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Faced with shifts in technology, the mining industry will need to adapt

The mining industry will need to adapt to ongoing changes in technology and involve all players in each step of the process, suggests change management analyst Petro du Pisani. Du Pisani from IntegriChange, who has a longstanding record in the mining industry, told delegates attending the South African Geophysical Association (Saga) conference that advances in computing power, resolution and better sensors would spark big changes. The Global Positioning System (GPS) is going to improve, while the signal-to-noise ratio and big data would also become more advanced.