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Mining Cover story Pamela Jane du Plessis, Managing Director of Invincible Valves T he African continent has an abundance of mineral resources which plays a huge role in the global economy. Globally we are seeing a mining crisis, which has affected mining regions, operations, equipment manufacturers, service providers, negative economic growth, just to name a few. Due to the many global pressures we are finding a steady decline in production and manufacturing figures. The first step to resolving such would be Investments are required, locally and internationally for on-going profitable, successful and sustainable mining in Africa. As these pressures continue to build on the mining industry, mine operators are pressed to identify solutions that maintain, or even, improve their bottom line. Many mines around the world are looking at their equipment and focusing on maximizing