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More than 90 000 mining employees will lose their jobs in the next three years due to the above-inflation electricity price hikes given to Eskom, according to the Minerals Council South Africa. Read More

SA’s labour court has prevented a secondary strike across the country’s gold, platinum and vanadium industries, ruling that such an action would be unprotected.  Read More

The 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2018 publication features no less than 16 women from South Africa who were selected from 642 nominated by female and male colleagues around the world. Read More

The 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2018 publication features no less than 16 women from South Africa who were selected from 642 nominated by female and male colleagues around the world. Read More

Minerals Council South Africa CEO, Roger Baxter’s presentation at PDAC, titled: Enabling the Renaissance of the South African mining sector, outlined the important contribution made by the mining sector.  Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the establishment of an engineering task team to assess challenges at Eskom’s power stations. Read More

Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter on Wednesday outlined the important contribution made by the South African mining sector, the vast potential of the skills that still exists within the industry and the steps that are needed to enable the country’s mining sector to realise its full potential. Read More

South Africa's mining industry has recorded a 3% decrease in the total number of occupational diseases reported nationally for 2017 compared with the previous year. Read More

Following the notable regression of mine health and safety in 2017, which resulted in the death of 90 mineworkers, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) chief inspector David Msiza on Friday said there were 10% fewer fatalities – 81 – in 2018. Read More

’n Totaal van 81 myn-werkers is verlede jaar in Suid-Afrika se myne dood. In 2017 is 90 dood en in 2016 73. Read More