Mining Indaba 2020 is less than four weeks away. As the biggest mining investment event in the world it’s a permanent fixture in many of the delegates’ calendars. Taking place 3 to 6 February at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Mining Indaba offers all those attending an inside track on what’s going on in the mining industry.

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, recently launched its Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (AWS EEIP), designed by Amazon Web Services South Africa and Amazon Data Services South Africa. The AWS EEIP will see over R365 million invested in the development of sustainable 100% black-owned South African small businesses in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, supporting them to become cloud computing experts using the AWS Partner Network (APN). The EEIP is a programme of the Department of Trade and Industry (dti), aimed at providing multinational companies an opportunity to take part in the development of South African black-owned small businesses and contribute towards broad-based black economic empowerment in South Africa.

Renewable energy will become the new normal at remote mines. Energy consultant Thomas Hillig, Managing Director of THEnergy, highlights this as one of the key directions emerging from the Energy and Mines World Congress held in Toronto, in early December 2019.

The presentation of the annual Southern African Energy Efficiency Awards was one of the highlights of the 14th Southern African Energy Efficiency Conference held in November 2019.

Swiss technology company Paradox Engineering has introduced a new dimension to its PE Smart Urban Network platform for interoperable Open Cities – integrating blockchain technology to establish the highest possible cybersecurity and enable the monetisation of urban device-generated data. It has also introduced new components for smart lighting and smart parking.