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Source: © SABC The Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) proposes several noteworthy amendments to the current regulatory framework for mineral resources including addressing tailing dumps and associated issues to avoid disasters such as the Jagersfontein disaster

Energy & Mining

11 MPRDA amendments to take note of

Webber Wentzel partners and consultant 22 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources has released the Mineral Resources Development Bill and the Critical Minerals Strategy

Mining

Mineral Resources Development Bill and the Critical Minerals Strategy released

21 May 2025

Maureen Phiri, general manager, sales, Oxyon People Solutions, says skilled workers play a pivotal role in shaping the mining industry of the future, and investing in the development of the skills we need to embrace these new technologies is critical (Image supplied)

Science & Engineering

Addressing the education disconnect in the mining industry

Maureen Phiri 16 May 2025

Jacques Farmer, managing director of Prisma Training Solutions says a skills revolution is needed to drive a cleaner, greener mining industry in South Africa (Image supplied)

Sustainability

Skills development to drive sustainability in mining

Jacques Farmer 12 May 2025

Source: © Implats Despite the challenging operating environment during the period under review, Implats remains on track to deliver within the guided Group parameters for FY2025. Pictured: Impala Rustenburg

Markets & Investment

Implats Q3 results: Mining house on track to deliver despite challenging operating environment

25 Apr 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Sustainability

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

Infrastructure & Utilities

African Mining Week: Role of infrastructure to unlock mining potential

25 Apr 2025

Mining

Prisma boosts skills at Angola's largest diamond mine

11 Apr 2025

Source: © UMK UMK in the Northern Cape

Sustainability

Compliance not enough, environmental regulations must be surpassed

Joe Mosupyoe, 27 Mar 2025

Source: © International Mining Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining is the future. Picture: Shaft sinking

Mining

Underground mining the future

Murray Macnab 26 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Arjen de Bruin, Group CEO at OIM Consulting says strong frontline leadership keeps mines running smoothly, yet too many supervisors are thrown into the deep end without being equipped with the skills they need to lead effectively

Health & Safety

Developing mining supervisors to improve productivity and H&S

Arjen de Bruin 20 Mar 2025

Source: Reuters.

Mining

Barrick says 'committed to reaching a mutually beneficial resolution' in Mali

Portia Crowe 13 Mar 2025

Bennetor (Ben) Magara is Exxaro Resources Limited’s (Exxaro) new chief executive officer, effective 1 April 2025 (Image supplied)

Markets & Investment

Mining veteran, Ben Magara appointed Exxaro CEO

13 Mar 2025

Ore containing copper and cobalt. Source: Paul-Alain Hunt/Unsplash

Mining

Regulatory overhaul puts halt on DRC cobalt exports

Lindsey Schutters 25 Feb 2025

Lovemore Kamuzangaza, country managing partner, Forvis Mazars in Zimbabwe

Mining

Technology paves the way for sustainable mining in Africa

Lovemore Kamuzangaza 11 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Anglo pivots to Sasol biodiesel for emissions gains

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#MiningIndaba: Anglo pivots to Sasol biodiesel for emissions gains

Lindsey Schutters 4 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: The value of synergy between Africa's mining and automotive sectors

Markets & Investment

#MiningIndaba: The value of synergy between Africa's mining and automotive sectors

Lindsey Schutters 3 Feb 2025

Tutuka power station

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Eskom posted profit, then brought back load shedding

Lindsey Schutters 31 Jan 2025

Unitrans drives efficiency and sustainability in mining with performance-based vehicles

Mining

Unitrans drives efficiency and sustainability in mining with performance-based vehicles

Issued by Unitrans 28 Jan 2025

Barloworld advocates for sustainability at Mining Indaba 2025

Materials & Equipment

Barloworld advocates for sustainability at Mining Indaba 2025

27 Jan 2025

Eskom's Kriel power station

Energy

Eskom’s energy availability outlook brings hope for mining operations

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jan 2025

Souvenir luggage tags are displayed at a Barrick Gold Corp at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Source: Reuters/Chris Helgren

Mining

Barrick to suspend operations in Mali after gold seized

Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal, David Lewis and Giulia Paravicini 14 Jan 2025

Mining enters its AI era

Mining

Mining enters its AI era

17 Dec 2024

Mine tailings has become major business

Mining

Mantengu gets Compcom nod for Sublime Technologies acquisition

Lindsey Schutters 2 Dec 2024

The mining industry is a great option for school leavers

Mining

Making mining sexy again for school leavers

Jacques Farmer 26 Nov 2024

Murray & Roberts stops trading, puts SA operations on life support

Construction & Engineering

Murray & Roberts stops trading, puts SA operations on life support

Lindsey Schutters 25 Nov 2024

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Road Freight & Fleet Management

Tech lightens the load of high-risk road transport

Kamal Patel 21 Nov 2024

Source: © Sowetan The Innovation Hub and DRDGold’s Ergo Minining have signed a MOU to train 50 unemployed youth to advance entrepreneurship and create jobs in Gauteng townships

Sustainability

DRDGold's Ergo Mining and Innovation Hub partner to combat youth unemployment in Gauteng

27 Sep 2024

Industry specialists to share expertise at Electra Mining Africa seminars

Mining

Industry specialists to share expertise at Electra Mining Africa seminars

Issued by Electra Mining 30 Aug 2024

#WomensMonth: Lufuno Maishe is lifting women in engineering

Construction & Engineering

#WomensMonth: Lufuno Maishe is lifting women in engineering

Lindsey Schutters 29 Aug 2024

Copper 360 staff welcome the first load of
copper ore mined from Rietberg Mine in
forty one years.

Mining

Copper 360 revives O'Kiep Copper District ahead of global shortage

6 Aug 2024

New guidelines for women safety in mining is a big step forward in the industry's fight against GBVF

Mining

#WomensMonth: South African mining industry takes big step in fight against GBVF

Lindsey Schutters 4 Aug 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater has shed 8% of its workforce since January 2023

Mining

11,000 jobs lost in 18 months at Sibanye-Stillwater

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jul 2024

Implats CEO Nico Muller

Markets & Investment

Implats finalises R9bn BEE deal

Lindsey Schutters 20 May 2024

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

IP Law

BHP’s Anglo American takeover bid: Spotlight on SA’s patent system

Gerard Verhoef 8 May 2024

Claimants in the Kabwe lead poisoning case will be escalating the ongoing dispute with Anglo American to the SCA

Mining

Claimant lawyers accuse Anglo of ‘shocking indifference’ to Kabwe case

Lindsey Schutters 23 Apr 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

Corobrik Rietvlei quarry

Materials & Equipment

Corobrik denies coal mining ambitions amid environmental concerns

4 Apr 2024

Mauro DelleMonache, CEO of Geovia

Architecture & Design

Q&A: How Geovia is reimagining mining efficiency with digital twins

Lindsey Schutters 12 Mar 2024

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen in Washington, D.C., USA. Source: Reuters/Andrew Kelly

Technology

Unanimous ruling favours Big Tech in DRC child labour cobalt claim

Jonathan Stempel 6 Mar 2024

Paving the way: The benefits of PBS vehicles

Mining

Paving the way: The benefits of PBS vehicles

John Kettlewell, Issued by Unitrans 21 Feb 2024

Elia Nandjiwa is resources industries and mining executive at Barloworld Equipment Southern Africa

Mining

#MI24: 'Mining Indaba 2024 embraced its theme' - Barloworld

Elia Nandjiwa 9 Feb 2024

Andrew van Zyl, Managing Director, SRK Consulting

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The evolution and resilience of the mining industry

Andrew van Zyl 22 Jan 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

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

Impala Bafokeng complex. Source: Implats

Mining

Implats responds to underground protest

18 Dec 2023

The Chamber of Mines building will be renamed.

Skills Development

African Rainbow Minerals invests R20m into research at Wits, gets building named after it

23 Nov 2023