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South African organisations are universal in their calling for President Cyril Ramaphosa to take decisive action around, particularly, South Africa’s constrained power supply, high employment and the state of State-owned enterprises (SOEs). Read More

South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation (SONA) address on February 13 was the most critical since the start of the country’s democratic era given an unprecedented economic slump, said Minerals Council South Africa. Read More

The Minerals Council of South Africa says police are not coping against powerful armed gangs that are attacking the country’s gold mines. Read More

Investments by SA’s mining companies in renewable energy projects to reduce exposure to embattled power monopoly Eskom will worsen a growing lag in response to rising commodity prices. Read More

The mining industry in South Africa is a long way from being ready to survive without coal-generated electricity, the Minerals Council SA (MCSA) has said. Read More

The South African mining industry is making strides in improving its health and safety performance, but more needs to be done on site, as well as off site, to keep employees safe, says the Minerals Council South Africa. Read More

The SA economy is hanging onto a few life rafts. Policymakers should use them to boost the country’s growth story Read More

The first payments to claimants from the historic silicosis settlement with South African gold producers will mark the start of a very long process. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa is no longer just the voice of the mining majors, Grant Mitchell, who heads up the council's Junior and Emerging Miners Desk, pointed out in a briefing at the 2020 Investing in African Mining Indaba, this week. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has been putting together a portrait of junior and emerging miners in the country. Compared with the likes of Canada, there are hardly any to be found here. But there are a bunch of unlisted miners, and they are aiming big. Read More