Considering the theme of the Investing in African Mining lndaba 2024 - Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining - the term 'disruption' has come to describe a raft of rapid technological and other advancements that have significantly changed the way we do business today.
"Perhaps not many mining commentators would suggest that the traditional mining sector would embrace disruption, but there have indeed been various forms of disruption in the industry - several of them positive," said Andrew van Zyl, Managing Director, SRK Consulting (South Africa). Van Zyl pointed out that disruption is invariably associated with risk, and most stakeholders in mining spend a good portion of their days working to avoid or mitigate such risk.
"This is as it should be," he said. "As engineers and scientists providing technical solutions to the sector, we must be as skilled in developing innovative answers as we are in helping clients apply them practically and responsibly." SRK Consulting will be celebrating its 50th year in business as it attends and exhibits at the Indaba in Cape Town, and there is much to be discussed at the forum that resonates with the company's history and vision.
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