NWU School of Mines and Mining Engineering set for future success – The Mail & Guardian

NWU School of Mines and Mining Engineering set for future success – The Mail & Guardian

Visit North West University press office The North West province of South Africa sits on a bedrock of riches. From platinum to chrome, vanadium to gold, the region is among the most mineral-endowed in the world. Yet its communities remain scarred by poverty and unemployment, relics of a resource economy too often divorced from local benefit. For a province where mines dominate both the landscape and livelihoods, the need to convert mineral wealt…