MINE OF THE MONTH

Leaving it to the locals

Barely a minute had elapsed after our arrival at Evander and general manager of operations Manny Da Silva was already checking his phone for any messages from the South African power utility Eskom.

Nadav Shemer
Union Corp began mining the Evander Basin in 1958. The mine now belongs to Pan African Resources

Union Corp began mining the Evander Basin in 1958. The mine now belongs to Pan African Resources

Around a dozen analysts and one journalist had come to Evander from the Indaba 2015 tradeshow, where power shortages were on everybody’s lips. Da Silva was quick to assure those with flights to catch that...

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