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Are the good times back? The JSE’s mining index gained nearly 60% in the first 10 weeks of the year. Read More

Mining Weekly interviews Elize Strydom, Chamber of Mines senior executive: employment relations. Read More

The South African government is intent on creating incentives for mines to derive greater benefit from investing in platinum fuel-cell technology. Read More

Today marks a year since the Chamber of Mines launched the first 100kw commercial building base load platinum fuel cell using low pressure natural gas in the country – and Africa. The fuel cell industry has the potential to revolutionise the way power is delivered – from cars to mobile phones and computers, as well as to homes and workplaces. Read More

In an effort to stimulate demand for platinum beyond jewelry and catalytic converters, the world’s No. 2 platinum producer said today it plans within two years to power its 22-megawatt refinery using fuel cells, which contain the precious metal. Read More

Platinum mining company Impala Platinum (Implats) on Thursday unveiled a hydrogen fuel cell forklift and hydrogen refuelling station in the presence of Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and Gauteng Premier David Makhura at the Impala Refineries in Springs. Read More

The 31^st of March marks a year since the Chamber of Mines launched the first 100 kw commercial building base load platinum fuel cell using low pressure natural gas in the country – and Africa. Read More

The economic landscape of South Africa is changing and this is leading to a constant downward trend in some parts of the mining industry, such as the gold mining industry where jobs have declined. On the other hand, energy projects require employment while mine land rehabilitation can unlock land value. Read More

African mines minister, Gwede Mantashe, dismissed criticism he erred in using Mining Charter 3 as a basis for discussion in the first meeting between his department and the mining sector, saying it wasn’t possible to pretend “nothing had happened”. He added, however, that there was willingness to amend Mining Charter 3. Read More

New Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe would not be pinned down on whether the government would push required black ownership of mining companies beyond the 30% that is under negotiation with the industry, labour and communities — which has increased from the 14-year-old level of 26%. Read More