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Construction & Engineering

Good news for 2,600 jobs as Murray & Roberts mining unit sold for R1.27bn

29 Jun 2026

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

10 Feb 2026

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

9 Feb 2026

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Health & Safety

Achieving zero harm in SA mines: The role of information ecology

Merel van der Lei 29 Sep 2025

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Mining

Govt allocates R2.86bn to mineral, petroleum resources

3 Jul 2025

4 co-located trade shows maximise time and cost savings for industry

Security

4 co-located trade shows maximise time and cost savings for industry

Issued by Securex 26 May 2025

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Markets & Investment

PGMs, coal, gold, manganese and chrome: Excluded from US tariffs but not out of danger

4 Apr 2025

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Lindsey Schutters 5 Feb 2025

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Labour Law

Are employers' responsibilities to act against GBV limited to the workplace?

Keshni Naicker, Amandla Makhongwana, and Angel Phakathi 25 Nov 2024

Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback

Mining

Mantashe tells China ‘king coal is back’

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

Mining

Joburg Indaba set for 2–3 October

26 Sep 2024

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Mining

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Issued by Electra Mining Africa 30 Aug 2024

New guidelines for women safety in mining is a big step forward in the industry's fight against GBVF

Mining

#WomensMonth: South African mining industry takes big step in fight against GBVF

Lindsey Schutters 4 Aug 2024

Selim Kaymak, CEO of Alpha Resources

Mining

Sustainable mining is a profit and planet balancing act

Selim Kaymak 9 Apr 2024

Harmony Gold has struck a new labour agreement 3 months before the current one lapses.

Mining

Harmony Gold strikes landmark five-year wage deal

Lindsey Schutters 4 Apr 2024

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Health & Safety

Addressing the dress code: New PPE provision guidelines fit for women in mining

Kate Collier 16 Aug 2023

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

Sustainability

How 4IR technologies could enhance ESG performance among SA's mining companies

Sindy Peters 25 Apr 2023

SA mining industry looks set to make ISO 3834 welding certification mandatory

Construction & Engineering

SA mining industry looks set to make ISO 3834 welding certification mandatory

14 Mar 2023

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Public Health

MUT study finds potentially harmful elements in Krugersdorp water

5 Jul 2022

ESG in the mining industry: What's missing?

Sustainability

ESG in the mining industry: What's missing?

Nomsa Mbere and Sebastian Steenkamp 31 Mar 2022

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Mining

The year of upliftment for mining communities in South Africa

Jacques Farmer 13 Jan 2022

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Mining

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Yashwin Bhoola, Christopher Mulindi and Goitseona Raseroka 16 Nov 2021

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Mining

Mining sector must work together for the country

Danette Breitenbach 12 Oct 2021

Lili Nupen, director, Nupen Staude de Vries

Mining

#WomensMonth: Mining legal eagle Lili Nupen loves a challenge

Nicci Botha 24 Aug 2021

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Mining

How mining survived the pandemic

Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh 23 Jun 2021

Katlego Letsoalo, monitoring and evaluation specialist, Safety and Sustainable Development Department, Minerals Council South Africa. Image: Mining Indaba

Mining

#YouthMatters: The mining industry needs more young leaders, says the Minerals Council's Katlego Letsoalo

Nicci Botha 15 Jun 2021

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Health & Safety

Addressing post-pandemic challenges in the mining industry

24 May 2021

The issue of occupational noise-induced hearing loss is prominent in the mining industry. Shutterstock

Health & Safety

Hearing loss is a neglected hazard for miners in South Africa

Nomfundo Moroe 10 May 2021

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Mining

What we want to hear from Minister Mantashe

Webber Wentzel team 29 Jan 2021

Tycho Moncks, managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group.

Mining

8 priorities to improve mining competitiveness in SA

17 Nov 2020

Wessel Badenhorst

Mining

What will the SA mining industry look like after the pandemic?

3 Jul 2020

Mining industry plans to increase Covid-19 testing capacity

Mining

Mining industry plans to increase Covid-19 testing capacity

26 Jun 2020

The impact of Covid-19 on the mining sector

Mining

The impact of Covid-19 on the mining sector

Shabir Ahmed 8 Apr 2020

Vedanta's Gamberg zinc operation

Sustainability

How sustainable mining practices are giving back to people and the planet

Simon Norton 26 Mar 2020

Paul Pryor, Aon global mining practice leader

Mining

Getting to grips with mining insurance rates

Paul Pryor 20 Mar 2020

Sandra Sithole, partner, Webber Wentzel

Mining

Insuring against climate and technology risks for mining companies and directors

Sandra Sithole 12 Feb 2020

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Mining

#MiningIndaba2020: Cooperation needed to address structural and policy constraints

3 Feb 2020

Mining

Smart mining is the key to competitiveness

Eric Croeser 9 Dec 2019

Minerals Council President Mxolisi Mgojo

Mining

#JoburgIndaba: Reinvigorating mining will bring growth

3 Oct 2019

Marikana platinum mine

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater in Marikana restructuring talks

25 Sep 2019

The true cost of downtime in the mining sector

Mining

The true cost of downtime in the mining sector

7 May 2019

Allan Reid, director and mining sector head in the corporate & commercial practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Mining

Ramaphosa's sunrise industry starts to shine

Allan Reid 13 Mar 2019

Professor Francis Petersen

Mining

Resurrecting SA's mining industry

Francis Petersen 31 Jan 2019

Mining Charter could extinguish alluvial diamond miners

Mining

Mining Charter could extinguish alluvial diamond miners

Gert van Niekerk 31 Jan 2019

Philip Fourie, executive head of safety and sustainable development, Kumba Iron Ore

Mining

Six steps to achieve Zero Harm

14 Nov 2018

Mining Minister Gwede Mantashe

Mining

Manatashe: "We need to change our narrative as an industry"

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2018

Andries Rossouw, partner at PwC

Mining

Report outlines the highs and lows of SA mining

Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2018

Are first world laws stunting SA's mining growth?

Environmental Law

Are first world laws stunting SA's mining growth?

Athi Jara 26 Sep 2018

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Science & Engineering

How wearables can revolutionise mining safety

Leon Cosgrove 21 Sep 2018