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The Minerals Council SA and Business Unity SA (Busa) have appealed to the government to use next week’s budget to cut spending, set structural economic reforms in motion, and take steps to address the electricity crisis as top priorities for the country. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has reiterated the significant job losses that may result from power utility Eskom being granted the additional R27.3-billion in revenue it is seeking. Read More

“Eskom’s survival cannot be based on continuing huge tariff increases,” the Minerals Council South Africa said on Friday, ahead of its testimony to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) opposing Eskom’s request for an additional R27.3-billion in revenue. Read More

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