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The Minerals Council South Africa, which represents 90 percent of local production has said that there was not enough investment in new mineral exploration, to take advantage of the country’s geological potential. Read More

Community protests and strikes are preventing South African mines from taking advantage of current price increases, Minerals Council SA CEO, Roger Baxter, said at the Afriforesight Future of Metals conference in Sandton on Wednesday. Read More

The Minerals Council agrees that technology is only one part of what the mining industry needs. We have never advocated or presented technology as an antidote to South African mining ills. Read More

FORMER mineworkers claiming to have contracted silicosis are a step closer to receiving financial compensation after the Johannesburg High Court approved a R5bn settlement of a class action suit. Read More

The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read More

The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read More

South Africa’s mining industry is struggling amid falling commodity prices, legislative uncertainty, union unrest and energy insecurity; yet the industry is hopeful the newly elected president, Cyril Ramaphosa, a former mining company director and union leader, will save the day. But can he deliver? Heidi Vella investigates. Read More

The decision of the giant Toyota Motor Corporation to co-fund the development of the market for platinum group metals (PGMs) has been applauded by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Read More

The emerging world of hydrogen power, fuel cells, platinum and climate change mitigation received another stimulus on Tuesday with the announcement of new high-level investment backing for a fund that promotes technologies dependent on the high-performance characteristics of platinum group metals (PGMs). Read More

The mining industry in South Africa is continuing its transformation journey as it adjusts to the ever-increasing pace of the prevailing technological revolution, with the 100-plus-year-old industry, steeped in tradition and, at times, crisis, seeking out new ways of adapting to this era of change. Read More