Mining, SA growth focus as coal re-emerges as king


Issue 133 - 22 Feb 2008 | 3 minute read

Engineering consultancy Parsons Brinckerhoff is building up its southern Africa and mining industry personnel, seeing a substantial business opportunity from coal-to-power and other minerals-related projects in the electricity-starved region. In recent appointments that PB believes will help expand its already substantial sub-Sahara business, Gavin Young has moved from being Johnson Matthey plc’s South Africa managing director to head PB’s expanding Craighall, Johannesburg-based operation, while mining and nuclear specialist Nick Edmunds has come from 17 years with Wardell Armstrong as director of mining. Edmunds’ role, the company said, “will enable PB to marry its power generation business with a growing requirement for mining services.”

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