple and rise ten-fold, respectively, between 2022 and 2050. The world will need to mine more copper between 2018 and 2050 than it has mined throughout history. 2050 is also the deadline to curb emissions before reaching a point of ‘no return.’ The pace of mineral demand and the consequences of not meeting it force the industry to act fast and take more risks. Mining cannot afford to be a patient industry anymore. The scramble for supply drives miners back to geological credentials, and therefore to places like the African Central Copperbelt.
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