Another successful Investing in Africa Mining Indaba has come and gone. A lot of meetings were held, partnerships were forged, and insights shared as the mining industry prepares to move forward into the future.
As for Anglo American, we managed to capture our experience of the Mining Indaba and keep our stakeholders updated through our various online channels, while reaffirming how the mining industry, and Anglo American in particular, really makes a difference through our MiningMatters hashtag (#MiningMatters).
If you didn’t see our stand. Watch as our marketing, communications and digital manager, Shamiela Letsoalo gives a tour:
In case you missed it, here is a list of all the content we created for this year’s conference:
Blog posts
To find out more about the Chairman’s Fund and all the good it does, Chairperson of the Fund, Norman Mbazima elaborates - Read it here
As a Zimele-funded entrepreneur, Luyanda Ngwenya shares her experience with Zimele and how it contributes to the development of herself, her business and the entire country - Read it here
Our Anglo American’s Chairman’s Fund is one of the oldest examples of CSI in the South African private sector. We delve deeper into the work the Chairman’s Fund is doing with MES to restore the inner city - Read it here
Our head of transformation and regulatory affairs, Lindiwe Zikhali discusses diversity and transformation in two blog posts - Read the diversity one here and the transformation one here
Our supply chain and performance lead, Anna-Maria de Jesus explains how Anglo American contributes to local development through local procurement - Read it here
Thermal Coal station manager, Ntombi Mazubane talks about how Anglo American’s Graduates Programme helped make her dreams come true - Read it here
Leadership Interviews
Mining Indaba: Head of corporate affairs, De Beers – Sakhile Ngcobo:
Anglo American in South Africa’s supply chain heads share their views on the Mining Indaba:
“Mining Matters: Creating a Shared Purpose” – Mining Indaba 2014 – Khanyisile Kweyama, executive director of Anglo American in South Africa:
Intro to Mining Indaba with Khanyisile Kweyama, executive director, Anglo American South Africa Limited:
Norman Mbazima, Chairperson of Anglo American’s Chairman’s Fund:
Our group head of government and social affairs Jon Samuel reflects on what makes the Mining Indaba so interesting:
Head of finance for our South African operations Salet Mayet discussed the Mining Indaba and why it makes him optimistic:
Our group government relations manager Richard Morgan gives his analysis of the Mining Indaba and why it exists:
Thermal Coal community development manager Mokhine Makgalemele talks about why the discussions at this year’s Mining Indaba matters:
Visual content
At the conference we were posting infographics, photos, and a range of informative content that really narrowed down why mining, and Anglo American’s involvement, matters. Go to our Facebook page and scroll through our photo stream https://www.facebook.com/AngloAmericanZA/photos_stream