Mining and Exploration


From buildings and bridges to clean energy and clean water, Bentley Systems has been sustaining some of the world’s most significant infrastructure projects for close to 30 years.

When we think of infrastructure we tend to think about the hardware involved, be it the materials used or the equipment and tools to bring structures and buildings to life. What we tend to take for granted are the software solutions involved and how crucial they are to the entire process.


An extraordinary South African resource company with a strategic vision to become a $20 billion company by 2020.

Exxaro Resources is one of the largest South African diversified resource groups, with interests in coal, mineral sands, industrial minerals and iron ore. The company is the second-largest South African coal producer, and the third-largest global producer of mineral sands, a class of ore deposit which is an important source of zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten, and rare earth elements.


Vice president for strategy and business development, Sergei Nossoff, discusses how a combination of international mining expertise and on-the-ground experience has created an enviable track record of delivering significant cash flows from its assets.


Manager of local supplier and contractor development, George Brakoh, explains how the economic legacy left behind by Newmont Ghana Gold will benefit the local community for years to come.

Boasting economic growth rates that have consistently topped six percent in recent years, Ghana is universally lauded as being an emerging African economic success story. A peaceful and stable democratic nation, Ghana continues to make strong progress towards its goal of becoming a middle-income country by 2020.


A new report offers an insight into the dynamics driving the iron ore market, and a market outlook to 2020.

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Country Manager Shane Johnson explains how a team of experienced seismic experts is paving the way for others to reap the rewards that East Africa has to offer.


 

Ambatovy - the facts


Nobody’s perfect. What quality or ability do you wish you had?

There are many. However, there are strengths and weaknesses for everyone, no matter how experienced or successful. For this reason alone, a collaborative approach among a team of people to tackle various managerial issues is very effective. Each person on a team brings a unique skill set and perspective that complements the other team members, leading to a collective result that is superior to what can be accomplished individually.


A vitally important asset in the portfolio of Yamana Gold, the Minera Florida mine continues to grow and evolve, 26 years since operations commenced.

Very much a pillar of Chile’s economy, the country’s mining sector has played an important role throughout the history of a nation that came into being some 10,000 years ago when migrating Native Americans settled in the long and narrow coastal strip of land that lies between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.