Transnet’s future rail expansions will be for emerging miners only –...
TRANSNET CEO Portia Derby made it clear at Joburg Indaba on Thursday that Transnet’s strategic priority is going to be to allocate any new...
RBM hoping 130MW solar project will help it regain full production...
THE 130MW solar power plant to be built by titanium producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) looks crucial to help restore production levels at the...
Cutifani calls on ANC to abandon outdated ideology; the world has...
THE ANC should not be discussing ideology, it should be discussing how to develop the country, Mark Cutifani, said to applause on Thursday.
Cutifani, former...
RBM unveils plans to build 130MW solar plant in Limpopo province...
RICHARDS Bay Minerals (RBM) today announced plans to build a 130MW solar power plant - equal to 300GW/h in energy generated over a year...
Minerals Council warns minerals exports failure is a crisis to rival...
THE situation facing South Africa’s commodity exporters was as severe as the country’s energy crisis but it was not getting the same level of...
Not fit for purpose: Why Mantashe’s minerals exploration plan is bound...
THE exploration strategy South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) published in April sets a bold target of attracting 5% of the...
Only a miracle can keep the next generation of mining engineers...
BAR a couple of notable exceptions - such as the Rainbow Rare Earths project at Phalaborwa and the Renergen helium and gas project in...
Factors behind latest spate of fatalities is hardest nut of all...
THE deterioration in safety performance on South Africa's mines in the second half of the year must be particularly concerning to the Minerals Council.
That's...
Mark Willcox, dealmaker behind Tokyo Sexwale’s once burgeoning mining empire, dies
MARK Willcox, the former CEO of Mvelaphanda Holdings and right hand man to Tokyo Sexwale, has died. Willcox, who had been contending with ill...
In Pictures: How the Jagersfontein tailings dam collapse devastated a community
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