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The Mineral Resources Department says that there were fewer fatalities in the mining sector last year, compared to 2015. Read More

Mining Indaba has partnered with Brunswick Group LLP for the second annual Young Leaders Career Development Programme, as part of the Investing in Mining Indaba. Read More

Innovation is important for the future of mining, especially in South Africa. While the country sits with abundant resources - the richest deposits in the world as per a Citibank report - if these cannot be mined economically (and safely) then it will all come to naught for the mining companies, labour, unions, investors and the country. Read More

But whether mining houses will continue to be lifted by commodity prices for a second consecutive year is questionable, according to analysts.  Read More

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has recently reissued a new version of the report on commodity trade misinvoicing which caused such controversy last summer. Read More

The year 2017 will be the 150th anniversary of the discovery of diamonds in South Africa. Actually, that may not be strictly accurate, as diamonds might have been discovered earlier although not put to commercial use. But the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange in 1867 sparked off mining all over the country. Read More

The Chamber of Mines South Africa raised some concerns after the revised version of the Draft Reviewed Mining Charter was released in late 2016. Read More

 A shortage of skilled workers poses a challenge to the country's mining industry. Read More

They call them zama zamas which means ‘those who try their luck’. Wearing his traditional Zulu earrings, looking hirsute with whiskers on his face, this is Dumisani Ngcamu, otherwise known as Ntshebe – ‘the bearded man’. Read More

In a country with unemployment rising above 25 percent, South Africans are increasingly looking for job creation in small-scale mining, an often-informal industry that provides a living for millions across the continent. Read More