Proposed mining laws show SA Govt has learnt nothing
SOUTH Africa’s mining industry is “crawling on the floor” while mining in Australia, Canada, America and the rest of Africa is on a conveyor belt, says Peter Major, veteran…
ARM reopens platinum and nickel mines in projects worth R16bn
AFRICAN Rainbow Minerals (ARM) announced on Thursday the restart of its Bokoni platinum mine and, in a separate development, the Nkomati nickel open pit mine after approving…
SA miners fear the worst in mineral cadastre rollout
IN May 2024, then Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart gushed: “I’m coming off an all-time high on hearing this news.” A day earlier, the South African government had signed an…
Is Harmony Gold being unfairly ignored by investors?
IT’S a curious fact of mining that companies talking about projects are often better rated than those actually building them. The unpalatable truth is that the industry has a…
Comrade Gwede, BEE isn’t worth the scrap paper it was written on
THE mining industry is waiting apprehensively for the chairperson of the African National Cosa Nostra and sometimes minerals and petroleum Minister, Comrade Gwede, to gazette…
Humble origins, big outcomes: SSC founder’s rise to prominence
FRED Arendse is a distinguished South African mining entrepreneur, humanitarian, and transformational leader whose life and career reflect the power of resilience, vision, and…
Mantashe acknowledges power inflation hurting metals industry
SOUTH Africa cannot build a downstream metals industry until the problem of high electricity prices is resolved, mines minister Gwede Mantashe said in an address to Parliament on…
Froneman says crime “single biggest” threat to SA economy
CRIME isn’t just an inconvenience to doing business, it’s the “single biggest issue we have to address” if South Africa is serious about economic growth, says Neal Froneman,…
SA’s new BEE ‘review’ a stinging test of political courage
WHEN it comes to BEE sceptics, there are few more vociferous than Moeletsi Mbeki, a man who, as the son of Govan Mbeki and brother of former president Thabo Mbeki, is as close to…
Stronger Together: Partnerships Take Centre Stage at ENS–JMC Mining Indaba Breakfast
AGAINST the backdrop of Cape Town’s annual Investing in African Mining Indaba, ENS and the Junior Mining Council (JMC) hosted a high-level networking breakfast at Zest…
Tinkering with reform puts SA mining in limbo again
This article was first published in The Mining Yearbook 2025 New draft legislation is being considered while SA faces international uncertainty and domestic upheavals as its…
Chinese premier visits Zambia after 28 years
CHINESE Premier Li Qiang will arrive in Lusaka on Wednesday for the first visit by a Chinese premier to Zambia in 28 years, as Beijing seeks to strengthen ties with the…
Misplaced coal pessimism has left Thungela oversold
FEW JSE stocks have swung as wildly as Thungela. From a 52-week high of R140.81 in February 2025 to barely R81 by October, the share has lost more than 40% of its value in just…
Harmony Gold’s incredible ascent to JSE rock-star
OF all the recent developments in the South African mining industry, the transformation of Harmony Gold from JSE ‘dog’ to ‘rock star’ in 18 months has to be the most dramatic.…
Anglo unveils merger of equals with Teck to form Anglo Teck
ANGLO American and Teck Corporation today confirmed they had reached agreement on a “merger of equals” of the two miners. To be named Anglo Teck with a valuation of $50bn, the…
All systems go for Harmony at MAC Copper
HARMONY Gold has cleared the final regulatory hurdle required to finalise the acquisition of Australian copper producer MAC Copper which is a key step in the gold producer’s…
Minerals Council hoping to avoid MPRD legal tussle
NEITHER the Minerals Council nor the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DPMR) wants to end up in court over the latest proposed amendments to the Mineral Resources…
Seriti CEO takes helm of Global Coal Alliance
THE Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal has named Mike Teke, Group CEO of Seriti Resources, as its new chairman, the organisation said Tuesday. Teke replaces July Ndlovu, who…
Congo and Rwanda forge minerals cooperation pact
RWANDA and the Democratic Republic of Congo have established preliminary terms for a regional economic partnership, addressing Kinshasa’s longstanding concerns about the…
Govt’s minerals exploration target is a policy fever dream
STATS SA’s first quarter 2025 GDP data quietly confirms South Africa’s ongoing collapse as a global exploration destination. Real capital formation in mineral exploration in 2024…