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Changing Needs & Interests

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Created: Friday, 01 April 2011 02:00
Written by Gys Landman
The Constitution of our Institute states that the Institute must identify, represent and promote the interest and needs of its members. Like the industry in which we all work, these needs and interests change continuously.
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Water Resource

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Created: Tuesday, 01 March 2011 02:00
Written by Gys Landman
Irecently attended the water resource conference that was organized by the SAIMM and held in Mpumalanga. Given the sensitivity about the use of water resources, I felt that my opening remarks bear repeating.
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Insatiable Demand for Minerals

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Created: Tuesday, 01 February 2011 02:00
Written by Gys Landman
The recent and apparently almost insatiable demand for minerals, stimulated largely by demand from the East, represents a huge opportunity for the Southern African mining industry.
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A Stark Reminder

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Created: Saturday, 01 January 2011 02:00
Written by Gys Landman
The dreadful mine disaster in New Zealand is a stark reminder to us all of the risks our industry faces to feed the voracious appetite for minerals. It is, therefore, good to record the much improved 2010 South African safety statistics, which show a significant decrease in underground fatalities in our mines.
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New Economic World Order

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Created: Wednesday, 01 December 2010 02:00
Written by Gys Landman

In reviewing 2010, one cannot but observe that the renewed growth following the recession of the past two years has been accompanied by an encouraging freshness in thinking. Increasingly it is realized that the resurgence in demand for the world’s mineral resources, as stimulated by population growth and urbanisation and concomitant economic growth, in China and India and other emerging economies.

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Student Colloquium

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Created: Monday, 01 November 2010 02:00
Written by Gys Landman
It has become an SAIMM tradition to present a Student Colloquium every year. This year’s Student Colloquium took place in early November at the Vaal University of Technology in Vanderbijlpark.
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