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Cosatu’s General Secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali believes President Jacob Zuma has embarrassed South Africans over the current Pravin Gordhan matter. Read More

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines did not have any meetings scheduled with the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) this week which means it would not have been consulted on amendments to the mining charter were it gazetted before month-end. Read More

On Monday it emerged that the chances of President Jacob Zuma sacking Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan were higher than they had been since he was forced to appoint him in December 2015. Read More

Political instability in South Africa would be “slightly negative” for Anglo American as the restructuring of its local assets might be delayed, but gold miners would benefit most, at least in the short term, said Goldman Sachs in a note today. Read More

The Chamber of Mines (CoM) is the latest business entity to express concern that President Jacob Zuma’s unexpected decision to cut short an international investor roadshow led by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will leave investors unsettled and raise the possibility of a downgrade. Read More

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane promised that a new document would be promulgated before the end of this month Read More

Sibanye says industry will die by 2033 without big cost cuts. Read More

The Water Research Commission (WRC), in partnership with consulting firm Golder Associates, has launched the South African Mine Water Atlas. Read More

The mining industry has to change the way its works in order to survive, but the geology of SA’s deposits makes a quick fix challenging. Read More

As the yearly recorded number of mining injuries and fatalities in South Africa continues to decrease, albeit at a slower pace in 2016 than in previous years, the focus of the industry shifts once again to renewed efforts to bring the number of fatalities to zero. Read More