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Research

Our research seeks to understand the issues and intersections between people, environment and the development of technology related to mining, using a holistic systems-based approach. The five Centres investigate these questions, challenges and opportunities through different lenses, while developing the human and technological capacity to address them.

The WMI Responsible Mining Laboratory The WMI Responsible Mining Laboratory promotes responsible mining i.e., mining that achieves zero harm, realises net positive environmental impact, improves social performance and leaves a positive multi-faceted legacy.
The WMI Skills Accelerator The WMI Skills Accelerator supports all the research centres by facilitating accredited skills development and other programmes and events, in pursuit of building modernising mining for the 21st century.
Successful Application of Technology Centred Around People (SATCAP) SAMERDI Successful Application of Technology Centred Around People (SATCAP) Research Centre aims to contribute to a productive industry through sustainable relationships and shared values for people in a modernizing minerals sector.
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Real Time Information Management Systems (RTIMS) SAMERDI Real Time Information Management Systems (RTIMS) Research Centre aims to build capacity in digital intellectual capital through fundamental research into technical, technological, and strategic issues in pursuit of 4IR technology readiness in the South African Minerals sector.
The Sibanye Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine) The Sibanye Stillwater Digital Mining Laboratory (DigiMine) is a state of the art and one-of-a-kind laboratory that conducts tests, research and development, and innovation, transferring surface digital technologies into the underground mining environment.
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