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South32 open to more portfolio changes, says new chair
SOUTH32 chair Karen Wood will retire early next year after six years in the role, with mining veteran and former Anglo American CFO Stephen Pearce set to lead the West Australian…
How the mining industry can kickstart gender diversity
“IT’S a man’s world.” James Brown sang the lyric that for decades has been repurposed to describe the global mining industry. But what is so often missed is the Godfather of…
A broader approach needed to make mining safer for women
ALMOST all women in the mining sector, anywhere in the world, will have a bad story to tell. At its worst it might be about rape and assault. Or it could simply be being casually…
Women executives have one thing to say about leadership: ditch the generalisations
SOME of South Africa’s most prominent mining CEOs say generalisations about the skills women bring to the workplace are unhelpful and that more attention should fall on the…