Mark Cutifani, CEO of Anglo American, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Joburg Indaba. The event, themed Investing in Resources and Mining in Africa, will be held from 8-10 October at the Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg.
Cutifani, with more than 38 years in the mining industry, has working experience in 25 operating environments and with 20 commodities and is widely recognised as an industry innovator.
The Joburg Indaba is aimed at building a competitive, sustainable and legitimate mining industry through strategic conversations. "Mark's broad industry, technical and commercial knowledge is a prime example of the calibre of speakers joining the critical conversations at this year's event," states Bernard Swanepoel, moderator at the 2014 Joburg Indaba.
Labour issues
Opportunities and solutions that could outline the route to a competitive and sustainable mining industry will be thrashed out at the event amongst various leaders, game changers, and entrepreneurs in both the mining and investment sectors.
Robert Friedland will be back again to join colleagues in thought provoking discussions alongside Graham Briggs, Valli Moosa, Mike Teke, Noah Greenhill, Peter Leon, and Michael Spicer.
Special focus will be given at this year's event to the labour issues that have crippled the industry and the challenging trade-offs between cost, productivity and unemployment, highlighted by the mechanisation versus labour debate.
