One of the mining world’s biggest events, Mining Indaba, kicks off in South Africa’s holiday city, Cape Town, tomorrow but how many delegates from China are able (or allowed) to attend is a tricky question. Tourists pose for a photograph in front of Table Mountain during a visit to the Victoria and Alfred ... [+] waterfront district of Cape Town, South Africa. There are also likely to be added precautions at the Cape Town International Conference Centre where Mining Indaba is held with crowded conference and meeting rooms making it hard to avoid human contact which appears to be how the virus is transferred. A miner operates drilling machinery in a mine shaft at the Northam Platinum Ltd. Booysendal platinum ... [+] mine, outside the town of Lydenburg in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Global Mining Leader, Needs InvestmentMining is one of the few industries in which South Africa can claim a degree of global leadership which is why the annual Mining Indaba conference is a highlight on the national calendar.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2020 11:37 UTC