Modern Mining October 2025

Successful massive mining projects rely on wide range of specialised professionals with practical experience to design well-integrated, safe and profitable underground mines.

started to deliver niched technical skills to the mining industry over the last 50 years. Ukwazi is one such company and is part of this evolution in underground massive mining techniques. The recent growth of the international consulting industry has centred around the development of international reporting codes and guidelines, and the ability of the North American and Australasian public funding institutions to secure a platform for investors and access to funding for mining houses world-wide, and also in Africa. A strategic response to industry evolution As mining activities on the African continent matures, some of these deposits must transition to underground mines and some were more suitable to underground mining methods from the start. Most of these underground mines will be developed based on massive mining and caving methods. For mining executives, this transition represents one of the most significant strategic choices they will face, not only in terms of the envisaged underground operation, but also the management of the transition and the potential production gaps, if not planned on an integrated basis. Recognising this fundamental shift, Ukwazi established a local underground massive mining Centre of Excellence in 2025, bringing together world-class expertise to guide mining companies through this complex transformation. The experts in our CoE understand the financial, operational, and regulatory implications of this decision to provide the technical foundation

Ukwazi is part of the evolution in underground massive mining techniques.

Ukwazi actively participated in the design and establishment of several underground mines.

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