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The Mineral Council of South Africa has put in a lot of money into an initiative that believes that it can rescue the mining industry through technology. Read More

A South Africa moderately more attractive to investors would catalyse the creation of 50 000 more mining jobs and an additional 200 000 jobs overall, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter told the Africa Down Under conference in Perth on Thursday. Read More

Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe was lauded at an investor conference for the progress he has made in addressing concerns of stakeholders in the mining industry. Read More

The Minerals Council of South Africa has pumped millions into seismicity research associated with deep-level mines, in an effort to drastically reduce fatalities. Read More

The ‘Safety and Health First, Always and Everyday’ campaign is set to make zero harm in the mining industry a reality, after a spate of recent deaths. Read More

Johannesburg - Fifty-eight - that is the number of workers who have died in South African mines to date this year compared with 51 during the same period in 2017. Read More

SA’s platinum industry, which has for years been pushing hard for the government to launch a platinum coin like the Krugerrand has a new champion in the form of Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Read More

Speaking at the SA-Russia PGM conference, the mineral resources minister said SA could not sustain its mining unless proper exploration measures were conducted. Read More

In the eyes of many, the South African gold mining industry has had its day. For over a decade, gold production has steadily declined. As mines have become deeper, working places are further and further away from infrastructure (and therefore less time is spent at the face), costs have spiralled, and profit margins have been squeezed, if not decimated. Read More

A significant increase in the wage bill was likely to push South Africa’s gold sector further into the red, said BusinessLive citing comments from the Minerals Council which said three-quarters of gold mines were unprofitable or just at break-even. Read More