Epiroc South Africa, a leading mining equipment manufacturer, and the University of Pretoria have committed to collaborate on the development of students and graduates in the mining field with the establishment of the Epiroc Academic and Research Forum.

Prof Wynand Steyn, Dean of EBIT, and Angel Tobar, director of university partnerships at EPIROC

This initiative plans to

• Provide educational training activities provided by Epiroc specialists
• Promote collaborative research between the two institutes
• Arrange for a host of in person training opportunities between the organisations, such as workshops, conferences and courses.

More information can be found here on this exciting development.