Author: Dr Nombasa Tsengwa

The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a unique set of challenges within the mining industry and the rest of the world. Aspects of our daily lives, as well as the global economy, have all been forced to undergo significant changes to keep up with the pandemic. The opportunity presented to businesses by the pandemic, in many cases, has been the push needed to drive pace over perfection when it comes to technology testing and adoption. Exxaro’s migration from mechanised mining to automation began long before COVID-19; the pandemic has accelerated the pace of our digital transformation journey, but it’s…