February 2012

As budgets are tightened and resources are re-considered, employees are urged to take steps to enhance their job security in an increasingly competitive market. All indications are that 2012 will be tough economic year. As budgets are tightened and resources are re-considered, employees are urged to...

IAN Farmer, head of Lonmin plc, the world’s third-largest platinum producer, says operating in South Africa has become more and more challenging. Speaking at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town yesterday Farmer said major issues included safety, escalating costs related to managing labour, skills shortages,...

Addressing low productivity levels, which is costing the local mining industry billions of rands every year in lost revenues, is critical if SA is to capitalise on the opportunities that global resources currently present, says Arjen de Bruin, Operations Solutions MD at OIM. De Bruin...

All indications are that 2012 will be tough economic year. As budgets are tightened and resources are re-considered, employees are urged to take steps to enhance their job security in an increasingly competitive market. The catch phrase in 2012 will be productivity. Employers will be...

The annual Investing in African Mining Indaba 2012 is taking place next week from 6 - 9 February and is expected to highlight critical issues in the South African mining industry that need to be urgently addressed. Arjen de Bruin, Operations Solutions MD at OIM International,...