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The PGM sector is the industry's biggest employer in South Africa but is facing challenges including unreliable power supply, increased PGM recycling, dwindling Chinese jewellery demand and increased market share by electric vehicles which require no PGMs, the Minerals Council South Africa said. Read More

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Instead of being the $11-billion-a-year type industry that it is today, the platinum business has the potential to be a $35-billion-a-year industry by 2050, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Wednesday. Read More

Even though the mining industry has come a long way in providing more opportunities for women, women still only make up 12% of the industry’s workforce. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa believes that the COVID-19 testing initiative undertaken by its member companies was an important tool used by the mining industry, firstly, to better understand the progress of the virus, and secondly, to better manage the spread of the virus. Read More

A number of Minerals Council members today provided a briefing on their approach to COVID-19 testing and the mitigating impact it has had on the incidence of the virus at their operations. These initiatives have also enhanced the availability of testing in their surrounding communities. Read More

About 75% of South Africa’s mining workforce has returned to work, reports the Minerals Council South Africa. Read More

THE Minerals Council South Africa said a call by the country’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to clean up corruption in the ruling ANC was only valuable if perpetrators were jailed. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has implored President Cyril Ramaphosa and law enforcement authorities to act urgently against those within government, business and other citizens who have looted public funds, including those intended to alleviate the impact of Covid-19. Read More

The uptake of a tool to assist the mining sector in implementing the principles of water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM), has been “overwhelmingly positive”, Minerals Council South Africa head of environment Stephinah Mudau tells Mining Weekly. Read More

Industry organisation, the Minerals Council South Africa, on August 21 launched the first National Day of Women in Mining, highlighting its focus on the implementation of initiatives designed to achieve stretch targets for the representation and advancement of women in the South African mining industry. Read More