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A research report, commissioned by the Junior and Emerging Miners’ Desk of the Minerals Council South Africa, has found that junior miners, including small-scale and micro miners, hold up to 80% of the mining licences in South Africa. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has called for "rational and sombre" debates about a just transition from coal-fired power to more wind and solar energy and has outlined the difficult situation mining companies are facing, amid higher electricity prices and other input costs. Read More

It is nothing short of outrageous that the government has stepped in to urge coal suppliers to cut their prices to Eskom for the good of the country, when Eskom and the government have done so little to cut costs themselves. Read More

CEO of the Minerals Council SA Roger Baxter spoke to Business Day TV about some of the latest developments in the mining sector as the industry continues to engage with government on the mining charter. Read More

The update on how the country’s mining industry is tracking in terms of its safety statistics was announced earlier this week by the Minerals Council South Africa at the launch of its Khumbul’ekhaya initiative – a CEO-led strategy on health and safety, developed and led by the Minerals Council CEO Zero Harm Forum. Read More

While there have been significant improvements in the mining industry’s health and safety performance in the last two decades, a steep change was needed to accomplish the 2024 zero harm target, according to Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) president Mxolisi Mgojo. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched the Khumbul’ekhaya initiative, a CEO-led strategy on health and safety, developed and led by the Minerals Council CEO Zero Harm Forum. Read More

The utilisation of new technologies could make mining a sunrise industry while simultaneously addressing safety and health issues, Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Wednesday. Read More

There has been intensive screening and treatment of TB, as well as an 87% decline in the number of fatalities over the past 25 years. Read More

The Minerals Council recently published a video interview with CEO Roger Baxter on the impact of the carbon tax on the South African mining sector. Read More