Ten insights into 4IR in the mining industry
South Africa’s mining industry is increasingly making use of innovative and cutting-edge technologies to run more efficient operations.
In addition, the use of technologies helps to manage risk, to improve health and safety, reduce the cost of maintenance and extraction, as well as bringing about a skills uplift. “Adoption of innovations emerging out of the 4IR did not go into lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the application of 4IR technologies helping Minerals Council members and others to manage the pandemic more effectively,” said Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter.