Mining indaba delegates given lesson on keeping their hands clean
Diamonds are forever‚ but not fresh water, which is in short supply at this year’s mining indaba at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). Delegates arriving on Monday at the country’s biggest mining talk-shop had to wash up with hand sanitiser and are being offered biodegradable crockery to reduce their water "footprint". On Monday, the convention centre’s CEO, Julie-May Ellingson, confirmed several new measures aimed at water saving at all CTICC events. Even bottled water was being imported from suppliers outside the Western Cape‚ Ellingson said. "In addition‚ our water account shows the CTICC has already recorded a 42% saving in water consumption for the first quarter of its current financial year compared to the same period last year. Indeed‚ our rain water and grey water re-use system has been very effective in reducing our use of municipal water over the past year‚" she said. All basins for hand-washing only offer hand sanitiser, and linen napkins have been rep...
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