Mining Review Africa recognises the leaders and projects truly making a difference in the African mining sector in the latest edition of its annual publication, Mining Elites in Africa 2021.
Not only focusing on the bottom line but also incorporating softer strategic goals clearly paid off, says Laura-Jane Cornish, Editor-in-Chief of Mining Review Africa, leading magazine and digital platform in the African mining industry and the annual edition of Mining Elites in Africa, which launched this week.
�Print is far from dead
This year Mining Elites in Africa chose to focus on mining companies who, through an extremely difficult time, have made a difference, for their own sustainability and on an even greater level, to the countries in which they operate and the economies they contribute to.
She adds: Some of the aspects that make this selection of mining projects and people stand out are also linked to the ESG principals of environment, social, and governance, which have become a driving factor for the mining industry.
A 128-page glossy edition available in print and electronic format, it features dozens of exclusive leadership profiles with industry pioneers and project updates.
The Mining Elites in Africa 2021 also received significant financial support from the industry which is a testament to the publications strong brand and its own ability to flourish during times that have seen many trade and mainstream media titles go under.
Let it be known, says Cornish, that print is far from dead, as our Mining Elites in Africa 2021 has proven!
Leaders making a difference
The following industry influencers on the continent, who are innovative in their leadership approaches and strategies to improve the greater mining and minerals value chains on a regional level, were chosen to be in the spotlight to share their vision:
Errol Smart, MD, Orion Minerals
Johan Ferreira, CEO, Khoemacau Copper Mining
Steve Phiri, CEO, Royal Bafokeng Platinum
Sébastien de Montessus, CEO, Endeavour Mining
Nolitha Fakude, Chair, Women in Mining Leadership Forum & Chairperson, Anglo American South Africa
Francis Gatare, CEO, Rwanda Mining, Petroleum and Gas Board
Fortune Mojapelo, CEO, Bushveld Minerals
Thuthula Balfour, Head of Health, Minerals Council South Africa
Lindsay Linzer, Principal Consultant and Associate Partner, SRK Consulting SA
Staying in business strategies
Three mining projects were selected as having implemented staying in business strategies during a difficult market caused by the global pandemic.
These are Kenmare Resources relocation of its Wet Concentrator Plant at its Moma titanium minerals mine in northern Mozambique, relocating Exxaros Matla 1 coalmine to extend its life of mine and the approval of the Kapstevel South project at the Kolomela iron ore mine in the Northern Cape.
Power supply
In the category of Power Design and Delivery, a planned 36 MW solar plant with 92 000 solar panels will ensure a more stable power supply at B2Golds Fekola mine in Mali. Staying in Mali, Resolute Minings Syama gold mine will install one integrated power solution, combining solar, battery and thermal generation technologies while reducing carbon emissions by about 20%.
And Ivanhoes ambition to become the worlds greenest copper miner drew nearer with Kamoa-Kakulas plan to draw its electricity from three existing hydropower plants in the DRC with a combined capacity of 200 MW.
Health and safety
AngloGold Ashanti is lauded for its successful malaria control programme that it launched at the Obuasi mine in Ghana 15 years ago. It has drastically cut the incidence of malaria at the plant and in the surrounding communities and the infection rate is continuing to decline.
Meanwhile, De Beers has responded to COVID-19 with a range of measures at its global operations with possibly the most impressive initiative being the establishment of a COVID-19 testing laboratory at its Venetia mine in South Africas Limpopo province.
And according to the Mining Elites in Africa 2021, Royal Bafokeng Platinum has outdone many of its industry peers in terms of its response to COVID-19, delivering a hospital to support the fight against the pandemic. The company converted an unused mine in the North West province into a well-equipped 200-bed field hospital for its employees and community.
The 2021 edition of Mining Elites in Africa is available online on Mining Review Africa.
Industry support
Worley, a leading global provider of professional project and asset services in the energy, chemicals, and resources sectors, is the main sponsor of Mining Elites in Africa 2021.
Other partners include AECI Mining Explosives, BME, Chemvulc, Consulmet, Council for Geoscience, Fluor, Fraser Alexander, Guardrisk, Invincible Valves, Knight Piésold, Loesche SA, METC Engineering, Orica, SRK Consulting SA, Wärtsilä and Weir Minerals Africa.
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