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While, for many decades, the mining industry dominated the South African economy, today it is one of the smallest in terms of GDP contribution, and despite many new mining licences being granted, jobs have declined rapidly. In 1975 the industry contributed just under one million jobs, today that number is less than half a million. Read More

The Chamber of Mines says it is deeply concerned about the state of public institutions in South Africa and will raise the matter with the Presidency. Read More

The Chamber of Mines has come out against the summons of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, which saw the rand falling as much as 3% against the dollar on Tuesday. Read More

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines said it was “deeply concerned” about the state of public institutions, a matter it promised to raise with the Presidency. Read More

The Chamber of Mines is supporting the global VCI Innovation State of Play assessment as part of its commitment to innovation in South African mining. Read More

Political stability and SA’s slow growth were particular concerns for the US investors who attended this week’s SA Tomorrow investor conference in New York, but many still see SA as a reasonably good story, relative to the other emerging markets in which they invest. Read More

Organised labour is more willing to fix mining than at any time in the past, former AngloGold Ashanti CEO Bobby Godsell contended on Wednesday. Read More

President Jacob Zuma has instructed the government to work hard to arrive at an out-of-court settlement on Mining Charter Three, Mineral Resources Deputy Minister Godfrey Oliphant disclosed on Wednesday. Read More

Nine inductees to South Africa’s new Mining Hall of Fame were announced on the eve of the October 5 opening of the Joburg Indaba 2016, where guest speaker Neal Froneman, the CEO of Sibanye Gold, proposed a new roadmap for mining to ensure equitable benefits for all stakeholders. Read More

The failure of South Africa’s mining industry to rectify the injustices of its apartheid-era past is in large part to blame for today’s difficult operating environment, where mines face changing government regulations and labor strife, according to Sibanye Gold Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Neal Froneman. Read More