WELCOME TO THE SEPTEMBER issue of Mining Global , where we shine the light on sustainability in the industry . Our leading profile this month is with Komatsu Mexico , established in April this year and a global purveyor of cutting-edge industrial products with aftermarket capability to the mining industry .

What ’ s in a legacy ? Natural Resources Canada , through its Green Mining Initiative strives to create a greener mining industry and leave behind a legacy of clean , cost effective and environmentally sound mining . We speak with Janice Zinck , Director of Green Mining and Innovation .

What can the Centre for Mining and Industry at the University for Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , do for the future of the industry ? Professor Caroline Digby talks to Mining Global about fixing the gap between environmental performance and long term liabilities and creating a future workforce of sustainably sound mining engineers .

How does Anglo American promote sustainable practice across its organisation ? We look at Anglo American ’ s seven steps to sustainability through its seven pillars of value .

Viva Las Vegas as we profile one of the biggest events across the entire mining industry – MINExpo 2016 . Some the world ’ s leading mining professionals and academics will be on hand to share their ideas for how to answer some of the biggest questions of the mining industry , we take a look at some of the speakers .

Our final profile is on Gran Colombia Gold , a Canadian gold exploration , development and extraction company in silver deposits in Colombia .

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Editor dale . benton @ bizclikmedia . com

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