Modern Mining October 2023

Boss Mining signs Community Development Plan Agreement

Nolitha Fakude honoured with the Brigadier Stokes award supporting local farmers through the establishment of associations, providing maize seeds, fertiliser and machinery to boost agricultural productivity and profit ability, and address food security in the region. In addition, through the social development plan, Boss Mining seeks to invigorate commerce in Haut-Katanga by building a market and enhancing transpor tation networks through the rehabilitation of the Milebi-Swanepoel road to help bol ster economic growth and prosperity for the region. 

ERG Africa’s Boss Mining entity has taken a significant step towards sustainable com munity development by signing its Cahier des Charges with its surrounding communi ties in Haut-Katanga. The official signing of the five-year social development plan marked the culmination of consultation and dialogue between Boss Mining, local communities, and government stakeholders. The Cahier des Charges outlines a com Boss Mining signs five-year social development plan. Under this agreement, Boss Mining will construct and equip four clinics, a health centre and solar-powered borehole sys tems to deliver reliable sources of water. The commitment extends to building a secondary and two primary schools, SAIMM appoints William Joughin as president The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) has sworn in William Joughin as the new president for 2023/2024. He currently serves on rockburst management advisory boards for El Teniente, Chile and Kiruna, Sweden. Joughin has published over 50 articles on rock engineer ing and is the recipient of an SAIMM gold medal and the Alec Wilson Award (SANCOT) for outstanding papers. He has co written two chapters on risk-based design in the book Ground Support in Underground Mines (Potvin and Hadjigeorgiou, 2020) produced by the Australian Centre for Geomechanics. He is a past President of the South African National Institute of Rock Engineering, and a past Vice President for Africa of the International Society for Rock Mechanics.  prehensive approach to addressing the pressing and long-term needs of the com munity in six priority areas – health, water supply, education, agriculture, commerce, and road infrastructure.

The Brigadier Stokes memorial award is the highest achieve ment in the South African mining and metallurgical industry. The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy has honoured Nolitha Fakude with this

award in recognition of her service and contribution to the industry. Nolitha Fakude, the Chairman of Anglo American, was pre sented with the medal at the SAIMM Annual General Meeting on 18 August 2023. The medal is a symbol of her contribution to the mining fraternity. Fakude is the current President of the Minerals Council of South Africa, Non-Executive Director of the JSE and Vice President of the International Woman’s Forum South Africa. On accepting the 2023 Brigadier Stoke Memorial award, Fakude quoted Maya Angelou saying, ‘I come as one, but I stand as ten thousand’ as she accepted the award on behalf of all the unknowns in the mining and metallurgy industry. 

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