Conversation on getting economy back on track post-Covid has begun . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­– The conversation has begun on getting the South African economy back on track with the necessary structural reforms post-Covid, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roge...

Mining's 5 000 tests detect 320 Covid-positive cases – Minerals Council . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­– Just under 5 000 Covid tests carried out by the South African mining industry have detected 320 Covid positive cases, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter s...

South Africa's deep mines grapple with thousands returning to work . JOHANNESBURG – When South African miners are allowed to recall all their workers as lockdown restrictions ease further on Monday, full production will remain elusive as the pandemic upends operating pr...

Environmental, social, governance integral to Prieska copper-zinc project . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Prieska copper/zinc mine being developed so spectacularly by Orion Minerals in the Northern Cape has environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles integral...

Minerals Council president reflects on urgency of restoring economy . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Re-elected Minerals Council South Africa president Mxolisi Mgojo on Wednesday called on all the leaders of the mining industry to commit to continuing to address the C...

DMRE to fast-track mining rights, capital projects to help save jobs . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) − To help create jobs in what will remain a challenging macroeconomic environment for the foreseeable future, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) says ...

South Africa’s potential to export green hydrogen boosted . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa, which has been examining its competitiveness as a potential supplier of green hydrogen to Japan, is also being courted by Europe as a potential supplier ...

IDC’s Kalagadi Manganese business rescue application opposed . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – An application of the State-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) to have mining company Kalagadi Manganese placed under business rescue is being opposed in t...

AMCU calls for testing of all employees at affiliated workplaces . The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has again called on employers to test all employees for Covid-19 as the pandemic continues to spread across South Africa.

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Covid-19 workplace protocols must become ‘second nature’ for any further lockdown easing . Organised business has called for domestic firms to take steps to ensure that their workplaces are Covid-19-ready in light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s May 24 announcement that the country would tran...