AI and Mining: South Africa’s Biggest Challenge Isn’t Underground – It’s Data

Article Written By Sanel’Ekhaya Ntathu For more than a century, South Africa’s mining industry has measured success in tonnes  extracted, metres drilled, and shifts completed. Those metrics still matter, but they no longer  define competitiveness. The industry’s biggest challenge is no longer geological, it’s how  quickly operations can turn data into better decisions.