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Based on these findings, the mining industry certainly has significant investment and employment potential, but unlocking this potential will require a nurturing environment to stimulate long-term investment. It will also require the support of a currently antibusiness regulator in creating partnerships for growth in order to foster investor confidence. Read More

Mineworkers in the manganese-rich town of Kuruman, in the Northern Cape, are set to benefit from integrated healthcare and social services after government partnered with the mining industry and workers associations to launch a centre on Tuesday. Read More

ANA reports that the Chamber of Mines of SA (COM) on Friday announced its support for a R1.8 million health screening initiative in the OR Tambo district to mark World Aids Day. Read More

Marking World Aids Day this year in the OR Tambo district is particularly poignant coinciding as it does with the 100-year anniversary of the birth of a great son of this soil, Oliver Reginald Tambo. Read More

Anglo American CEO says the solution will be for the government and industry to negotiate a settlement over the Mining Charter. Read More

The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill in its current form should be entirely withdrawn. Read More

The prioritisation of the ownership issue sidelines all the other empowerment channels that could make an impact. Read More

The South African mining industry will continue operating in an uncertain and damaging environment after the long-awaited review of the suspended third Mining Charter in the High Court in Pretoria was postponed to mid-February from mid-December. Read More

South Africa’s High Court has postponed a hearing into the Mining Charter which had been set for December 13 and 14 deciding instead that the scale and complexity of the matter required a three day inquiry. Read More

Organisation says the downgrade reflects declining confidence in the management of SA’s economy. Read More