The nature of mining input technology in South Africa
| Autor: | H. Mtegha, P. Leeuw |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Engineering
business.industry 020209 energy Metals and Alloys InformationSystems_DATABASEMANAGEMENT 02 engineering and technology backward linkages Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Data science South African mining industry Mining engineering mining input technology 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Materials Chemistry Input technology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Volume: 116, Issue: 11, Pages: 1057-1063, Published: NOV 2016 |
| ISSN: | 2411-9717 |
| DOI: | 10.17159/2411-9717/2016/v116n11a8 |
| Popis: | The aim of this paper is to enhance the understanding of the nature of mining input technologies in the South African mining industry. In the context of this research, mining inputs refer to input technology into the activities in mining engineering fields, which include mining-related production activities, rock engineering, mine ventilation, and mine transportation (handling of personnel, material, broken rock, and pumping). Input technologies in supporting fields such as geology, other engineering disciplines, human resource, procurement, finance, as well as downstream fields that include metallurgy, and marketing of minerals, were disregarded. The mining input technologies were divided into 12 nodes, and data from a sample of 150 first-tier mining suppliers was analysed. It was found that, in general, there is a high local content in mining input technologies, particularly as regards technical support services, artefacts, and machine technologies. This points to the presence of mining-induced backward linkages in the South African mining industry. The majority (83%) of companies that provide input technologies into mining are located in Gauteng Province, and relatively few are found in provinces where mining is concentrated such as North-West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Free State. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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