Student Number : 0112584H - MSc research project - School of Mining Engineering - Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment / With the acquisition by AngloGold Ashanti Ltd of open pit mines in East and West Africa with possible addition of Greenfield and Brownfield operations, the emphasis of this research document was to improve the current open pit mines in this region. By identifying Mineral Resource Management (MRM) as a way to improve and manage operating practices, additional value and the accompanied risks have been identified. It was also realised that the current traditional, predominantly financial indicators are becoming increasingly inadequate, thus looking at alternative operating principles. Subsequent to this, proposals have been made to acquire the necessary production and cost change by integrating structure, strategy, systems, style, skills, staff and the defined goals as proposed in this document. Using a “process-based” approach integrating (best) operating practices, concepts such as: living out the company’s strategic values; a learning organisation; better informed decision-making; people management; self-directed teams; continuous improvement; asset and capital management; integrated information systems; and an improved internal and external customer relationship be obtained.

Zum Wintersemester 2019/2020 wird an der TU Bergakademie Freiberg ein neuer MSc- Studiengang „Geomatics for Mineral Resource Management“ angeboten. Dieser ist Teil eines internationalen Programmes unter Beteiligung der Universitäten Técnico Lisboa in Portugal, Delft University of Technology in den Niederlanden, TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Deutschland, Montanuniversität Leoben in Österreich sowie Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Polen. Es ist vorgesehen, ein europaweit sichtbares Programm anzubieten, dass den Studierenden ein flexibles internationales Studium an jeweils zwei der Hochschulen ermöglicht und sie auf Führungsaufgaben im Bereich der Geomatik in der Rohstoffwirtschaft vorbereitet. Der Beitrag fasst das Konzept des internationalen Programmes zusammen und stellt die Möglichkeiten an der TU Freiberg konkret dar. / For the winter term 2019/2020, a new MSc program 'Geomatics for Mineral Resource Management' will be offered at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. This is part of an international program involving the Universities of Técnico Lisboa in Portugal, Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, TU Bergakademie Freiberg in Germany, Montanuniversität Leoben in Austria and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland. The ambition is to offer a Europe-wide visible program that enables students to study internationally flexibly at two of the universities being prepared for a leader role in geomatics for Mineral Resource Management. The article summarizes the concept of the international program and presents the possibilities at the TU Freiberg.