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South Africa remains one of the best mining jurisdictions in the world with over $2.5 trillion mineral wealth still in situ. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday said it was “deeply concerned and saddened” at the violence that had erupted in and around Gauteng over the course of the last few days. Read More

South African GDP grew more than expected in the second quarter thanks to a recovery in mining and manufacturing, official data showed on Tuesday, in a reprieve for President Cyril Ramaphosa as the economy looks set to dodge recession this year. Read More

Mxolisi Mgojo, CEO of SA's largest coal producer, Exxaro, says he's not concerned about the fast-growing global trend away from coal. Read More

Minerals Council South Africa was in the process of developing a draft exploration strategy to present to the Council for Geosciences (CGS) and the Department of Minerals Resources and Energy (DMRE), Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter told attendees of the Afriforesight Future of Metals Conference earlier this month. Read More

The need to set up industries that supply the mining industry is set out in the finance minister’s surprise growth strategy document Read More

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