Henry Lazenby on Mining Indaba and the renewed enthusiasm for mining

This week’s episode features Northern Miner Western Editor Henry Lazenby, who shares insights from the 2025 Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town. Lazenby discusses the optimistic outlook for mining and how African nations are pushing for greater local beneficiation of metals to drive economic development. Plus, in this week’s Spotlight segment, Neil Alberts, General Manager of BME Mining Canada, explores the company’s cutting-edge blasting and metallurgical technology. To learn more, visit: https://bme.co.za/ All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli. Music Credits “Rattlesnake Railroad”, “Big Western Sky”, “Western Adventure” and “Battle on the Western Frontier” by Brett Van Donsel (⁠www.incompetech.com⁠). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License ⁠creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0⁠ Apple Podcasts:⁠ https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-northern-miner-podcast/id1099281201⁠ Spotify:⁠ https://open.spotify.com/show/78lyjMTRlRwZxQwz2fwQ4K⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernMiner⁠ Soundcloud:⁠ https://soundcloud.com/northern-miner