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Minerals Council unveils new initiative to tackle mining safety . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – As the mining industry tracks towards its safest year in recorded history, a new CEO-led safety strategy, in partnership with government and labour, aims to sustain th...

Bushveld Minerals continues to build on ‘firm foundation’, says Mojapelo . During the six months ended June 30, Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals continued to build on the firm foundation it has established, CEO Fortune Mojapelo said on Monday.

He noted that the integrated prima...

Transnet reports dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49bn . State-owned freight logistics utility Transnet received yet another qualified audit for its 2018/19 financial year and also announced a dramatic rise in irregular expenditure to R49-billion, after loco...

Compelling Makhado first phase has rapid return promise – MC Mining . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Hard coking coal and thermal coal producer MC Mining, which was successful in securing the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) credit-approved facility of $17-mil...

Nine countries join US strategic minerals initiative . The United States on Thursday said nine countries have joined its initiative to help discover and develop reserves of minerals used to make electric vehicles, part of an effort to cut the world's relia...

Emerging entrepreneurs finding it difficult to break into mining sector . Given the sheer number of supplier and enterprise development programmes implemented by mining houses, facilitated by Mining Charter III’s provision allowing companies to offset up to 30% of their proc...

Water security a concern for the global mining industry, says Moody’s . Securing reliable sources of water is becoming a challenge for mining companies globally, says ratings agency Moody’s.

It notes that water is not only a vital resource in the mining process, but mine...

South African mining returns to profitability, despite challenging environment – PwC . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The South African mining industry returned to profitability this year, despite a challenging operating environment owing to regulatory uncertainty, energy constraints,...

First glimpse into Mining Indaba 2020 programme . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The twenty-sixth Investing in African Mining Indaba – scheduled to take place in Cape Town from February 3 to 6 next year – will offer delegates new insight into issue...

Minergy upbeat on Southern African industrial coal demand growth . Coal miner Minergy, which recently started production at its Masama mine, in Botswana, is confident of growing demand for industrial coal in Southern Africa.

Reporting on the company’s financial and ...