Tenova Mining & Minerals held an inaugural southern African Client Symposium in Johannesburg on October 3, 2013, around the theme Pushing the Boundaries of Technology 4 Innovative Client Solutions. With its global headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, and with offices in some 22 countries on five continents, the event was part of what the group states is “an ongoing process of holding regional symposia across the globe”, with a previous symposium held earlier this year in Denver, Colorado. The next symposia will most likely take place during 2014 in Moscow for the CIS region, and thereafter, in Mumbai, India, for that region.

These symposia are held to provide a platform for all interested stakeholders to get together to share and discuss the latest technologies and innovations for the global mining and minerals and bulk materials handling sectors. This includes the range of solutions developed by Tenova Mining & Minerals in recent times, often in conjunction with clients and other stakeholders. The audience included clients, major project houses, partners, academia, engineering consultancies and suppliers, financial institutions and media from the southern Africa region, which includes Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola and Mozambique.

The two guest keynote speakers on the day were the well known South African economist and strategist Chris Hart and globally renowned futurist, author and strategist, Clem Sunter, who together reinforced the economic and developmental importance of the global mining and minerals sectors. During his closing address, the President of Tenova Mining & Minerals, Walter Küng stated: “As a global player and industry leader, Tenova Mining & Minerals is committed to ongoing innovations and technology development to provide its global clients with best solutions, which ultimately, and cutting across the complete mining and minerals value chain, benefit all of society across the globe.”