Small- and medium-scale operations punted as ‘the future’ of mining

With industrial mining on the decline, smaller- to medium-scale mining operations are the future, according to Bench Marks Foundation South Africa lead researcher David van Wyk. Addressing delegates at the Science Business Society Dialogue Conference on Linking Science, Society, Business and Policy for the Sustainable Use of Abandoned Minesin the Southern African Development Community, in Johannesburg, last month, Van Wyk added that, as formal mining decreased, informal mining would increase. ...