REVIVE AND MODERNISE:

REVIVE AND MODERNISE: The Mandela Mining Precinct is the name chosen for the exciting new research thrust that promises to provide a revitalising and modernising platform for South Africa’s struggling mining industry. The research banner is flying high above Carlow Road, Johannesburg, where a hub-and-spoke approach to research and development (R&D) will be directed by Mining Hub Director (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Navin Singh, Mining Hub Director (Chamber of Mines) Alastair Macfarlane, Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (MEMSA) chairperson Freddy Mugeri and MEMSA CEO and project manager Dr Paul Jourdan.  The R&D is taking place wonderfully in this the centenary year of the late, great former South African President, Nelson Mandela. It is functioning as a public-private partnership aimed at putting the mining industry back onto a long-term, people-centred and profitable growth trajectory. (Also see pages 16 to 35.)