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South Africa along with Chile and Australia are most likely to emerge as global leaders in the mining industry’s shift to renewable energy, a new report from BMI Research released on Monday morning said. Read More

Simple statistical mistakes seemingly led one of the leading global experts on illicit financial flows to wrongly claim that billions of dollars worth of gold has been smuggled out of South Africa. Read More

The six mining companies that form the working group on occupational lung say they are actively supporting the work being done by the National Departments of Mineral Resources and Health to ensure former mine workers are able to claim all the benefits to which they are entitled. Read More

Gold miners from the Occupational Lung Disease Working Group say they continue to provide support to government’s efforts in respect of unclaimed benefits. Read More

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