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HERMANUS, M.. Mining redesigned - innovation and technology needs for the future - a South African perspective. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2017, vol.117, n.8, pp.811-818. ISSN 2411-9717.  http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/2017/v117n8a12.

This paper outlines global and local developments in minerals extraction of relevance to mining companies, equipment manufacturers, and state institutions, and describes a new attempt to revitalize mining in South Africa. This initiative, Operation Mining Phakisa, arises from a multi-stakeholder process and has the potential to provide a coherent and comprehensive response to the wide range of issues impacting the sector. The South African mining sector is in a predicament as contradictions rooted in its apartheid past have come home to roost, mineral prices remain stubbornly low, and another industrial revolution affecting all industries, including mining, gets underway.

Palabras clave : mining; structural change; innovation; transformative technology; multi-stakeholder process.

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