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We champion the growth of South Africa’s mining industry—supporting our members with strategic insight, strong advocacy, and a united voice for meaningful progress.
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We champion the growth of South Africa’s mining industry—supporting our members with strategic insight, strong advocacy, and a united voice for meaningful progress.
We advocate for a thriving, responsible mining sector—driving growth, transformation, and sustainability. Our Corporate Profile fact sheet highlights our impact, priorities, and progress—offering a deeper look into how and why mining truly matters for South Africa’s future.
We advance the industry & position by engaging in initiatives across health, education, and policy. We focus on fostering growth, ensuring compliance, and promoting responsible mining practices.
We showcase the significance of South African mining—its economic impact, social value, and transformative potential—while promoting a modern, responsible, and thriving industry.
The Minerals Council commissioned a comprehensive report on mining’s impact across key commodities—Gold, Diamonds, Coal, and PGMs. Explore the fact sheet to see why mining matters for jobs, growth, development, innovation, and thriving communities across South Africa.
Stay informed with the latest industry updates, insights, and announcements. Explore how mining is evolving and shaping South Africa’s future, one story at a time.
Explore the Minerals Council’s key events, milestones, and initiatives—highlighting the people, partnerships, and progress shaping South Africa’s mining industry and driving impact across the sector.
The Facts and Figures 2024 highlights the vital role of mining in South Africa’s economy and society. The book explores why #MiningMatters, showcasing the industry’s contributions, challenges, and opportunities for sustainable growth.
Track gender equity in mining with real-time data on representation, career progress, GBV response, and development, driving accountability and transformation across the industry.
Access key workforce data on union representation, recruitment, and retrenchments, supporting accurate, aggregated insights that shape decision-making across South Africa’s mining industry.
The Minerals Council South Africa has called for the implementation of the Carbon Tax to be delayed until all enabling regulations, and a legislative regime providing for a carbon budget, are in place. Read More
South Africa’s Carbon Tax would cost the country’s minerals sector R5.5bn a year in its second phase of implementation, said the Minerals Council South Africa which has called again on the government to shelve the levy. Read More
The government is looking to unroll administered electricity prices for key parts of the economy, including mining, manufacturing and furnaces smelting minerals, Gwede Mantashe, mineral resources and energy minister, has said. Read More
OSHAfrica’s inaugural Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Conference – triennial conferences that will be held across the African continent – is a Pan-African, collaborative endeavour that is aimed at bringing together stakeholders from South Africa, the rest of Africa and beyond to discuss the challenges in OHS on the continent. Read More
Policy certainty is critical, ‘in particular … in the mining sector’, Minerals Council South Africa chief executive Roger Baxter said. Read More
The Minerals Council South Africa acknowledged rating agency Moody’s decision not to de-rate South Africa, but said it was critical the country’s government took steps to reform the economy, using the upcoming interim budget statement as a platform. Read More
South Africa’s mining industry is ringing alarm bells over the incoming carbon tax. Like so much on the policy front here, concerns centre on uncertainty. And unlike other sectors, the mining industry cannot pass on the anticipated costs to its customers. It has to take them on the chin with a direct hit to the bottom line. Read More
Various sectors of the economy, including the motor, mining and tobacco industries, voiced their concerns in parliament on Tuesday over a raft of proposed tax changes by the National Treasury. Read More
The mining remains an important component of the South African economy, says the Minerals Council South Africa. Read More
The unemployment rate of 29%, the highest since the 2008 recession, equates to 6.7-million able-bodied individuals between 15 and 64 years old who are excluded from the labour force. Read More
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