Remarkable South African geoscientist Stephen Edward Haggerty, who served with distinction as a research professor at Florida International University in the US, has died aged 87. A legend in the field of diamond, kimberlite and mantle xenolith studies, Haggerty passed away on the January 2 in hospital in Miami, his hometown.
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – It is difficult to know where to start when doing an obituary on Brian Gilbertson, who passed away at the age of 82 in his bed at home in South Africa surrounded by family on Wednesday, December 17, after a long period of illness. His legendary lifetime of leadership had him hallowed in the South African Mining Hall of Fame and presented the Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for his “outstanding and unique contribution to the South African Mining Industry over a long period”.