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After years of on-off negotiating, South Africa’s platinum sector is no closer to extracting an agreement with its government on minting an investment coin – a state of affairs that has Chris Griffith, CEO of Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) scratching his head. Read More

A team drawn together from the Chamber of Mines, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and equipment makers is awaiting the unprecedented gift of an underground South African mine to begin actively testing ideas and machines that are designed to prevent the country’s gold and platinum production from falling off a cliff in little more than a decade. Read More

The 128-year-old Chamber of Mines intends to come up with a new identity and name over the next few months. Read More

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa is looking forward to the years when a platinum Mandela coin gains pre-eminence globally, emulating South Africa’s great success with gold coinage. Read More

A new formidable leadership that will sing from the same hymn sheet. Read More

The 128-year-old Chamber of Mines of South Africa provided an important indicator of its intended new direction when it revealed that the Zambezi Protocol would be its guiding light as it embarked on its identity and name-change programme. Read More

Mxolisi Mgojo’s schedule is about to become a little more hectic. The CEO of Exxaro was elected President of the Chamber of Mines at the organisation’s annual general meeting held on Wednesday. Read More

At the 127th AGM of the Chamber of Mines members elected the new office bearers for the 2017/2018 period including new president Mxolisi Mgojo. Read More

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa is rethinking its identity and name and has elected Mxolisi Mgojo its new president. Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer joins senior deputy editor Tracy Hancock in studio to discuss this news. Read More

The Chamber of Mines (CoM) on Friday said it is deeply concerned that 31 people have died in what appears to have been an underground methane explosion at the closed Eland mine shaft, in the Free State. Read More