Planning tools reduce mining complexity

Mining organisations are typically fraught with challenges when it comes to performance management, as well as budgeting, forecasting and reporting (BFR), due to the complex and volatile nature of many of the elements within these functions, says Greg Bogiages,...

Technology enables mining sector compliance

Mining companies’ non-compliance with procurement rules is touted as a hindrance to transformation in the sector.  “The level of compliance is not what it should be,” said Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu during her annual departmental budget...

Green Apple IT delivers IT services to Bauba

Bauba Platinum, a JSE-listed platinum exploration service, is a holding company for various mineral prospecting rights for platinum group metals mineralisation, collectively known as the Bauba Project.  The company operates primarily in the Eastern Bushveld Igneous...

Mining companies turn to Quintica, BMC

The mining sector faces stringent governance and regulatory issues all of which are designed to keep its systems and processes in check. It is against this backdrop that more and more mining customers are turning to Quintica and the BMC platform it provides to ensure...

Getting SA’s mines online

South Africa’s mining sector is one of the largest driving forces behind, and contributors to, the national economy. Since the terrain where mines operate is unforgiving and working conditions are perilous, the industry has also become increasingly reliant on...