WITS Launches Mining Research Institute

Wits University in South Africa launched its Mining Research Institute on the 28th of September, 2012. According to interim Director- Prof. Nielen van der Merwe,  “Africa is renowned for its extraordinary mineral wealth, yet the last two decades have seen limited research in mining, minerals and exploration,” .....We are hopeful that the Institute will reverse the recent decline in South Africa’s mining research output. During the period of decline of mining research, there was not only a lack of much needed research outputs but the next generation of researchers were not trained either. We intend to work with the public and private sectors, and others, in order to find creative, lasting solutions to our own unique South African problems, at the same time equipping young researchers with the necessary skills to continue doing so into the future.”