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The global mining industry has been struggling since the 2008 international financial crisis set off a chain of events resulting in contracted growth in important markets, such as China, and recession in others, such as Europe, leading to severe declines in commodity prices. Read More

Mining industry fatalities reached a record low last year, but 73 people were still killed in incidents at the country’s mines, and that excludes three miners who were trapped underground when a mine shaft collapsed at the Lily Mine in Barberton almost a year ago. Read More

Occupational safety in South African mining continues to improve with Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane announcing an overall 5% reduction in the number of fatalities in the sector. Read More

The number of miners killed in South Africa's mines fell in 2016 to a new record low of 73 from 77 in 2015 thanks to a government drive to improve practices, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said on Thursday.  Read More

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