Committees

Diversity and Inclusion Committee

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

	Buhle Xakalashe (Chairperson)		Steven Rupprecht
	Carol Taylor		Zelmia Botha
	Daisy Matlou		Zohreh Fakhraei
	Jeanne Walls (Co-chairperson)		Kondwani Banda
	Kabelo Rathobei		Raksha Naidoo
	Nthati Monei		Maria Combrink
	Sehliselo Ndlovu		Mark Munroe
	Awelani Moila

Terms of Reference for the Diversity and Inclusion in the Minerals Industry committee

The SAIMM committee on Diversity and Inclusion in the Minerals Industry will seek to advance diversity (gender, ethnicity, religion and or other diversifying factors) and inclusion in the industry through initiatives and activities that address the professional needs and aspirations of persons actively pursuing a career in the minerals industry. The committee will serve as a community that promotes awareness to the industry on the importance of valuing and including the contributions brought by all diverse individuals.

The committee will:

actively explore ways that can encourage awareness on issues of diversity and inclusion in the minerals industry;
engage with SAIMM members to encourage diversity and inclusion in SAIMM activities;
serve as a forum for the discussion of specific issues facing diversity and inclusion in the minerals industry.
Promote awareness of gender challenges in the minerals industry

The committee aims to achieve the above professionally through sharing of knowledge and learning via activities such as presentation of technical papers at conferences, seminars, and running of workshops. The activities will also include students at universities.

Dated 14 August 2023

Membership Committee

Committee Members

T M Mmola ( Chairperson)
K M Letsoalo
K Mosebi
Prof S Ndlovu
Prof J L Porter
M H Rogers
Dr G L Smith
Dr W H Van Niekerk

Publications Committee

Publications Committee members

NAME	AFFILIATION
Dr Samson Bada	Senior Research Fellow/Leader, DSI/NRF SARChI Clean Coal Technology Research group, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Richard Beck	Retired chief consulting metallurgist, Gold Fields of SA, Retired Publications Committee Chairman/Editor.
Paul den Hoed	Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Pule Dikgwatlhe	Senior Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Mining Engineering, School of Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa
Professor Roussos Dimitrakopolous	Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Sustainable Mineral Resource Development and Optimization Under Uncertainty, McGill University, Canada
Professor Rosemary Falcon	SAIMM, PC Chairman/Editor, retired DSI/NRF SARChI CCT Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Bekir Genc	School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Professor Rodney Jones	Consulting Pyrometallurgist, Mintek, South Africa; Visiting Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
William Joughin	Principal Geotechnical Engineer, SRK Consulting, South Africa
Andrew Kinghorn	Director, Shava Consulting Pty Ltd, Mining Consultant, South Africa
Desmond Klenam	University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Francois Malan	Director: Mining Resilience Research Centre, University of Pretoria, South Africa Harmony Chair in Rock Engineering and Numerical Modelling
Professor Rudra Mitra	Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT), RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Professor Cuthbert Musingwini	Head of School - Mining Engineering - University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Selo Ndlovu	School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Paskalia Neingo	Lecturer, School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Sancho Nyoni	University of Cape Town, Centre for Minerals Research
Nirvanna Rampersad	Anglo American
Dr Quinn Reynolds	Mintek
Dr Ian Robinson	Author, retired senior media consultant/reporter specialising in mining and metallurgy
Professor Steven Rupprecht	University of Johannesburg
Adjunct Prof A.J.S (Sam) Spearing	China University of Mining & Technology
Professor Thomas Stacey	University of the Witwatersrand
Professor Erkan Topal	Professor - Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Western Australian School of Mines, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Curtin University, Australia
David Tudor	Retired as SAIMM PC Chairman/Editor in 2019. Retired from Anglo Coal in 2003
Foibe Uahengo	Lecturer - Mining and Process Engineering, Namibia University of Science and Technology
Dr Declan Vogt	Lecturer - Robotic and Automated Mining, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter
Dave Morris	Retired
Markus Erwee	Metallurgical Engineer (Specialisation: Pyrometallurgy), MEng, FSAIMM
Maje Phasha	Chief Engineer /Scientist, PhD, Pr. Sci. Nat.
Peter Radcliffe	Retired
Pieter Pistorius	Associate Professor and Head: SAIW Chair for Welding Engineering
Professor Moshood Onifade, P.hD., R.Eng, FSAIMM	Associate Professor, Mining Engineering \| Engineering Group A