The African Mining Week (AMW) conference and exhibition on 1–3 October in Cape Town will bring African regulators, key mining stakeholders and global partners together to discuss key topics and opportunities across Africa’s mining value chain. The three-day program will foster collaboration on investment, value addition, local content development and industrialisation.
In waste treatment and management, efficiency and speed are essential to providing a quality service tailored to the needs of the environment. Alsan Gestión Servicios, based in Toledo, Spain, has found the perfect solution to optimise its operations – a new Develon DX190W-7 wheeled excavator.
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The Minerals Council South Africa has voiced its concern regarding the potential damage to global economic growth and the resultant lower demand for South Africa’s minerals as a result of sweeping tariffs imposed by the United States (US) government on imports from foreign countries.
AngloGold Ashanti plc has completed its Tropicana renewables project, creating the largest hybrid power system in Australia’s mining sector. Tropicana, located in Western Australia roughly 1 000km east of Perth, is owned by AngloGold Ashanti (70% and manager) and Regis Resources Ltd (30%).
The Minerals Council South Africa hosted its fourth Fall-of-Ground (FOG) Action Plan Day of Learning on 28 March 2025 as part of its concerted efforts to eliminate fatalities in the mining industry. The Day of Learning, attended by more than 300 industry stakeholders, heard from mining companies implementing leading practices and technologies to make underground
Driven by the energy transition and increasing investments in industrialisation, the global demand for rare earth elements (REEs)1 is projected to increase four-fold by 2030. African nations rich in rare earth minerals are accelerating exploration and production efforts to capitalise on this growth. With up to eight rare earth projects set for commissioning across the
DetNet has revised its blasting equipment at the Sibanye-Stillwater DigiMine at the Wits Mining Institute (WMI) to the latest BlastWeb II version. This will allow researchers and students to learn about the application of leading-edge wireless CyberDet detonators, while also introducing them to the new features of the latest generation blasting equipment with an improved
The honourable Minister Parks Tau, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), will be giving a Ministerial Keynote address at the 8th edition of the PGMs Industry Day taking place on Thursday 3 April at the Houghton Hotel, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg. Other key players due to attend include PGMs producers, end users, industry analysts and
On 24 March, 2025, PwC South Africa publicised its latest report Budget 2025: Responsible growth for a sustainable future delving into various perspectives on the current state and future outlook of South Africa’s fiscal policies, economic growth strategies and infrastructure development.
