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The emerging world of hydrogen power, fuel cells, platinum and climate change mitigation received another stimulus on Tuesday with the announcement of new high-level investment backing for a fund that promotes technologies dependent on the high-performance characteristics of platinum group metals (PGMs). Read More

The mining industry in South Africa is continuing its transformation journey as it adjusts to the ever-increasing pace of the prevailing technological revolution, with the 100-plus-year-old industry, steeped in tradition and, at times, crisis, seeking out new ways of adapting to this era of change. Read More

Maladministration and misappropriation of funds continue to render South Africa’s mining royalties system mostly ineffective, with no one being brought to book. Read More

To make a difference to the mining industry's fortunes, all the stakeholders in South Africa would need to work together. Read More

On 8 May 2019, South Africans went to the polls, and early results through at the time of writing indicate that the African National Congress, headed by Cyril Ramaphosa, will continue to govern the country with a reasonable majority. Read More

Opening the Junior Indaba, in Auckland Park, on Tuesday, chairperson Bernard Swanepoel questioned whether Mining Charter III had helped to kickstart exploration activity in South Africa’s mining sector. Read More

Junior mining is badly in need of a policy framework that will kickstart activity, mining luminary Bernard Swanepoel said on Tuesday. Read More

The development of the junior mining and emerging mining sectors is key to growing and sustaining the mining industry. Read More

The sector acknowledges that while there have been some notable achievements and successes, more needs to be done Read More

Three and a half months ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa challenged the mining industry to take steps to implement “10 value-adding principles”. We are responding to this challenge. Read More