Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: ...
Mining Weekly13d
Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about a centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
Illegal chrome mining crisis fuels violence in Bojanala District
Illegal chrome mining in Bojanala District is escalating into violence, threatening community safety and the local economy as ...
Trapped miners ‘resort to cannibalism’ after police block their food and water
Trapped nearly a mile beneath the earth after police blocked their food and water, one recalled how some of his colleagues ...
Mining output in South Africa falls 0.9% in November but sector navigates growth
Stats SA said the largest negative contributors to this slump were gold, which was down by 11. 5%, iron ore which declined by ...
Implats warns of 'bumpy' PGM market amid South African mining challenge
Impala Platinum forecasts continued challenges in the PGM sector as South African miners grapple with excess inventory, ...
EWN Sport5d
Mantashe: SA recorded lowest number of mining fatalities in 2024
“The South African mining industry recorded 42 fatalities in the year 2024, marking the lowest number of fatalities in the ...
Mining6d
South Africa’s mining industry reports lowest number of deaths last year
South Africa’s mining industry reported 42 deaths last ... 11 were in the gold sector, 19 in platinum, six in coal and six in mines extracting other commodities. Mantashe told a news conference ...