Modern Mining April 2024

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ARTICLES COVER 8 Shell innovates – targets being a supplier of choice COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 10 Is Argentina the answer to the ‘green revolution’ lithium supply problem? ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 12 Energy constraints, logistics bottlenecks and crime impede economic growth MINING INDABA REVIEW 14 Mining Indaba 2024 – a platform for positive disruptive change 16 AECI prepares for the next hundred years 18 Tomra drives mindset change in mining 22 WGC: Africa is the world’s largest regional gold producer MINING EQUIPMENT (INC PUMPS & VALVES)

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 35 EnviroServ helps mining operators with waste management compliance REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 Anglo American completes fleet of lower emission LNG dual-fuelled vessels Minerals Council South Africa welcomes new appointments at Transnet 5 DRDGOLD reports a 12% revenue increase on the back of a higher gold price Eastport Ventures Inc. appoints Robin Birchall as CEO 6 SACMA elects new President Enel Green Power and QIA ink renewable energy deal 7 Trafigura and Kamoa-Kakula - first customers of the Lobito Atlantic Railway COLUMN : ROSS HARVEY 36 Reflections on another Mining Indaba SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 38 Caterpillar and ThoroughTec renew global cooperation agreement 39 ACTOM Distribution Transformers secures order for Kamoa Copper Mine SA Babcock adopts Lean Retail System 40 Introducing GeoSpatial Manager by Maptek

26 Slurry, dewatering expert IPR builds one-stop capability 28 OEM parts key to sustainable partnership with customers 30 Expertise and top brands for dewatering and slurry pumping 32 World class SA base for screen design, engineering

ON THE COVER Shell’s innovative products helps mines achieve efficiency, productivity, social responsibility and their sustainability agenda. See story on page 8.

Steinmüller Africa exhibits expertise at Africa Energy Indaba Komatsu Mining: revolutionising mining for a sustainable future

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