Given the sheer number of supplier and enterprise development programmes implemented by mining houses, aided by the Mining Charter III allowing companies to offset up to 30% of their procurement budget against supplier and enterprise development – subject to additional requirements, the local mining industry has seemingly created numerous opportunities for aspirant and emerging mining entrepreneurs. This brave new world was the backdrop for the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy’s (SAIMM’s) hosting of the Entrepreneurship in the Minerals Industry Conference 2019, at the Canvas Riversands complex in Fourways, last month.
