Hatfield Colliery near Doncaster is proving that the UK coal mining industry is more progressive and forward-thinking than popular perception gives it credit for.

For many people during the past three decades, the perception of the UK mining industry has been one of a sector in decline. However, Hatfield Colliery is turning such assumptions around, providing ample proof that UK mining is very much alive and kicking, thanks to a cleaner, greener approach to coal usage.

KZN’s Grid Group believes in using today’s ideas to solve today’s challenges in construction—and it is already working out tomorrow’s solutions as well, as Ruari McCallion discovers.

Sometimes, taking the next step in a company’s growth means giving up total independence, as Alan Swaby learns.

South Africa has a history of engineering contractors growing to the point where they implode and disappear. Over the years, most of the world’s biggest contractors have been attracted by the vast amount of work generated by the country’s mining industry; but you’d hardly know that now. Compare today’s crop of contractors with those of 30 years ago and only a few remain.

Zimbabwean ferrochrome producer Zimasco is emerging strongly from the economic downturn. CEO Sydwell Jena talks to Gay Sutton about turning a challenging situation into an operational advantage, and about the company’s plans for growth.

South Africa-based consulting port and coastal engineers Prestedge Retief Dresner Wijnberg is finding success all over the world, with its projects designed and built to withstand the toughest challenges that nature can throw at them, as Julia Smith discovers.

Jane Bordenave talks to Dragados Offshore about the company’s expertise in EPC contracting for the oil and gas industry and how it is applying its skills to new areas of business.

As Indian overground commuter transport is expanded and upgraded and metro systems start to take off, Jane Bordenave talks to Rajeev Jyoti, president and managing director of Bombardier Transportation India, about his company’s key role in these developments and how the market is changing.

As a training ground, the oil and gas industry of Pakistan offers entrants plenty of scope for learning their trade, as Alan Swaby discovers.

Try as it may, the Pakistani oil and gas industry has yet to hit the big time. The first oil well was spudded a century and a half ago and there has been no shortage of exploration since then. Part of the problem is that there seems to be more gas than oil in Pakistan; and it was only in the last three to four decades that the demand for gas picked up.

E.H. Hassim Builders World is one of a number of Indian owned businesses that has successfully steered its way through South Africa’s turbulent history for over     100 years.
Alan Swaby talks to business development director Hassim I. Dockrat to find out more.

Golden Star Resources has made its name by succeeding where others have failed.     COO Scott Barr talks to Gay Sutton about developing gold mines and sustainable job creation in Ghana.