Mining Indaba - Molefi Motuku (Dr)

Molefi Motuku (Dr)

Chief Executive Officer Mintek

Dr Molefi Motuku is currently the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Council for Mineral Technology (MINTEK). Previously, he was the Group Executive: Research, Development, Innovation, and an Acting CEO of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Prior to joining the CSIR, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the National Metrology Institute of South Africa (NMISA), General Manager: Research & Development at MINTEK, Director of Fort Hare Institute of Technology (University of Fort Hare), and an Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Materials Engineering at Tuskegee University, USA. He spent over four years in the mid-eighties in a mining environment at Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co. Ltd (JCI), Rustenburg Platinum Holdings.

Dr Motuku graduated with a PhD and MSc in Materials Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA. He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and BSc in Physics from Tuskegee University, USA. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of international conferences and presented significantly at local and international conferences and forums. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) in the USA. He serves on boards in the public and private sector as well as in higher education institutions.

Agenda Sessions

Panel – How can academia keep up with exponential technological progress

- How can universities use technology to keep up with the current pace of change to address the mining industries talent gap?

- How academia can work with OEMs and mining companies to provide a highly skilled and hungry workforce

- Making mining an attractive industry: how can we make the mining industry seem less “dirty” and more attractive to the next generation of professional

Tuesday 07 February 16:15 - 17:00 InfraTech Auditorium

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Add to calendar 02/07/2023 16:15 02/07/2023 17:00 Panel – How can academia keep up with exponential technological progress - How can universities use technology to keep up with the current pace of change to address the mining industries talent gap?

- How academia can work with OEMs and mining companies to provide a highly skilled and hungry workforce

- Making mining an attractive industry: how can we make the mining industry seem less “dirty” and more attractive to the next generation of professional InfraTech Auditorium Europe/London

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