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Climate Change in the Mining Industry: Where We Are Now and Where We Are Heading

 Event - Online

This presentation will describe how the mining industry is reacting to the evolving climate change science, including how to manage the uncertainty through risk-based decision making. Several

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Development of Machine Learning-Based Rainfall Outlook Models in Madagascar

Mark Sumka, Victor Muñoz, Lorenzo Bianco, Andrew Magee (Rio Tinto), Mark Sumka - August 2023

Publication - Published Paper

In this paper, machine learning models are used to investigate the climatic factors that affect monthly rainfall variability in a remote region of Madagascar.

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Codes, Resilience and Climate Change

Cesar Oboni, Franco Oboni - October 2020

Publication - Article

This article presents ten commandments for resilience enhancement for risk-based decision making.

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Safeguard Lenders as Enviro, Social Risks Shift

Sharon Jones, Christopher Dalgliesh - October 2022

Publication - Article

Project finance comes increasingly with more pressure on borrowers to manage environmental and social risk – but the focus of this risk is also constantly shifting. Until fairly recently investors and lending institutions tended to scrutinise land acquisitions.

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Responsible Mining in Africa Demands Multidisciplinary Teams

Andrew van Zyl, Peter Shepherd, Bruce Engelsman - December 2022

Publication - Article

Global trends toward decarbonisation are raising demand expectations for battery minerals, and geopolitical tensions suggest that Africa may become more of a focus for sourcing these critical commodities.

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Water is The New Frontier For SA Mines and Business

Steve Bartels, Jennifer Meneghelli - June 2023

Publication - Article

As water fast becomes South Africa’s next existential concern after energy, the field of water engineering is being enhanced as much by new approaches and standards as by new technologies.

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Knowledge is Power

Graham Howell, Grant Macfarlane, Franciska Lake, Bruce Engelsman, Andries Fourie, Kavandren Moodley, Roanne Sutcliffe - July 2024

Publication - Article

Dr Graham Howell et al., SRK Consulting, examine the importance of a comprehensive knowledge base through the tailings storage facility life cycle.

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Circular Economy Provides New Lens for Waste Management

Christopher Dalgliesh, Richard O'Brien - August 2024

Publication - Article

There is a positive shift underway in South African industry, as corporates adjust their traditional, linear approach to production — and instead consider ways to valorise their waste in line with circular economy thinking.

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GBR | Mining in Africa Country Investment Guide Connect Series - Q&A

Visvanathan Reddy - November 2023

Publication - Article

Vis Reddy, chairman of SRK Consulting South Africa participated in a Q&A Connect Series with Global Business Reports. There is certainly more interest in Africa's minerals today, not only from countries like China but also the Middle East and India.

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Trust Deficit: If the Mining Sector Is Taking ESG Seriously, Why Isn’t Society Listening?

James Lake - September 2021

Publication - Article

LET’S get the obvious out of the way: is mining really changing? Or are the billions of pixels spent in lengthy exposition of ESG – environment, sustainability and governance – merely a rendition of that old chestnut: ‘When we talk environment we mean business’ (nudge, wink)?

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