CIMERA LAUNCH The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have awarded the Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Integrated Minerals and Energy Resource Analysis

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES The Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Integrated Mineral and Energy Resource Analysis (CIMERA), under the umbrella of the Department of Science and Technology

KARIN EXPLORES THE KAROO STRATIGRAPHY AN ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTION TO SECURE SOUTH AFRICA’S FUTURE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MIX An academic contribution to SA’s ACADEMIC RESEARCH GeAN ACADEMIC

KAROO RESEARCH INITIATIVE IN CIMERA News Article posted on the Faculty of Science Website – Link The Karoo Research Initiative (KARIN) as part of the DST-NRF

PARTICIPATION OF DST-NRF CIMERA AT THE CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE DIRECTORS FORUM 2014 This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Centres of Excellence

KARIN TRAINS BIOSTRATIGRAPHERS FOR SOUTH AFRICA In November 2014, a one week workshop on Biostratigraphy for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstructions and Correlations at Rhodes University addressed the scarce skill

CIMERA-SUPPORTED NEW ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT AWARDED TO PROFESSOR MARLINA ELBURG Professors Marlina Elburg and Jan Kramers (Department of Geology, UJ) were successful in obtaining NRF funding