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#MiningIndaba: New deal to accelerate critical minerals beneficiation

Markets & Investment

#MiningIndaba: New deal to accelerate critical minerals beneficiation

10 hours

#MiningIndaba: Is South African mining ready for the skills of tomorrow?

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Is South African mining ready for the skills of tomorrow?

Maroefah Smith 10 hours

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: The urgent call for digital tools in tailings oversight

Alastair Bovim 1 day

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Untapped mineral potential shows South African mining is a sunrise industry

2 days

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Harmony Gold's copper venture may take 2 years

Nqobile Dludla and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo 2 days

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe calls for African unity amid geopolitical tensions

3 days

#MiningIndaba: SA's mining future hinges on investment — MCSA

Mining

#MiningIndaba: SA's mining future hinges on investment — MCSA

3 days

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

Mining

Illegal mining has crippling economic effect on SA mining, warns minerals minister

5 Feb 2026

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Coal, Oil & Gas

Richards Bay sees uptick in coal exports as Transnet improves

28 Jan 2026

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Mining

Valterra forsees 106% profit rise on back of record platinum price

26 Jan 2026

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Mining

South African mining production drops for first time in 6 months

23 Jan 2026

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Mining

Anglo American and Teck merger gets shareholder approval

10 Dec 2025

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Health & Safety

Implats to embrace tech to reduce fatalities at Rustenburg mine

25 Nov 2025

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Mining

PGMs, gold, coal, and more push South Africa's 1.2% mining growth

18 Nov 2025

Mining

ArcelorMittal purchase halt places 622 Beeshoek mine jobs at risk

6 Nov 2025

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Mining

Can South Africa hold its mining tech edge as Anglo American relocates?

Reginald Letsholo 28 Oct 2025

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Mining

BME and Strayos develop AI-enabled solution for mine-to-mill optimisation

23 Oct 2025

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Mining

Operational woes and price swings shrink South Africa’s mining output

15 Oct 2025

Paul Dunne — Minerals Council South Africa president and Northam CEO — delivered a keynote address at the 2025 Joburg Indaba in Sandton. Image supplied.

Mining

#JoburgIndaba: Can mining growth and transformation co-exist in South Africa?

Maroefah Smith 9 Oct 2025

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad delivering the keynote address on day one of the Joburg Indaba 2025. Image supplied.

Mining

#JoburgIndaba: Anglo American CEO on South Africa's "unsupportive policy for exploration"

9 Oct 2025

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Mining

South Africa’s mining input cost index stays at “historic lows”

6 Oct 2025

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Health & Safety

Achieving zero harm in SA mines: The role of information ecology

Merel van der Lei 29 Sep 2025

Source: Supplied. Simon Norton, Director: International Zinc Association (IZA) Africa.

Construction & Engineering

#EXCLUSIVE: Safeguarding steel — zinc’s vital role in SA's construction sector

25 Sep 2025

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Mining

How cyber threats could derail South Africa's mining recovery

Martin Fernandes 17 Sep 2025

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Mining

Demand from Asia propels South African mining growth

12 Sep 2025

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Mining

African Rainbow Minerals' full-year profit falls 47%

5 Sep 2025

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Mining

Anglo American to sell last shares in Valterra for $2.4bn

4 Sep 2025

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Sustainability

How climate change impacts South African mining water management strategies

4 Sep 2025

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Mining

Meet the women making a bang in South African mining

29 Aug 2025

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Mining

Valterra Platinum plans to go underground in 2026

Nqobile Dludla 29 Aug 2025

Mining

Grim prospects: Mining’s outlook for 2025 remains weak, unpromising

13 Aug 2025

South Africa’s Best Managed Companies revealed in Landmark 15th edition

Digital

South Africa’s Best Managed Companies revealed in Landmark 15th edition

Issued by Topco Media 13 Aug 2025

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Mining

NWU Enterprises, Prisma join forces to bridge mining skills gap

11 Aug 2025

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Mining

Govt allocates R2.86bn to mineral, petroleum resources

3 Jul 2025

The urgent need for collaboration across the continent as the world accelerates its transition to clean energy is reflected in this year’s African Mining Indaba’s (MI26) 2026 theme, Stronger together: Progress through partnerships (Image supplied)

Mining

Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 theme calls for partnerships

30 May 2025

Source: © miningmx Paul Dunne has been appointed president of The Minerals Council South Africa

Mining

The Minerals Council president: "Mining must succeed for South Africa to succeed"

29 May 2025

4 co-located trade shows maximise time and cost savings for industry

Security

4 co-located trade shows maximise time and cost savings for industry

Issued by Securex 26 May 2025

Source: © MiningMX platinum group metals (PGMs), coal, gold, manganese and chrome are exclsuved from the US's recently announced import tariffs

Markets & Investment

PGMs, coal, gold, manganese and chrome: Excluded from US tariffs but not out of danger

4 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Arjen de Bruin, Group CEO at OIM Consulting says strong frontline leadership keeps mines running smoothly, yet too many supervisors are thrown into the deep end without being equipped with the skills they need to lead effectively

Health & Safety

Developing mining supervisors to improve productivity and H&S

Arjen de Bruin 20 Mar 2025

Neal Froneman (right) at the NYSE relisting in 2020. Source: Sibanye-Stillwater/Flickr

Mining

Neal Froneman to retire after transformative 12 years

Lindsey Schutters 14 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Health & Safety

#MiningIndaba: Minerals Council says Trump funding freeze won’t affect mine HIV treatment

Lindsey Schutters 5 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe classifies coal as critical mineral

Mining

#MiningIndaba: Mantashe classifies coal as critical mineral

Lindsey Schutters 3 Feb 2025

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

Mine tailings has become major business

Mining

Mantengu gets Compcom nod for Sublime Technologies acquisition

Lindsey Schutters 2 Dec 2024

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Labour Law

Are employers' responsibilities to act against GBV limited to the workplace?

Keshni Naicker, Amandla Makhongwana, and Angel Phakathi 25 Nov 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

Gwede Mantashe is saying that coal is making a comeback

Mining

Mantashe tells China ‘king coal is back’

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

Mining

Joburg Indaba set for 2–3 October

26 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 Africa 30 Aug 2024