The Chamber of Mines has voiced its concern over the report on gold exports published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Read More
The Chamber of Mines notes with concern the report published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on Trade Mis-invoicing in Primary Commodities in Developing Countries. The report asserts systematic under-invoicing of South Africa’s commodity exports. Read More
The six mining companies, which form the Occupational Lung Disease Working Group, said on Monday they fully and actively support the work being done by the national departments of Mineral Resources and Health to ensure that former mineworkers are able to claim all the benefits to which they are entitled. Read More
The Chamber of Mines of South Africa (CoM) on Monday noted with concern the report published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) in which it was asserted that South Africa’s commodity exports were being underinvoiced. Read More
Major miners Anglo American and Harmony Gold have pledged their support for the United Nations' HIV/Aids organisation UNAids’ global #ProTEST HIV campaign. Read More
After 120 years of mining, a 16,000km labyrinth of underground passageways extends across the Witwatersrand belt. An estimated 350 illegal miners operate in the West Wits area at any one time, supporting perhaps 5,000 people in the nearby Sol Plaatje township or in the canvas, tin and wooden squatter settlements dotting the veld. Read More
Innovative technology solutions for the struggling mining sector will be the focus of a new unit at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), which brings together various disciplines under former School of Mining Engineering head Professor Fred Cawood. Read More
There are significant opportunities for young entrepreneurs to enter the local mining industry, particularly with a number of senior miners exiting their existing assets owing to depressed commodity prices and general business challenges, Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) deputy director-general Joel Raphela told delegates at the 2016 Youth in Mining, Procurement and Transformation Summit, in Johannesburg, on Tuesday. Read More
In a dark, smoke-filled mine shaft, a group of South African rescue trainees heave and gasp after crawling through a narrow steel pipe — but commands shouted by an instructor urge them onwards. Read More
These men are preparing for their test at South Africa’s Mines Rescue Services (MRS), an elite unit dedicated to saving lives in a country with the deepest mines in the world. Read More
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