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... 

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 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... 

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...