The time had come for the private sector to start making it clear that it wished to work with government to simplify mining policy and collaborate towards less regulation and greater... 

Resource development strategist Dr Paul Jourdan this week called for the local manufacture of mechanised mining equipment to neutralise job losses during the switch to machines. The former Mintek... 

This seven-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the platinum industry over the past 12 months, including industry restructuring, mechanisation and automation, supply and demand, and the... 

The South African mining industry is committed to mechanisation in its deep-level mining operations, with major gold and platinum producers having announced their intent to modernise their... 

In support of South Africa’s Mining Health and Safety Council’s quest for zero harm, telecommunications equipment company Huawei Technologies believes that the use of wireless communications... 

As the latest statistics from Productivity SA show that labour productivity in the mining sector fell almost 7% last year, mine management urgently needs a long-term vision for an operating... 

The future of mining through the eyes of the next generation places importance on working towards ensuring a sustainable future, by means of developing cutting edge mining technology and finely... 

From super smart tractors and combines that can phone you, to customised ways to pay for it, all formed part of the opportunity that John Deere and Senwes Village Mechanisation recently created to... 

South African mining must mechanise to become more productive, says new Witwatersrand University Centre for Mechanised Mining Systems (CMMS) director Dr Declan Vogt, who adds that research has a... 

Nkwe Platinum is preparing the Garatau project for full-scale mine production. 

The level of productivity in South African coal mines is below that of Australian coal mines 

One of the key aims of this year’s Mining Lekgotla will be to determine how the mining industry can stimulate and drive economic growth in South Africa and on the continent, says strategic support... 

Platinum mining major Impala Platinum’s (Implats’) No 16, 17 and 20 Shaft development projects, in the North West, have all been negatively impacted on by the protracted strike in the platinum... 

JSE- and NYSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti is taking steps to end the “unaffordable cash bleed” of the 100-year-old Obuasi gold mine in Ghana, which is being hard-hit by the low gold price. The South... 

South African mines could recover more cobalt if they changed their blasting methods in hard-rock narrow-reef gold and platinum mines, says veteran research commentator Dr RE (Robbie) Robinson.... 

The exciting new South African gold-mining technology that has the potential to change the face of South Africa’s struggling precious metals mining business, has produced its first gold. AngloGold... 

The Kagiso Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which declined sharply to 50 points in September amid South Africa’s prolonged automotive-sector strike, recovered modestly to 50.7 index points in... 

Cost pressures put on the mining industry in the form of wage increases, high transport and electricity costs and low commodity prices would ultimately impact negatively on employment, Webber... 

The Western Cape economy has outperformed the national economy as a whole, and is expected to continue to do so in the years ahead, Western Cape Finance Minister Alan Winde told the Provincial... 

By Nadine Shenker, Director of Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics at BITanium As industries and governments turn toward greater mechanisation and become increasingly reliant on... 

The South African mining sector needs to mechanise at a faster pace to remain competitive and the skills needed to achieve this are sourced from the artisan pool, but the skills shortage in this... 

The South African mining sector needs to mechanise at a faster pace to remain competitive and the skills needed to achieve this are sourced from the artisan pool, but the skills shortage in this... 

The local mining industry needs to shift its labour-intensive paradigm, especially if it hopes to reap the rewards of bearing 80% of the world’s platinum reserves, argues global mining strategist... 

Despite South Africa’s mining industry currently being perceived to be in a downward cycle as a result of incidents such as the wildcat strikes at platinum miner Lonmin’s Marikana mine, the market... 

Global drilling services provider Master Drilling was planning to expand into the vertical shaft boring business, MD Danie Pretorius has indicated. He told Mining Weekly Online that the company was...