Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.
This week:
De Beers partners with government to empower youth in diamond sector
Local company outlines aspirations, challenges bigger players
And, soaring DRDGold adds R14-billion a year to economy as it turns waste to gold
Diamond miner and marketer De Beers, along with government and other industry stakeholders, have unveiled an enterprise development project for diamond beneficiators.
De Beers Group CEO Bruce Cleaver
Local mining solutions provider RapX is seeking to challenge the dominance of multinational mining equipment and services providers in the South African coal sector while exploring opportunities abroad.
RapX director Maila Masetlwa
By taking material that has been dumped as waste and turning it into gold, DRDGold is adding R14-billion worth of value a year to the South African economy and unlocking scarce real estate for gainful development.
DRDGold CEO Niël Pretorius
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