The 50 years of experience that SRK Consulting has accumulated since coming into existence in 1974 has placed it in an excellent position to outline how mining’s approach to environmental sustainability and responsible sourcing has evolved over the past 50 years.
As a South African-founded global consulting company to the natural resource industries, SRK Consulting’s focus has evolved from geotechnical and mine design services, where it is still very strong, to its current multi- disciplinary approach.
Key achievements of SRK Consulting in its five decades of activity have been the pursuit of technical excellence and independence.
Going forward, the consultancy expresses excitement at the prospect of a lot more diversity of thought, personality and approach leading to better solutions within a better industry.
“It’s a diversity not just of ethnicity and gender, but we’re seeing diversity of expertise. As we bring more people in with different social, environmental and water backgrounds who have studied social sciences, natural sciences and engineering, we’re being exposed to more ways of solving problems,” SRK Consulting MD Andrew van Zyl commented to Mining Weekly in an interview to mark SRK Consulting’s fiftieth anniversary celebration.
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