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Youth Month highlights opportunities we inherit and create

Science & Engineering

Youth Month highlights opportunities we inherit and create

Confidence Tshilande, Issued by SRK Consulting 22 Jun 2026

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Mining

Favourable outlook for the mining sector in Zambia

Issued by SRK Consulting 19 May 2026

SRK Consulting opens new practice in Zambia

Mining

SRK Consulting opens new practice in Zambia

Issued by SRK Consulting 23 Mar 2026

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

World Engineering Day: Building a greener tomorrow through smart innovation

4 Mar 2026

De-risking a new chapter in South African gold mining

Mining

De-risking a new chapter in South African gold mining

Issued by SRK Consulting 19 Feb 2026

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Alastair Bovim 11 Feb 2026

In-house geotech lab sets SRK apart

Science & Engineering

In-house geotech lab sets SRK apart

Issued by SRK Consulting 17 Oct 2025

Recognising water risk in mining due diligence

Mining

Recognising water risk in mining due diligence

Issued by SBPR on behalf of SRK Consulting (South Africa) 24 May 2025

Protecting infrastructure against the risks of dolomite ground

Science & Engineering

Protecting infrastructure against the risks of dolomite ground

Issued by SBPR on behalf of SRK Consulting (South Africa) 17 Jul 2025

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Food, Water & Energy Security

Sustainable mining is key to a clean, just energy transition

Alastair Bovim 1 Dec 2025

Health & Safety

Rosond appoints Dr. Adwoa Boaduo as head of safety

7 Nov 2025

Image credit: on Pexels

Mining

BME and Strayos develop AI-enabled solution for mine-to-mill optimisation

23 Oct 2025

Source: Pexels.

Construction & Engineering

‘Entirely preventable’: Minister slams systemic failures in George building collapse

22 Jul 2025

Affordable & Social Housing

Explainer: affordable housing in Cape Town

Daniel Steyn and Matthew Hirsch 8 Jul 2025

Source: © Natural Resource Governance Institute SRK celebrates its 15 years in the DRC. Picture: Cobalt mining in the DRC

Mining

SRK Consulting celebrates 15 years in the DRC

23 May 2025

Source: © International Mining Murray Macnab, group executive technical director UMS says mining is here to stay and underground mining is the future. Picture: Shaft sinking

Mining

Underground mining the future

Murray Macnab 26 Mar 2025

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2025

Rosond has expertise in surface exploration and underground drilling

Mining

Compcom approves Rosond Holdings deal days after Saudi expansion

Lindsey Schutters 13 Jun 2024

Peter Hodgkinson, Director for Strategic Growth and Major Projects: Property & Buildings, WSP in Africa

Construction & Engineering

The indispensable role of battery giga factories in a net zero future

Peter Hodgkinson 5 Feb 2024

Data centre site preparation. Source: Scott Blake/Unsplash

Facilities & Property Management

Unlocking Africa's data centre potential: A strategic approach to site selection

Stephen Rose 28 Jun 2023

New study shows 3D modelling is a value unlock for TSF

Science & Engineering

New study shows 3D modelling is a value unlock for TSF

27 Jun 2023

Technology

Rosond appoints geotechnical project coordinator to oversee new projects

20 Apr 2023

Wits study investigates why Jagersfontein dam failed

Construction & Engineering

Wits study investigates why Jagersfontein dam failed

6 Apr 2023

Source © The Sierra Leone Telegraph

Mining

Fundraising to develop mining projects in West Africa announced

30 Dec 2022

Au and PGM Resource Atlas handed over to Council for Geoscience

Mining

Au and PGM Resource Atlas handed over to Council for Geoscience

23 Nov 2022

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

Science & Engineering

Mantashe highlights critical role of geosciences community at industry summit

25 Oct 2022

WMI seminar highlights value of innovative research for the future of mining

Science & Engineering

WMI seminar highlights value of innovative research for the future of mining

7 Oct 2022

Appian begins legal proceedings in $1.2bn claim against Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

Appian begins legal proceedings in $1.2bn claim against Sibanye-Stillwater

Nelson Banya 30 May 2022

Sanral fast-tracks Zutari contract related to settlement repair of N2 in KZN

Infrastructure & Utilities

Sanral fast-tracks Zutari contract related to settlement repair of N2 in KZN

11 May 2022

Government announces KZN flood relief interventions for transport sector

Transport

Government announces KZN flood relief interventions for transport sector

9 May 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater faces $1.2bn claim for dropping Brazil mine deal

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater faces $1.2bn claim for dropping Brazil mine deal

Helen Reid 3 Mar 2022

Transport

N1 to close for geotechnical investigation, sinkhole rehabilitation

4 Feb 2022

Excavations: Greater focus needed on assessing, monitoring ground conditions

Construction & Engineering

Excavations: Greater focus needed on assessing, monitoring ground conditions

12 Nov 2021

Chelsea Rebelo. Source: supplied

Mining

#INWED2021: More females would consider engineering if they knew the options, says Chelsea Rebelo

23 Jun 2021

The geotechnical challenge of building on dolomite in Gauteng

Construction & Engineering

The geotechnical challenge of building on dolomite in Gauteng

Kim Timm 4 May 2021

Zutari completes R377m Pampoennek Road in Brits

Construction & Engineering

Zutari completes R377m Pampoennek Road in Brits

10 Sep 2020

Covid-19: More research needed on possible groundwater contamination from burial grounds

Infrastructure & Utilities

Covid-19: More research needed on possible groundwater contamination from burial grounds

Yazeed van Wyk 18 May 2020

Linda Spies, senior geotechnical engineer at SRK Consulting.

Mining

Improving the safety of tailings dams

25 Mar 2020

Factors necessary for securing investors toward FDI

Funding

Factors necessary for securing investors toward FDI

Thembinkosi Maduna 5 Nov 2019

Firefighters search for victims after the Brumandinho tailings dam failure in January 2019. Yuri Edmundo/EPA

Science & Engineering

Investors push for positive global change in tailings management

Luis Alberto Torres-Cruz 7 Aug 2019

Professor Makgopa Tshehla

Energy

Can South Africa learn lessons from the mega mistakes of Eskom's mega projects?

Makgopa Tshehla 15 Apr 2019

John Wellborn, managing director and CEO of Resolute Mining

Mining

#MiningIndaba2019: World's first fully automated mine

Nicci Botha 7 Feb 2019

A gold tailings dam under construction in South Africa. Author supplied

Mining

South Africa needs to refresh how it manages by-products from mining

5 Dec 2018

More sea cliffs collapse at West Coast mine

Environment & Natural Resources

More sea cliffs collapse at West Coast mine

John Yeld 4 Dec 2018

Digitally enhanced public private partnerships

ICT

Digitally enhanced public private partnerships

Vino Govender 26 Oct 2018

Repairs begin on sinkhole-damaged R55

Construction & Engineering

Repairs begin on sinkhole-damaged R55

23 Aug 2018