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With the too-high economic cost of a lost opportunity looming, immediate measures are required to assist the platinum group metals (PGMs) mining sector to improve its viability and preserve employment. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has launched the third module of its Mining for Schools initiative – an online platform with resources for teachers and learners to reinforce, enhance and extend learning about the South African mining industry. Read More

The local mining landscape has changed significantly in the quarter century following Nelson Mandela’s inauguration as the first democratically elected President of South Africa. Read More

South Africa’s new carbon tax could cost the company between R200m and R300m in the next three years, said Reuters citing the comments of Chris Griffith, CEO of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Read More

Faster-than-inflation rising costs and a stall in revenue in the South African platinum group metals (PGMs) industry are exacerbating hardwired challenges that are already threatening nearly 90 000 jobs. Read More

SA’s platinum group metal (PGM) miners agree that developing markets for their metals is essential, but this needs help from the government. Read More

What's planned by the South African government is a delicate eggs en cocotte, but it’s more likely the country’s mining sector will be served a regular scrambled. Read More

The Minerals Council SA is once again challenging the Mining Charter in court, this time because it would impose onerous conditions on renewing and selling existing mining rights. Read More

Businesses and large electricity users can no longer afford to pay up to 18% more for electricity to subsidise Eskom’s poor residential customers, according to the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG). Read More

The Minerals Council SA’s senior executive of public affairs and transformation, Tebello Chabana, talks to Business Day TV about the review application. Read More