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Businesses and large electricity users can no longer afford to pay up to 18% more for electricity to subsidise Eskom’s poor residential customers, according to the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG). Read More

The Minerals Council SA’s senior executive of public affairs and transformation, Tebello Chabana, talks to Business Day TV about the review application. Read More

The Minerals Council on Wednesday announced it would challenge the third Mining Charter in court, six months after it was published by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Mantashe’s department called for dialogue. Read More

Minerals Council SA has filed an application for a judicial review of the recently gazetted Mining Charter, citing problems with certain clauses, saying past deals were not sufficiently recognised. Read More

Although the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) granted Eskom lower tariff increases than what it requested, over 90 000 jobs in the mining sector remain at risk, the Minerals Council of South Africa said on Monday. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa has said that as many as 90 000 jobs in the country's mining sector could be at risk "solely as a result" of recent electricity tariff increases. Read More

The Minerals Council South Africa is ringing alarm bells over the threat posed to employment and production in the gold and platinum sectors as a result of recently approved electricity tariff increases, including the 13.8% hike to be implemented from April 1. Read More

More than 100,000 jobs are under threat over the next three years, with gold and platinum set to be hit hardest. Read More

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