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Mining operational costs stabilise as 2024 closes, but challenges persist

Mining

Mining operational costs stabilise as 2024 closes, but challenges persist

Lindsey Schutters 17 Dec 2024

Mining enters its AI era

Mining

Mining enters its AI era

17 Dec 2024

Mining sector revival threatened by skills gap

Mining

Mining sector revival threatened by skills gap

9 Dec 2024

Mine tailings has become major business

Mining

Mantengu gets Compcom nod for Sublime Technologies acquisition

Lindsey Schutters 2 Dec 2024

Anglo's Quellaveco project in Peru first produced copper in 2022

Mining

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters 8 Nov 2024

SA bets on Africa-China partnerships to offset global trade disruptions

Logistics & Transport

SA bets on Africa-China partnerships to offset global trade disruptions

Libby George 1 Nov 2024

Minister Godongwana remained firm on the Treasury stance regarding no further Transnet bailouts. Source: x.com

Mining

#MTBPS2024: Minerals Council suggests bigger Transnet bailout

Lindsey Schutters 30 Oct 2024

Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback

Mining

Mantashe tells China ‘king coal is back’

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

Using intelligence, forensics and prosecution against illegal mining activities

Mining

Using intelligence, forensics and prosecution against illegal mining activities

Issued by Pinpoint Stewards 15 Oct 2024

Strini Mudaly, group ICT vice president at Gold Fields on stage at AWS Summit

Cloud

Gold Fields breaks tradition with bold AWS cloud strategy

Lindsey Schutters 3 Sep 2024

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Mining

Electra Mining Africa celebrates women-owned business and thought leaders

Issued by Electra Mining 30 Aug 2024

New products, innovations and world-class technologies at Electra Mining Africa

Energy & Mining

New products, innovations and world-class technologies at Electra Mining Africa

Issued by Electra Mining 22 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Youngest African billionaire, Prateek Suri.

Fintech

Prateek Suri: Tech visionary transforms Africa's industry

21 Aug 2024

Nkomati Mine is a key part of ARM's pivot to cater to the renewables market.

Mining

African Rainbow Minerals takes full ownership of Nkomati

Lindsey Schutters 28 Jul 2024

Source: Reuters.

Banking

African bank stress test flags systemic risks posed by nature loss

16 Jul 2024

BHP is moving straight to electric to bypass Anglo hydrogen development.

Markets & Investment

BHP skips hydrogen, turns to electric trucks after Anglo rejection

Lindsey Schutters 27 Jun 2024

Source: Curiosophotography/Pexels

Materials & Equipment

Compcom approves Solar Mining acquisition of Problast

Lindsey Schutters 27 May 2024

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater to cut 4,000 jobs in underperforming gold business

Nelson Banya 12 Apr 2024

Selim Kaymak, CEO of Alpha Resources

Mining

Sustainable mining is a profit and planet balancing act

Selim Kaymak 9 Apr 2024

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

Climate Change

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

Issued by GreenCape 2 Apr 2024

Mauro DelleMonache, CEO of Geovia

Architecture & Design

Q&A: How Geovia is reimagining mining efficiency with digital twins

Lindsey Schutters 12 Mar 2024

Image source: fotografierende from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Increase in business closures marks challenging start to 2024

Craig Blumenthal 1 Mar 2024

Michelle Phillips has been made permanent CEO of Transnet.

Markets & Investment

Minerals Council welcomes permanent Transnet leadership appointments

29 Feb 2024

SME development and its ability to retain social licences in mining

SMEs

SME development and its ability to retain social licences in mining

Issued by Edge Growth 26 Feb 2024

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

Paving the way: The benefits of PBS vehicles

Mining

Paving the way: The benefits of PBS vehicles

John Kettlewell, Issued by Unitrans 21 Feb 2024

During a panel discussion at the Mining Indaba, Nishen Hariparsad argued that the mining sector needs repositioning to attract young talent. Source: Supplied

Mining

#MI24: Mining industry is ready to embrace future trends

15 Feb 2024

“The Mining Charter's potential as an instrument to guide ESG and growth is undeniable, but it needs recalibration and effort,” says Alchemy Law partner Morné van der Merwe

Mining

South Africa’s Mining Charter must strike balance in its ESG alignment

2 Feb 2024

Image source: Chayanit Chankhong –

ESG & Sustainability

ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

Mining Indaba comes to Cape Town with a focus on the just energy transition. Source: Microsoft Designer/Lindsey Schutters

Mining

Mining Indaba sustainability series to discuss energy transition and justice

31 Jan 2024

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China in the DRC, Zhao Bin visited some of the infrastructure projects in December 2023. Source:

Mining

DRC revisits China mining deal for $7bn infrastructure investment

Sonia Rolley 29 Jan 2024

Andrew van Zyl, Managing Director, SRK Consulting

Trends

#BizTrends2024: The evolution and resilience of the mining industry

Andrew van Zyl 22 Jan 2024

Dorcas Nhlapo, Senior Audit Manager, BDO South Africa

Mining

Copper is the unsung hero of the energy transition

Dorcas Nhlapo 19 Jan 2024

Source: Brian Wang/Unsplash

4th Industrial Revolution

Bitcoin miners made bank in December, but hard times are coming

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jan 2024

Digital twins pave way to a new frontier in mining

Mining

Digital twins pave way to a new frontier in mining

Amritesh Anand 10 Jan 2024

Roland Innes, Group CEO at DYNA Training

Energy & Mining

Nurturing local mining talent amid changing political landscape

Roland Innes 6 Dec 2023

Miner holds a manganese ore sample in South Africa.

Mining

South Africa’s manganese economy is ready to meet global demand

20 Nov 2023

MOU signing, Menar’s CIO Cleavon Moothoosamy, MTN’s Tumi Chamayou and Huawei South Africa’s Jason Shao pen a 5G smart mine agreement for Gugulethu mine. Source: Supplied

Telecoms & Networks

#ATF2023: Huawei, Menar and MTN sign MOU for Gugulethu Colliery

15 Nov 2023

ACTOM Industry breaks into Ghanaian gold mining market

Energy & Mining

ACTOM Industry breaks into Ghanaian gold mining market

8 Nov 2023

Samanjalo and Green Guru Solutions wins first 2023 Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge

Funding

Samanjalo and Green Guru Solutions wins first 2023 Mpumalanga green solutions pitch challenge

Issued by GreenCape 7 Nov 2023

#MTBPS: Mining sector profits and tax revenue hit by SOE failure

Markets & Investment

#MTBPS: Mining sector profits and tax revenue hit by SOE failure

Lindsey Schutters 2 Nov 2023

How infrastructure investment shapes SA's engineering future

Construction & Engineering

How infrastructure investment shapes SA's engineering future

1 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Economy

#MTBPS: South Africa's fiscal crisis: Rising debt and urgent reforms unveiled

Katja Hamilton 1 Nov 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a press conference on the day of a European Union leaders summit in Brussels. Source: Reuters/Johanna Geron

Energy

Germany is willing to spend on Nigeria energy

Felix Onuah and Andreas Rinke 29 Oct 2023

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

Mining

Barrick Gold boosts Tanzanian economy and fosters mining sector growth

26 Oct 2023

South Africa advances green hydrogen economy with BMW trial

Energy

South Africa advances green hydrogen economy with BMW trial

Lindsey Schutters 16 Oct 2023

Neal Froneman speaking at The Joburg Indaba. Source: x.com

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO warns of crisis as platinum price plummets

Felix Njini 5 Oct 2023

Source: Angelo Giordano/Pixabay

Markets & Investment

AngloGold Ashanti moves to Wall Street, but keeps secondary JSE listing

27 Sep 2023