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Nine inductees to South Africa’s new Mining Hall of Fame were announced on the eve of the October 5 opening of the Joburg Indaba 2016, where guest speaker Neal Froneman, the CEO of Sibanye Gold, proposed a new roadmap for mining to ensure equitable benefits for all stakeholders. Read More

The failure of South Africa’s mining industry to rectify the injustices of its apartheid-era past is in large part to blame for today’s difficult operating environment, where mines face changing government regulations and labor strife, according to Sibanye Gold Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Neal Froneman. Read More

The Zambezi Protocol was developed on the banks of the river of that name at a meeting hosted by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. Its opening lines state: "Africa’s mining sector is in crisis. At its root is a lack of trust between mining companies, governments and, indeed, the very nations they lead. A failure to tackle the crisis will result in serious, adverse implications for both economic growth and employment prospects at the moment when the continent’s needs are rapidly increasing." Read More

South Africa’s mining companies are incorporating the use of innovative technology to improve conditions in the industry. Read More

South Africa’s mining industry must acknowledge past deeds of inhumanity and immorality before it could shape a future in which it overcame the hostile relationship between it, labour, and the government. Read More

In a speech acknowledging the historical damage done by the mining industry to South African society, Chamber of Mines vice-president and Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman outlined a plan to forge a new relationship to build a sustainable environment for mining. Read More

Mine Rescue Services South Africa (MRS) plans to become the “911” of underground incidents in the country’s mining industry. Read More

Illegal mining at abandoned and closed mines was “spiralling out of control”, with increasing numbers of injuries and deaths seen at mines across all commodities produced in SA, said Christo de Klerk, CEO of Mines Rescue Services (MRS). Read More

A surge in the number of mine rescues and recoveries at abandoned and disused operations is an indication that the illegal mining scourge is starting to spiral out of control, and the recorded incidents are just the tip of the iceberg. Read More

Chamber of Mines has shared information about their medical rescue operations and how they deal with illegal mining. Read More