Modern Mining January 2025

MINING INDABA PREVIEW

BME AXXIS assembly plant in Losberg.

BME champions sustainability, innovation at Mining Indaba

Omnia Holdings company BME, a silver sponsor at the 2025 Investing in African Mining Indaba, will be sharing its commitment to decarbonisation and advanced technologies – supporting the mining sector’s drive to reduce its environmental footprint while enhancing operational efficiency. A ccording to Ralf Hennecke, Managing Director of BME, the company is known for its emulsions, equipment and electronic initiation technology that enhance mines’ customers’ mining efficiencies and sustainability goals.” Driving decarbonisation

Ralf Hennecke, Managing Director BME.

environmental sustainability efforts. As an integral part of the Omnia Group, whose core purpose is ‘innovating to enhance life, together creating a greener future’ BME is pleased that Omnia CEO, Seelan Gobalsamy, will be participating in the 2025 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, in the panel discussion on ‘Sustainable Investment: Catalyst or Constraint for Mining Development?’ Further, Nishen Hariparsad, BME’s General Manager for Technology and Marketing, will participate as a panelist in the session on ‘The role of technology in building and undermining sustainability in African mining’. “We feel that these are vital conversations for the sector, on topics that we are confident to share our own insights and learnings,” said Hennecke. “Our own sustainability journey has allowed us to impact positively on our

BME’s approach to sustainability addresses some of mining’s most pressing challenges, particularly the need to reduce carbon emissions, with Hennecke emphasising the critical link between energy efficiency and carbon reduction. “Reducing energy consumption is a direct path to lowering carbon footprints, particularly in countries like South Africa where coal-fired electricity dominates,” he said. “Our innovations, from emulsions to electronic initiation systems, empower mines to achieve significant energy savings while meeting stringent environmental standards.” Technology for sustainability BME’s technological advancements have been critical in delivering these efficiencies, according to Hariparsad. The company’s AXXIS® technology, for instance, has allowed mines to

Nishen Hariparsad, General Manager Technology and Maketing BME.

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