南非采矿业：概览毕业课程设计外文文献翻译、中英文翻译.docVIP

1 - 附 录 The South African mining industry:An overviewc（Part） By J.J.Geldenhuys* Premier of the North-West Province,Mr Molefe,foreign dignitaries and guests,ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure and also a special honour for me to have been invited here this morning to make this address.The XV Congress of the Council of Mining and Metallurgical Institutions is,by its very nature,an extremely important event for the international minerals industry. But I believe that this specific Congress assumes an even greater significance because of the profound and far-reaching changes that have taken place in South Africa this year. These are exhilarating times ,a period when so much in out country hasaltered and when so much has to be done so quickly to build positively on our bold political decisions . Your Congress is taking place at the start of this critical building phase for South Africa,a phase which the mining industry is determined to contribute to in no small measure. And so ti is a special honour for me to make this address at such a vital time for the country and its mining interests. For more than a century now the mining industry has been the foundation of the South African economy .Today ,the industry remains robust ,energetic ,more innovative than ever,and still possessed of the capacity to be a reliable economic generator for this country and the region as a whole. Mining in this country is already ensconced in some of the challenges of our new era. South Africa’s mining houses,which for so long have been at the forefront of progress in mineral extraction,are researching new methods of enhancing production. They have already achieved technical breakthroughs to improve the safety of workers and ,on a broader front ,they are working on strategies to compete aggressively with growing international competition. I am pleased to report to you this mornig,that ,after a long drought our gold mining sector is buoyant and showing improving health.On an annualised ba