Company Announcement - Advisory firm Eunomix is a premium sponsor at this year’s Joburg Indaba to be held on 14 & 15 October 2015 and will be hosting a discussion on beneficiation. Claude Baissac, Group CEO of Eunomix Business, will be part of a panel-style discussion on the topic of beneficiation. Claude and his team at Eunomix have extensive expertise in beneficiation on the African continent, having provided consulting services to private companies and published very well received public domain research. Claude is also regularly consulted by leading media, including Miningmx, Bloomberg and CNBC.
There will be two other panelists, namely Paul Jourdan and Peter Craven. Paul Jourdan is a mineral policy expert and development economist. He is also a former President and CEO of Mintek (Council for Mineral Technology). Peter Craven, having worked for a number of mining companies in the private sector, is now head of Business Development at Mintek.
The discussion will cover the objectives of the South African beneficiation policy, the theory of how beneficiation can make an economic impact and lastly, whether the beneficiation policy can achieve its goals in the current economic climate. The discussion will also briefly review certain beneficiation case studies.
The purpose of the panel discussion format will be to give a balanced view of the beneficiation debate and provide industry leaders with additional insight into the South African government’s objectives and perspective.