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MINE EXCURSION
MINING IN FOCUS
AST WEATHERS THE STORM HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MODERNISATION
Despite adverse economic conditions, African Spirit Trading (AST) Sand
Mines’ operation close to Cullinan, in Gauteng, South Africa, has gone from
strength to strength. Modernisation of the mining industry is not only about automation and
mechanisation.
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COUNTRY IN FOCUS
MINING IN FOCUS
ZIMBABWE: WHEN THINGS FALL APART - PART 1 INVESTING IN AFRICA: NIGERIA AND ETHIOPIA
Years of misrule has decimated the Zimbabwean economy, and for
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the chickens have come home to roost. Despite a constrained global economic climate, investors are once again
looking at Africa.
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MINING IN FOCUS
MINING IN FOCUS
SA SHOULD NUTURE JUNIORS MACHINE LEARNING IN GEOLOGY
The South African mining industry needs a strong, growing junior mining
sector. In recent years there has been a great deal of excitement in geological
and mining circles regarding machine learning or deep learning, as it is
also known.
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