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Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly presents Business Thought Leadership. This is a platform for unsolicited opinion articles written by various thought leaders on topical issues affecting the South African economy and the business environment. Creamer Media retains the right not to publish unsolicited opinion articles, as well as to remove articles from the platform. The opinions expressed are not those of Creamer Media.
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events ‘The new generation of industry personnel in Mongolia is increasingly fluent in the international language of mining'
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events ‘We're seeing organisations share more in order to learn and grow'
By Erick Wessels, Sales Director, RS South Africa The mining industry is facing significant challenges, from financial pressures leading to reduced margins and demanding stakeholders adding to...
By Suvern Moodley, EcoConsult Business Development Manager – Anglophone Africa Cluster in Schneider Electric Schneider Electric has a comprehensive Consulting Offering to help businesses identify...
By: Richard Roberts - Editorial Director, Beacon Events ‘There’s a race going on to develop recycling capabilities … to support a pivot away from reliance on Chinese metals supply’
By Devan Pillay, Cluster President, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric “The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos....
By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric It reads like a paragraph from a Philip K. Dick Sci-Fi novel; high performance computing (HPC) can perform...
By: Casper Labuschagne - country sales manager, Namibia at Schneider Electric Mark Twain famously said: During the gold rush it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business”. The mining,...
By Chris: Neethling - Channel Sales Manager and Tobi Olorunsola, Offer Manager Home & Distribution Division at Schneider Electric While electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining traction in many...
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events ‘The evidence is clear that circular economy mining is a game changer for the extractives sector’
By Elijah Daniel, Digital & Software Business Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric In an era where technological advancements are rapidly transforming industries, digital twin...
By Brighton Mwarehwa: Offer and Marketing Director – Power Systems Business Unit at Schneider Electric Pushing the boundaries of efficiency is an imperative for production and distribution in the...
By Suvern Moodley, EcoConsult Business Development Manager – Anglophone Africa Cluster in Schneider Electric Sustainability has become a global imperative, with countries and businesses worldwide...
By Yewande Ayowole-Oso, Talent Leader, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric It reads like a paragraph from a history book; first there was the Great Resignation, followed by the Great...
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events “Our voice is … a voice that often isn’t heard at management levels responsible for change and culture”
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events 5 billion deals done since 2021 but motherlode still to be tapped
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events ‘We have a massive mining and metals industry trying to move to net zero’
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events In an ideal world the terrestrial mining and commercial space sectors are working arm in arm on their mutual problems (or challenges)....
By Richard Roberts, Editorial Director, Beacon Events External validation of the positive economics of an iron ore tailings reclamation project at Lac Jeannine in Quebec, Canada, is a key step for...
By Elijah Daniel, Digital & Software Business Leader, Sub-Saharan Africa at Schneider Electric The continued proliferation of advanced technology solutions is undoubtedly shaping the way companies’...
By Peter Marumong, Cluster WWW Segment Leader at Schneider Electric Foundation, building blocks, groundwork; all hopeful words used to kick off the start of projects, developments and establish...
By Peter Marumong, Cluster WWW Segment Leader at Schneider Electric Pulp and paper manufacturing is a major industry, with a global output valued at approximately USD 580 billion. It is also a...
By Devan Pillay, Cluster President: Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Africa continues its quest to achieve equilibrium and growth in a disjointed world. Indeed, it’s an honourable one which...
By Ben Selier, Vice President, Secure Power, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Africa’s data centre market is attracting significant interest from foreign...
By Johan Potgieter, Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric Following a recent annual meeting by the World Economic Forum (WEF), industrial artificial intelligence (AI) has joined...
By Ajibola Akindele, Country President, Nigeria, Schneider Electric West Africa It is in our very nature to take things for granted. Cooked food on our table and our favourite TV series, all with...
By Wesley Govender, Digital Power Services Lead at Schneider Electric While there is a growing need for renewable energy as countries around the globe seek to reduce their dependency on fossil...
By Dwibin Thomas, Cluster Automation Leader at Schneider Electric Datacentres and data transmission networks today account for approximately 1 to 1.5% of global electricity use. These facilities...
By Meryl Eckersley, Secure Power Channel Manager at Schneider Electric Modernisation is not a one-time event, but rather an ongoing process that includes several phases such as assessment,...
By Obinna Uche, Sales Director, Power Systems Division at Schneider Electric Anglophone West Africa Like many of its counterparts across the globe such as the US, China and Japan, Nigeria is still...
By Carol Koech Strategy Director, Sustainability & Thought Leadership – Schneider Electric International Operations In this, the second article in my blog series focusing on East Africa’s...
By Thabang Byl, Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric American labour leader, Cesar Chavez said: “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our...
By Faith Waithaka, Cloud and Service Provider Segment Sales Lead: Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric According to research group, McKinsey & Company, data centres are fast becoming an...
By Nontu Mkhize, Offer Marketing Manager at Schneider Electric Facilities often neglect services and after-sales support until they face operational issues, highlighting the need to shift focus to...
By Nnadozie Ogbuehi, Field Services Director at Schneider Electric In a research paper published by Taylor and Francis Online: An approach to improve asset maintenance and management priorities...
By: Selim Kaymak, Founder & CEO Alpha Resources and Investments Innovation serves as the bedrock of progress across all industries, including mining. As the global demand for crucial resources like...
By Faith Waithaka, Cloud and Service Provider Segment Sales Lead: Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric According to research group, McKinsey & Company, data centres are fast becoming an...
By Taru Madangombe, Vice President: Power and Grid for Middle East and Africa at Schneider Electric By hook or by crook is certainly a statement in determination that applies to South Africans....
By Johan Potgieter, Cluster Industrial Software Lead at Schneider Electric In Sci-Fi, the Grandfather Paradox hypothesises that if one should travel into the past and change certain key events, the...
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