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South Africa’s keystone mining legislation, the mining charter, heads back to the courts on Tuesday (March 15). For a piece of law that was hastily served up in the wake of global panic regarding mines nationalisation, it’s probably no surprise. Read More

After power cuts that crippled economic growth, SA has kept the lights on for more than six months and outages may not return in the next few years. But the improved outlook is less about what the state power utility is doing and more to do with an economic slowdown. Read More

The mining sector in the region is facing the severest stress witnessed in a long time which will see thousands of workers losing their jobs, and a situation that could strain the revenue streams of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states, whose projected economic growth for the year depend on good mining output and better commodity prices. Read More

President Cyril Ramaphosa said a new Mining Charter would be drafted within the next three months. Read More

The coal mining sector in South Africa was applauded by Chamber of Mines president Mike Teke on Thursday for its continued improvement in safety performance. Read More

The Chamber of Mines recently attended the CoalSafe 2016 conference, hosted by the South African Colliery Managers’ Association (SACMA), in Secunda, Mpumalanga. Read More

The Chamber of Mines says job losses are still a major concern, despite Eskom not being granted its full claim of R22.8 billion to recover costs and revenue shortfalls. Read More

Senior Executive at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, Roger Baxter says that the electricity tariff increase might go up to 10% for industry as the billing is different from that of households. Read More

THERE is a certain irony to the fact that the accident at the Lily gold mine of Vantage Goldfields occurred just days after Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane released the 2015 mine safety statistics, which showed that fatalities had fallen 8%. Read More

Roger Baxter, CEO of the Chamber of Mines, discusses regulatory uncertainty, job losses and a new Minister at the helm of the mining sector. Read More