At the SAIMM AGM held in August, Professor Cuthbert Musingwini, the head of the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering, was elected President-Elect by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) for 2015/2016 and becomes President for the 2016/2017 financial year.

The University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering is the largest English-speaking school of mining engineering in the world and boasts one of the most expansive programs. With a student body in excess of 800 students, among which over a third are women undergraduates, and with 200 registered postgraduate students, Wits School of Mining Engineering offers worldclass, accredited programs for South Africa, Africa and the world. The School prioritises multi-disciplinary research into best-practice innovations and technology to forge a mining sector that is safer, more productive, environmentally and socially responsible, and economically successful.

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