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A government-initiated fund for prospectors and developers is under discussion with the Public Investment Corporation and the Industrial Development Corporation, Minerals Council South Africa emerging mining head Grant Mitchell said on Wednesday. Read More

Business Day TV’s Alishia caught up with Roger Baxter, CEO of the Minerals Council SA on the sidelines of the Indaba and asked him for his perspective on where things are really at in the industry. Read More

The Minerals Council has welcomed assurances by President Cyril Ramaphosa that the state will not allow Eskom to fail. Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa tackled major industry concerns about Eskom and the security of investments and land tenure, hoping to soothe fears and encourage capital inflows. Read More

South Africa's Minerals Council is cautiously optimistic about the state of mining in South Africa. This according to Henk Langenhoven, Chief Economist of the Minerals Council of South Africa, when speaking to CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters. Read More

The governmental mismanagement of the past nine years has impacted on the mining industry. But what would happen if the sector grows? This was the question asked, Roger Baxter, CEO of the Minerals Council, asked at the Investing in African Mining Indaba. Read More

 The Minerals Council South Africa said on Tuesday it was working to improve relationships between mines and communities, and to improve the developmental outcomes of companies' corporate social investment programmes. Read More

Green shoots are sprouting in South Africa’s mining sector, which is readying for new take off, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter said on Monday. Read More

Granting Eskom the type of tariff hikes it is requesting from the National Energy Regulator over the next few years risks making mining in the country unsustainable, especially deep underground mining, according to Roger Baxter, the CEO of the Minerals Council of SA. Read More

South Africa’s mining industry contributed R356-billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018, an increase on the R335-billion contribution in 2017, the Minerals Council South Africa ‘Facts and Figures 2018 Pocketbook’ shows. Read More