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Minerals Council South Africa was in the process of developing a draft exploration strategy to present to the Council for Geosciences (CGS) and the Department of Minerals Resources and Energy (DMRE), Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter told attendees of the Afriforesight Future of Metals Conference earlier this month. Read More

The need to set up industries that supply the mining industry is set out in the finance minister’s surprise growth strategy document Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa, which represents 90 percent of local production has said that there was not enough investment in new mineral exploration, to take advantage of the country’s geological potential. Read More

Community protests and strikes are preventing South African mines from taking advantage of current price increases, Minerals Council SA CEO, Roger Baxter, said at the Afriforesight Future of Metals conference in Sandton on Wednesday. Read More

The Minerals Council agrees that technology is only one part of what the mining industry needs. We have never advocated or presented technology as an antidote to South African mining ills. Read More

FORMER mineworkers claiming to have contracted silicosis are a step closer to receiving financial compensation after the Johannesburg High Court approved a R5bn settlement of a class action suit. Read More

The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read More

The approval by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg for a landmark R5bn settlement with ill gold miners has been broadly welcomed by the affected parties. Read More

South Africa’s mining industry is struggling amid falling commodity prices, legislative uncertainty, union unrest and energy insecurity; yet the industry is hopeful the newly elected president, Cyril Ramaphosa, a former mining company director and union leader, will save the day. But can he deliver? Heidi Vella investigates. Read More

The decision of the giant Toyota Motor Corporation to co-fund the development of the market for platinum group metals (PGMs) has been applauded by Anglo American Platinum (Amplats). Read More