Mining Indaba 2022

SNG Grant Thornton will be at the #MiningIndaba2022 and we have collaborated with NextGenOpX!

We are expanding our Advisory services and will be bringing a new and unmatched consulting model to the mining industry, combining the highest calibre of independent consultants in the industry with the scale, credentials and resources of our firm, leveraging additional synergistic value through integration.

NextGenOpX is a management consulting company focusing on integrated operations, primarily within the mining industry.  They are a global business, who have done major projects across the world, and have a very strong local footprint in South Africa. SNG Grant Thornton works with NextGenOpX in an integrated way, to provide a better service to clients in the region, leveraging additional synergistic value through integration.

Agenda

Tuesday, May 10^th – Auditorium 2, CTICC

11:10 Panel – Technology Adoption in the Mining Supply Chain

• How can we use the spending power of mines to make a difference across communities?
• Innovation within community engagement to drive greater inclusive procurement
• Digital contracts, automated DCs and improved robotics - the accelerated impact of supply chains in a digitised environment
• How can communities and mining companies leverage technology to actively reduce unemployment?

Panellists

• Yugen Pillay, Business Consulting and Energy & Natural Resources Industry Leader - SNG Grant Thornton
• Anglo Platinum
• Deloitte Consulting
• GE Digital
• Minerals Council South Africa

12:00 - Future of Work: with the impact of the pandemic how are mining companies adapting to the new normal, creating vital employment, and utilizing technology?

• Rethinking mining employment from an increased safety perspective in a Covid-19 world.
• How is technology shaping the miner’s fundamental skillset over the next decade?
• Mining digital talent: how can companies unlock greater employment opportunities from the talent pool of technology-led industries?
• The African elephant in the room: addressing the perception of technology as a hurdle to increasing employment.

Speakers:

• Yugen Pillay, Business Consulting and Energy & Natural Resources Industry Leader - SNG Grant Thornton
• Anglo Platinum
• ENDIAMA Mining
• Exxaro Resources
• Bentley Systems
• Rio Tinto

Wednesday, May 11^th – Auditorium 2, CTICC

09:05 – Andy Sherring, CEO -NextGenOpX- Connectivity and Integration

09:50 – Andy Sherring, CEO -NextGenOpX Pty Ltd – ‘Don't Digitise Your Rubbish’

• The mining industry has a problem. It has worthy aspirations for high technology, digitisation, and progressive performance culture, but it lacks the necessary operating platform to support and enable this. Despite its many successes in a tough working environment, the industry is experiencing declining productivity, and most businesses struggle to achieve stable, predictable operations and continuous, sustainable improvement.
• In this presentation, Andy Sherring will give an overview of his newly released book, Don't Digitise Your Rubbish.  This explains what lies behind this paradox (why it has occurred; why it is such an important issue right now; what is missing; and how to go about fixing it), and presents a fundamentally better way of setting up operations for short-term and long-term success.
• Built on NextGenOpX’s extensive thought-leadership in this space, this represents a definitive blueprint for integration within the mining industry and using it as the vehicle for transformational change. A fully integrated operating model is an essential step for any business aspiring to true operational excellence and should be of great interest to anyone who is planning for a digital future.
• The book is now available on Amazon … just search the title.