Case studies of technology roadmapping in mining

dc.contributor.authorAmadi-Echendu, J.E. (Joe)
dc.contributor.authorLephauphau, Obbie
dc.contributor.authorMaswanganyi, Macks
dc.contributor.authorMkhize, Malusi
dc.contributor.emailjoe.amadi-echendu@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-07T11:01:05Z
dc.date.available2011-02-07T11:01:05Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.description.abstractMining is a long established art with legacy processes and institutional structures that face rapidly changing technological environments. The perception is that technology planning and forecasting receives priority attention only as far as they maybe linked to making production tonnage in the short term, thus giving the impression that new technology may be introduced without developing a culture and operational requirements that influence successful implementation of new technologies. With depleting ore grades of existing mines, and the prevailing global financial crisis making it prohibitive to develop richer sources, mining is considered to be short-term risk averse and this accentuates a more conservative approach towards technology planning and forecasting. Based on surveys and interviews with practising miners, this paper discusses three case studies on the practice of technology planning and forecasting in mining firms. It is evident that technology planning and forecasting, and particularly the use of the roadmapping approach, is not a ‘culture’ common to mining firms.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAmadi-Echendu,J.,et al., Case studies of technology roadmapping in mining. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, vol. 28, no. 1-2, pp. 23-32 (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jengtecman.2010.12.002en_US
dc.identifier.issn0923-4748
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.jengtecman.2010.12.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/15838
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsElsevieren_US
dc.subjectTechnology planning and forecastingen_US
dc.subjectMiningen_US
dc.subjectTechnology roadmappingen_US
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- South Africa -- Planningen
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- Technological innovations -- South Africaen
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- Planningen
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- Technological innovationsen
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- Forecastingen
dc.subject.lcshMines and mineral resources -- South Africa -- Forecastingen
dc.titleCase studies of technology roadmapping in miningen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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