Head of the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering elected President-Elect by the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

The long awaited Annual Report 2014 for the School of Mining Engineering at the University of Witwatersrand is available.

At a celebratory function on 11 June, the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining Engineering paid tribute to the enormous contribution made by its former Head of School, Professor Fred Cawood, during his five year tenure from 2010 to 2014. Professor Cawood remains in the School as the Professor of Mine Surveying and leader of the school’s digital mine project.

Grappling with uncertainties in decision-making is at the heart of managing mines’ operations, and students at the Wits School of Mining Engineering are employing a high-tech program to do just this.