Chamber Of Mines Holds Strategic Meeting

CHAKALISA DUBE
Staff Writer | Monday May 27, 2013 00:00

 

The meeting, which begins on Thursday, will be held at Tati River Lodge.Speaking with The Monitor, BCM Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Charles Siwawa said next week's meeting is to seek ideas and strategies from its membership.'We regularly engage in meetings with our members to source ideas on how we can take the chamber forward to best serve them. Next week's meet is one of those meetings.

We will also issue progress reports on various operations of the chamber to our members during the two-day gathering, ' Siwawa said.Still on Thursday, the chamber will host an award ceremony and dinner where select mines will be recognised for their efforts in the areas of safety and occupational health.

Respected Australian Economist Gideon Vander Westhuizen will officiate at the awards. Westhuizen, who has 27-years-experience as a business consultant and advisor, is head of Infrastructure Services at Johnstaff services in Australia.

He has also been charged with overseeing Johnstaff Africa operation, which is based in Johannesburg South Africa.Johnstaff, an international management and delivery practice firm, mostly acts as commercial advisors, project managers and construction managers for both public and private clients.

Before the awards, officials from BCM and its members will in the morning of the awards go on a tour of Mupane Gold.BCM was established more than 20 years ago by a group of mines that wanted to have a concerted voice when discussing issues affecting the mining industry with stakeholders like government and other interested parties. It is a non-governmental organisation that depends on funding from its members to sustain itself.Tati Nickel Mining Company, Debswana and the country's sole gold mine, Mupane are amongst some of the  BCM members.