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We are fully committed to the transformation of our industry, and this industry has, arguably, done more than any other to transform. Read More

The Chamber of Mines has reinvented itself as the Minerals Council South Africa to align with its vision for the future. Read More

Minister of Mineral Resources Gwede Mantashe has announced his intentions of removing a controversial clause, dubbed the ‘Gupta clause’, from the upcoming revised Mining Charter. Read More

Speaking at the AGM of the Minerals Council SA (formerly the Chamber of Mines), the minister confirms a final, investor-friendly mining charter is ‘on schedule’ Read More

MineralsCouncil South Africa (MCSA) president Mxolisi Mgojo noted that all of the council’s previous office bearers had been re-elected at the 128th annual general meeting. Read More

 State electricity company Eskom has asked the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to grant it an additional three percent annual increase for the years 2020 - 2022 to help recoup losses on its Regulatory Clearing Account, and then recover the balance over five years. Read More

Rooftop hydroponics is part of a new "urban agriculture initiative" taking place in the South African city of Johannesburg. This farming - which uses water rather than soils to grow plants - is proving popular among green entrepreneurs, as Jessica David Preyser discovers. Read More

One of the companies to have benefitted most from a recent High Court ruling on the principle of “once empowered, always empowered” is DRDGOLD, followed by Sibanye-Stillwater and, in the pure-play platinum sector, Impala Platinum (Implats). Read More

The Compensation Commission for Occupational Diseases (CCOD) has steadily increased the number of payouts to injured miners over the past three years, a trend that suggests the reforms instituted by commissioner Barry Kistnasamy have turned the troubled fund around. Read More

The IMF has given SA a vote of confidence, revising its growth projections, but also warned that progress would be slow unless structural reforms were implemented. Read More