The real cost of mining in South Africa has seen at least five million miners suffering and dying from tuberculosis and silicosis across Southern Africa over 130 years. This is according to civil society organisations from the SADC region, whose...
ASX listed Resolute Mining has revealed that it will partner with global power generation provider, Aggreko, to develop a new hybrid modular power station at the company’s Syama Gold Mine in Mali. It said that the new power plant will combine...
Global distributed energy producer EDL has switched on its 23MW power station that integrates photovoltaic solar with gas and diesel generation to power globally diversified gold miner Gold Fields’ Agnew gold mine, completing the first stage of one...
Africa’s civil society organisations in the mining sector should mobilise communities to force governments and companies to implement the Africa mining vision (AMV) in its fullest, including complying with human rights and environmental and safety...
Petra Diamonds has launched an artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) initiative in Koffiefontein, in the Free State. Richard Duffy, CE of Petra, explained that the company believes that there is a space for artisanal small-scale miners to co-exist...
When Themba Mkhwanazi was appointed CEO of Kumba Iron Ore in 2016, significant change was already under way: the business had just been through a restructuring, which resulted in some retrenchments; a new operating model had been introduced to...
With a strong commitment to sustainability, South Africa’s largest black empowered resource enterprise, Exxaro, says it strives to conduct business activities in a way that creates success not only for the company, but for society too. “From how we...
The world is changing and miners in many instances need to adapt their practices and product offering just to stay relevant. Nico Pienaar, director of surface mining industry association ASPASA (Aggregate and Sand Producers of South Africa), says...
Speaking to Anglo American’s innovation strategy, the introduction of underground Wi-Fi has improved productivity and working conditions for hundreds of miners at Anglo American’s coal mining operations in Mpumalanga, by enabling two-way...
