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Mining

Contract collapse with ArcelorMittal jeopardises 688 jobs at Beeshoek mine

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Mining

Grim prospects: Mining’s outlook for 2025 remains weak, unpromising

13 Aug 2025

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Mining

Govt allocates R2.86bn to mineral, petroleum resources

3 Jul 2025

Source: © 123rf Although the production data for March will only be released in May, the figures for January and February suggest a notable quarterly decline for mining production in the first quarter of 2025

Markets & Investment

Mining production decline points to Q1 2025 contraction

16 Apr 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

Awards celebrate ingenuity and outstanding levels of innovation

Mining

Awards celebrate ingenuity and outstanding levels of innovation

Issued by Electra Mining 3 Oct 2024

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Mining

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Issued by Electra Mining 30 Aug 2024

New products, innovations and world-class technologies at Electra Mining Africa

Energy & Mining

New products, innovations and world-class technologies at Electra Mining Africa

Issued by Electra Mining 22 Aug 2024

Acid mine drainage in Gauteng, South Africa, has polluted the water and soil in Soweto. Courtesy Professor Craig Sheridan, University of the Witwatersrand

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk

Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024

The Alexkor coffer-dam wall between two dams at high tide. Photos from a Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment report titled: “Enforcement: In Loco Inspection Report – The salt/tidal flats of the Orange River Mouth Ramsar site”, published 28 January 2020.

Environment & Natural Resources

Alexkor vs Creecy in environment court battle

John Yeld 12 Apr 2024

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

Mining

AngloGold Ashanti shareholders approve South Africa exit

Nelson Banya 21 Aug 2023

AngloGold to switch primary listing to US as has 'outgrown' SA

Markets & Investment

AngloGold to switch primary listing to US as has 'outgrown' SA

Nelson Banya and Felix Njini 15 May 2023

Source: Wikipedia. Lithium chemicals, a transition mineral seen here in oil, is set to in demand by 700% by 2050, a growth that will be spurred on by the manufacture of electric vehicle batteries.

Banking

What banks are overlooking when financing mining for transition minerals in SA

3 May 2023

2023 Investment Conference focuses on challenges, opportunities in mining

Mining

2023 Investment Conference focuses on challenges, opportunities in mining

24 Apr 2023

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

Science & Engineering

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

25 Oct 2022

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Mining

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Nomsa Mbere and Jaqui Pinto 29 Apr 2022

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Economy

SA's GDP contracts to record-high 1.5% in Q3

8 Dec 2021

Glencore Ferroalloys launches ESD programme to support local SMMEs

Mining

Glencore Ferroalloys launches ESD programme to support local SMMEs

12 Mar 2021

Kangra coal mine recommences operations

Mining

Kangra coal mine recommences operations

11 Mar 2021

Tycho Moncks, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group.

Mining

8 priorities to improve mining competitiveness in SA

17 Nov 2020

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Mining

Contract mining clarification muddies the water

Shirleen Ritchie and Brian Dennehy 8 Sep 2020

Where mining meets energy: small operational changes reap great savings

Energy

Where mining meets energy: small operational changes reap great savings

29 Jul 2020

Russian soldiers march during a Victory Day parade. The country makes guns and armoury as its main beneficiation output. Photo by Dmitry Korotayev/Epsilon/Getty Images

Mining

South Africa would gain from co-operation among Brics countries on beneficiation

Byelongo Elisée Isheloke 17 Jul 2020

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Mining

#MiningIndaba2020: Cooperation needed to address structural and policy constraints

3 Feb 2020

Mining

Smart mining is the key to competitiveness

Eric Croeser 9 Dec 2019

Lukas van der Merwe

Mining

Bolstering mining safety through technology

20 Aug 2019

Mining remains a people-centric industry. Image: Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

MCSA response: Mining industry focused on more than just technology

29 Jul 2019

Victory for miners as high court approves silicosis settlement

Labour Law

Victory for miners as high court approves silicosis settlement

26 Jul 2019

Anglo American's Mokalakwena Mine

Mining

Technology is only one part of what mining needs

Terence Corrigan 24 Jul 2019

Mining activities in South Africa’s rural areas tend to occur at the expense of local communities and the environment. Shutterstock

Mining

How South Africa's rural communities are getting a raw deal from mining

Llewellyn Leonard 15 Jul 2019

South Deep Gold Fields

Mining

Wits, Gold Fields research partnership reaches new depths

5 Jul 2019

#MiningIndaba2019: It looks like a seminal year for investor confidence

Mining

#MiningIndaba2019: It looks like a seminal year for investor confidence

11 Feb 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa

Markets & Investment

#MiningIndaba2019: Ramaphosa says collaboration is the key for mining

Nicci Botha 6 Feb 2019

Professor Francis Petersen

Mining

Resurrecting SA's mining industry

Francis Petersen 31 Jan 2019

Trends

#BizTrends2019: Mineral exploration likely to gain traction

Jade Davenport 7 Jan 2019

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why South African community's win against mining company matters

Sonwabile Mnwana 14 Dec 2018

Rally behind SA's mining sector, urges Mantashe

Mining

Rally behind SA's mining sector, urges Mantashe

5 Nov 2018

Soria Hay, head of corporate finance at Bravura

Mining

Mining Charter needs to be rebooted

13 Jul 2018

Mxolisi Mgojo, president of the Minerals Council

Mining

Chamber of Mines rebrands to Minerals Council

24 May 2018

Keith Fenner, dynamics business group director at Microsoft

Mining

Turning mining into a sunrise industry

Keith Fenner 22 May 2018

Reinvigorated Nkomati Anthracite shows promise

Mining

Reinvigorated Nkomati Anthracite shows promise

4 Apr 2018

Ramaphosa reassures mining communities of inclusion in Mining Charter talks

Mining

Ramaphosa reassures mining communities of inclusion in Mining Charter talks

20 Feb 2018

Chamber of Mines postpones Mining Charter court application

Legislation & Regulation

Chamber of Mines postpones Mining Charter court application

19 Feb 2018

Sean Jones, managing director of the Artisan Training Institute (ATI)

Mining

Still a ways to go for gender equality underground

15 Feb 2018

Roger Baxter, CEO: South African Chamber of Mines

Mining

#miningindaba18: Regulatory environment threatens investment in mining

Nicci Botha 9 Feb 2018

Mxolisa Mgojo, CEO: Exxaro Resources, Hilary Joffe, and Rudi Dicks, Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation in the Presidency.

Mining

#miningindaba18: Sustainability has been mainstreamed

7 Feb 2018

Waiting to inhale: Radiation and living near mines

Healthcare

Waiting to inhale: Radiation and living near mines

1 Sep 2017

ConCourt rules Diamond Act constitutional

Legislation & Regulation

ConCourt rules Diamond Act constitutional

25 Jul 2017

Creating a sustainable cycle

Mining

Creating a sustainable cycle

9 Jun 2017