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Environment & Natural Resources

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

Susan Reid 1 day

Source: © Mail & Guardian Paste technology can reduce the risk of particle segregation, improve the stability of deposited tailings and eliminate the pond on top of tailings deposits and potentially lower overall costs

Science & Engineering

Using proven approaches to rehabilitate legacy mines

Shameer Hareeparsad 17 Apr 2025

Source: © UMK UMK in the Northern Cape

Sustainability

Compliance not enough, environmental regulations must be surpassed

Joe Mosupyoe, 27 Mar 2025

Source: © Mining.com Officially open, Seriti Resources’s new Naudesbank Colliery is expected to contribute significantly to South Africa's mining sector and play a key role in the country's economic growth

Mining

Seriti’s Naudesbank Colliery to contribute significantly to SA's mining sector and country's economy

14 Mar 2025

Eskom's Kriel power station

Energy

Eskom’s energy availability outlook brings hope for mining operations

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jan 2025

Financial Services

Russia launches crypto mining for global trade

1 Nov 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Using intelligence, forensics and prosecution against illegal mining activities

Mining

Using intelligence, forensics and prosecution against illegal mining activities

Issued by Pinpoint Stewards 15 Oct 2024

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links hosted the Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August. Small-scale fishers from across the country gathered in Kalk Bay to share testimonies. GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

Liezl Human 16 Aug 2024

Selim Kaymak, CEO of Alpha Resources

Mining

Sustainable mining is a profit and planet balancing act

Selim Kaymak 9 Apr 2024

Digital twins pave way to a new frontier in mining

Mining

Digital twins pave way to a new frontier in mining

Amritesh Anand 10 Jan 2024

Mining

SAPS tackles illegal mining: Five suspects arrested in Limpopo

29 Dec 2023

Bitcoin mining activity in 2023 has contributed to a surge in electricity use. Source: Dmytro Demidko/Unsplash

4th Industrial Revolution

Bitcoin’s soaring energy consumption remains a sustainability concern

21 Dec 2023

Rudie Opperman. Source: Supplied

Technology

Edge computing could solve SA's illegal mining crisis

Rudie Opperman 13 Nov 2023

President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures during the opening of the US-sub-Saharan Africa trade forum to discuss the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), at the NASREC conference centre in Johannesburg. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Ramaphosa deploys the army to fight Zama Zamas

Tannur Anders and Nelson Banya 9 Nov 2023

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Fuel & Energy

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Laura Lander, Grazia Todeschini 8 Nov 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

How SA's mining law holds unique advantages for Chinese investors

Hulme Scholes 29 Aug 2023

Damage to the West Coast north of the Olifants River estuary caused by previous diamond mining operations (before Trans Hex). Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Environmental Law

Court challenge to 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights

John Yeld 28 Aug 2023

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Markets & Investment

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Nelson Banya 8 Aug 2023

Kumba forced to stockpile more iron ore as rail bottlenecks mount

Markets & Investment

Kumba forced to stockpile more iron ore as rail bottlenecks mount

Nelson Banya 25 Jul 2023

Source: Supplied. Pushpender Singla, VZI executive director and chief financial officer.

Oncology

Zinc mine injects R14.2m into Namakwa chemotherapy unit

30 Jun 2023

Investment, partnerships key to boosting SA mining's competitiveness - white paper

Mining

Investment, partnerships key to boosting SA mining's competitiveness - white paper

16 Feb 2023

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Energy

Understanding Eskom's high failure rate

Neil Thomas Stacey 9 Dec 2022

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Mining

Beyond zama zamas - an alternative future for the Gauteng mining belt

Reinier Minny 25 Aug 2022

Nigeria considers suspending mining to tackle insecurity

Mining

Nigeria considers suspending mining to tackle insecurity

Felix Onuah 22 Jul 2022

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Public Health

MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

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Environmental Law

Big shift to environmental legislative landscape is finally here

Garyn Rapson, Kirsty Kilner & Carma Rossouw 28 Jun 2022

The state of our rivers is a clear reflection of the health of our environment

Environment & Natural Resources

The state of our rivers is a clear reflection of the health of our environment

Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 6 Jun 2022

NWU and Universität Duisburg-Essen develop early warning tool for metal pollution in fresh water

Higher Education

NWU and Universität Duisburg-Essen develop early warning tool for metal pollution in fresh water

Issued by North-West University (NWU) 18 Mar 2022

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

Mining

Western Cape government joins battle over mining

John Yeld 23 Feb 2022

Theme of ocean rejuvenation and conservation at 2022 Wavescape Surf and Ocean Fest

Film

Theme of ocean rejuvenation and conservation at 2022 Wavescape Surf and Ocean Fest

7 Feb 2022

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

Mining

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

John Yeld 19 Jan 2022

Surface mining is dangerous and training is essential for a safe work environment

Mining

Surface mining is dangerous and training is essential for a safe work environment

Jacques Farmer 18 Nov 2021

Source: © AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Gold Mine

Mining

Obuasi underground ore mining resumes

30 Sep 2021

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

NGOs seek to halt proposed mining activities in Zambia's Lower Zambezi National Park

6 Sep 2021

Lili Nupen, director, Nupen Staude de Vries

Mining

#WomensMonth: Mining legal eagle Lili Nupen loves a challenge

Nicci Botha 24 Aug 2021

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Mining

Action needed to combat illegal mining

18 Jun 2021

Mining

KZN premier calls for order amid reports of illegal mining in KwaHlathi

14 Jun 2021

Report reveals soil pollution as one of the world's major challenges for ecosystem restoration

Agriculture

Report reveals soil pollution as one of the world's major challenges for ecosystem restoration

7 Jun 2021

Obuasi Mine. Image: AngloGold Ashanti

Mining

AngloGold Ashanti suspends Obuasi output, cost guidance after underground collapse

Tanisha Heiberg 27 May 2021

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Mining

Richards Bay Minerals GM gunned down

25 May 2021

Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining

Mining

Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining

Janine Espin 5 May 2021

Australian mining executive Mark Caruso, in the snake-skin boots, at a community meeting in Lutzville in February 2019. Archive photo: John Yeld

Mining

Aussie mining company fires Mark Caruso as CEO

6 Apr 2021

The Pretoria High Court has stopped Uthaka Energy from starting to mine coal this week in the critical water source area of Mabola, Mpumalanga. Archive photo: supplied

Mining

Court stops Mpumalanga coal mine

John Yeld 26 Mar 2021

Yushanta Rungasammy, director and co-head: corporate & commercial, and Rembuluwani Nembudani, senior associate, CMS South Africa

Mining

4 hindrances to increasing mining's GDP contribution in 2021

8 Mar 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Mining

#MIVirtual: Ramaphosa gets a vanilla rating at Mining Indaba

4 Feb 2021

Yushanta Rungasammy, director and co-head, corporate & commercial, CMS South Africa

Mining

Covid could have a positive impact on mining in the long run

Yushanta Rungasammy 28 Jan 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata

Mining

Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

Jacques Farmer, managing director, Prisma

Sustainability

Community development in the mining industry requires buy in and training to be effective

Jacques Farmer 19 Jan 2021

High Court judgment limits diesel refund claims for mining activities

Tax Law

High Court judgment limits diesel refund claims for mining activities

Prenisha Govender 18 Jan 2021