A new phosphate mine on the West Coast is being challenged by environmental activists and state departments...
By Ashleigh Furlong 16 hours ago
A new phosphate mine on the West Coast is being challenged by environmental activists and state departments...
AngloGold Ashanti has signed a memorandum of understanding with a group interested in buying its Kopanang gold mine, which the company is preparing to close...
Impala Platinum (Implats), the world's second-largest producer of the metal, is heading for turbulent times as it cuts jobs and tackles its unprofitable Rustenburg mines...
Impala Platinum (Implats), the world's second-largest producer of the metal, is heading for turbulent times as it cuts jobs and tackles its unprofitable Rustenburg mines...
2 days ago
AngloGold Ashanti has signed a memorandum of understanding with a group interested in buying its Kopanang gold mine, which the company is preparing to close...
2 days ago
Scan Display, an exhibition, event and display specialist, has been appointed the official exhibition contactor for Investing in African Mining Indaba 2018...
Scan Display 19 hours ago
The minister of mineral resources has undertaken not to implement the reviewed Mining Charter...
15 Sep 2017
Although there have been some welcome changes to the Mining Charter, there's still uncertainty on several issues and further dialogue is needed...
14 Sep 2017
Sibanye-Stillwater has been approached by buyers interested in its Beatrix West and Cooke operations, which it is planning to put on care and maintenanc...
11 Sep 2017
The Tanzanian government has confiscated diamonds worth nearly $30m after accusing British company Petra Diamonds of declaring a lower value when trying to export the gems...
11 Sep 2017
South African mining is in crisis, but there are solutions to ‘restoring the dream' of a prosperous sector...
8 Sep 2017
Deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa says government's plan to save jobs in the mining sector is starting to bear fruit...
7 Sep 2017
The One Environmental System cleared up any confusion in the mining industry about which department was responsible for environmental authorisation for mining and ancillary activities...
Tshegofatso Masilo, Beatrix Spargo, Kirsty Kilner 6 Sep 2017
During the course of last week, it became known that the Saldanha Bay Municipality plans to accept all water that Kropz Elandsfontein is removing from the 5-10 million year old Elandsfontein aquifer on which it has established its controversial opencast phosphate mine...
1 Sep 2017
Johannesburg and Soweto residents are living on a health time bomb, thanks to one of the largest mine-produced and naturally occurring concentrations of uranium...
1 Sep 2017
The Botswana Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security (formerly the Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources) has again endorsed Electra Mining Botswana, which takes place at the Gaborone Fairgrounds from 12-14 September 2017...
31 Aug 2017
Following the release yesterday, 29 August 2017, of the Bench Marks Foundation's report, ‘Waiting to Inhale', DRDGOLD has responded vigorously...
30 Aug 2017
The Bench Marks Foundation has released ‘Waiting to Inhale', a study on household health and well-being in four mine-impacted communities in Johannesburg...
30 Aug 2017
The proposed tax measures to curb mining-rehabilitation fund abuse missed an opportunity to differentiate between tax law and mining regulations...
Betsie Strydom and Wandisile Mandlana 29 Aug 2017
We chat to Hazel Bomba, AEL Mining's product manager about her career, female leadership and gender equality in the mining industry...
Cari Coetzee 28 Aug 2017
The fifth anniversary of the Marikana mine massacre on 16 August 2017 serves as a stark reminder...
Kirsten Youens 25 Aug 2017
The way we power our world a decade from now may look quite different from today...
Louise Steenekamp 25 Aug 2017
When it reaches full capacity, the Alphamin Bisie tin mine will deliver 10,000 tonnes of tin per year, doubling the DRC's export of the commodity.
24 Aug 2017
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) and its mining partner, Brazil's Vale, have extricated themselves from an expensive investment in the Lubambe copper mine in Zambia...
18 Aug 2017
Anglo American and Gold Fields may settle with miners and their families...
Pete Lewis/GroundUp 15 Aug 2017
Mining companies need to create a social grant system for workers they retrench when a mine suspends operations...
14 Aug 2017
Sibanye will inject R15m into UJ's Department of Mining Engineering and Mine Surveying over the next three years...
11 Aug 2017
Financial provisioning holds mining and petroleum companies responsible for the rehabilitation of the environment impacted by their operations...
Hillary Botha, Tamzyn Cooper, Garyn Rapson 11 Aug 2017
Legislation is needed to compel pension fund administrators to increase efforts to trace beneficiaries and pay out billions of rand in unclaimed funds...
10 Aug 2017
Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane says the Chamber of Mines was consulted on the draft of the Mining Charter...
8 Aug 2017
Several important developments in the Nigerian mining sector in the last year bode well for the industry's future...
8 Aug 2017
Despite positive third quarter results, Lonmin is still looking to implement measures that will generate sufficient cash to support a sustainable business.
7 Aug 2017
