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On 8 May 2019, South Africans went to the polls, and early results through at the time of writing indicate that the African National Congress, headed by Cyril Ramaphosa, will continue to govern the country with a reasonable majority. Read More

Opening the Junior Indaba, in Auckland Park, on Tuesday, chairperson Bernard Swanepoel questioned whether Mining Charter III had helped to kickstart exploration activity in South Africa’s mining sector. Read More

Junior mining is badly in need of a policy framework that will kickstart activity, mining luminary Bernard Swanepoel said on Tuesday. Read More

The development of the junior mining and emerging mining sectors is key to growing and sustaining the mining industry. Read More

The sector acknowledges that while there have been some notable achievements and successes, more needs to be done Read More

Three and a half months ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa challenged the mining industry to take steps to implement “10 value-adding principles”. We are responding to this challenge. Read More

Proposal by mineral resources department is proposing to place housing, health and infrastructure responsibilities squarely on miners sets stage for new conflict. Read More

If industrialisation is done properly through advancing the South African mining cluster and using the sector as a driver for industrialisation, the sector has huge potential to operate not only at scale but also to compete in the world market, says Minerals Council South Africa chief economist Henk Langenhoven. Read More

Similar “bullying tactics” to those that are causing significant disruption in the South African construction industry, are also affecting the mining industry, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter confirmed on Wednesday. Read More

Eskom is often criticised for having a bloated workforce, but the ministerial technical task team has found the embattled utility is, in fact, lacking critical skills. Read More