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Rescuers work in Kamituga, South Kivu, at the entrance of one of the mines which collapsed following torrential rains trapping dozens of artisanal miners in September 2020. Photo by Stringer/AFP via Getty Images

How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo

Ben Radley & Sara Geenen 13 Apr 2021

Anglo American to shed its SA thermal coal assets

Anglo American to shed its SA thermal coal assets

8 Apr 2021

Australian mining executive Mark Caruso, in the snake-skin boots, at a community meeting in Lutzville in February 2019. Archive photo: John Yeld

Aussie mining company fires Mark Caruso as CEO

6 Apr 2021

Natascha Viljoen, CEO, Anglo American Platinum

Public private collaboration to create a hydrogen valley

1 Apr 2021

Cash-strapped mining companies look for innovative sources of funding

Cash-strapped mining companies look for innovative sources of funding

Jason Wilkinson, Wandisile Mandlana, Adéle de Jager & Ivan Vorster 1 Apr 2021

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4IR in mining might not mean job losses

Rembuluwani Nembudani & Yushanta Rungasammy 31 Mar 2021

The Pretoria High Court has stopped Uthaka Energy from starting to mine coal this week in the critical water source area of Mabola, Mpumalanga. Archive photo: supplied

Court stops Mpumalanga coal mine

John Yeld 26 Mar 2021

Glencore Ferroalloys launches ESD programme to support local SMMEs

Glencore Ferroalloys launches ESD programme to support local SMMEs

12 Mar 2021

Kangra coal mine recommences operations

Kangra coal mine recommences operations

11 Mar 2021

Yushanta Rungasammy, director and co-head: corporate & commercial, and Rembuluwani Nembudani, senior associate, CMS South Africa

4 hindrances to increasing mining's GDP contribution in 2021

8 Mar 2021

Minerals and energy Gwede Mantashe

DMRE promises to address licence backlog

5 Mar 2021

Gold Fields is planning a 40MW plant at South Deep Mine

Self-generated power, less red tape and new tech will drive SA mining forward

Owen Murphy 3 Mar 2021

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How extractive industries manage to carry on harming the planet

Judith Verweijen & Alexander Dunlap 23 Feb 2021

Strong metal prices help Amplats deliver higher annual profit

Strong metal prices help Amplats deliver higher annual profit

Tanisha Heiberg 22 Feb 2021

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ArcelorMittal workers confirmed dead after explosion

18 Feb 2021

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SA needs to play catch up to benefit from green minerals trend

17 Feb 2021

Nivaash Singh, co-head of mining and resources finances, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking

Global commodities' position as a bull sector within a bear market represents a unique opportunity for African mining

Nivaash Singh 16 Feb 2021

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High Court recognises abuse in Slapp suit

Odette Geldenhuys 15 Feb 2021

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Botswana must curb diamond reliance: president

Matthew Larotonda 15 Feb 2021

The judgement this week by Western Cape Deputy Judge President Patricia Goliath is a reminder to corporations that they cannot use the law to silence activists, says the writer. Illustration: Lisa Nelson

Slapp-ing back: Court checks corporate bullying

11 Feb 2021

Wandisile Mandlana, partner, Bowmans South Africa

The challenges and opportunities in the African mining sector

Wandisile Mandlana 11 Feb 2021

The legal imperative behind ESG compliance and decarbonisation

The legal imperative behind ESG compliance and decarbonisation

Paula-Anne Novotny, Jonathan Veeran, Gillian Niven & Kate Collier 10 Feb 2021

Lizle Louw, partner, Webber Wentzel

Can mining houses compel employees to be vaccinated?

Lizle Louw 9 Feb 2021

A worker poses with a handful of nickel ore at the nickel mining factory of PT Vale Tbk, near Sorowako, Indonesia, 8 January, 2014. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad//File Photo

Exclusive: Facing green pressure, Indonesia halts deep-sea mining disposal

Fransiska Nangoy and Fathin Ungku 9 Feb 2021

Andrew van Zyl, partner and principal consultant at SRK Consulting

Decarbonisation will need more, better mining

5 Feb 2021

President Cyril Ramaphosa

#MIVirtual: Ramaphosa gets a vanilla rating at Mining Indaba

4 Feb 2021

10 insights into 4IR in the mining industry

10 insights into 4IR in the mining industry

1 Feb 2021

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What we want to hear from Minister Mantashe

Webber Wentzel team 29 Jan 2021

Yushanta Rungasammy, director and co-head, corporate & commercial, CMS South Africa

Covid could have a positive impact on mining in the long run

Yushanta Rungasammy 28 Jan 2021

Mosadi Kwele speaks at a community meeting held on 19 January 2020, while Itumeleng Nyaka holds the megaphone. Like many others at the meeting, Kwele says Ikwezi Vanadium must respond to the community’s queries before continuing with mining activities at Haakdoornfontein farm. Photo: Masego Mafata

Community and mining company clash over vanadium-rich land

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2021

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