To reclaim global mining status, South Africa must restore trust – Paul Miller

If South Africa wants to reclaim its position in the global mining industry, half-measures just won’t cut it. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) needs to go beyond admitting... 

MineShift 2025 advancing Africa’s beneficiation journey, redefining luxury

There is wealth in Africa’s metals, but the continent has yet to realise its full potential by producing locally finished products that move the continent beyond merely being a raw materials... 

Investment attractiveness enhanced by long-term sustainability

The African mining industry has great potential to show the world how to meet global sustainability targets, such as those set out in intergovernmental organisation United Nations’ Sustainable... 

Sustainability, innovation imperative to accessing private capital

The need to ensure that Africa, with an abundance of critical minerals, benefits from their extraction and beneficiation, and the consequent economic development, was a key takeaway from this... 

African mining solutions towards auto sector proposed

A range of solutions for commodity-rich African countries to work on with the automotive sector in a re-think of industrial policy around critical minerals were proposed during a high-level... 

Beneficiation: Govt, mining companies must get on with it – together, analyst urges

Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to... 

Mantashe lauds opening of Seriti's Naudesbank Colliery, insists coal mining remains critical

“King coal is back!” Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe exclaimed at the ribbon cutting of coal producer Seriti’s new Naudesbank Colliery, near Carolina, in Mpumalanga, on... 

Kiboko Group, XCMG forge strategic partnership to drive innovation, sustainability in S Africa’s mining industry

A new player in South Africa’s mining equipment sector, Kiboko Group, has announced a game-changing partnership with the world’s third-largest mining machinery manufacturer XCMG. This...