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The Rhino 100 Master Driller is a multi-functional, mobile raise bore driller used in the process of longhole stoping. Photo: Supplied

Mechanisation is still to come into its own in South Africa’s gold industry

Gold Fields’ South Deep hopes to turn the situation around with its super driller and indications are that extraction will shift from 85% to 93%.

A taxidermist shows a find with a fossilized imprint at the conclusion of the 2021 excavations at Bromacker between Tambach-Dietharz and Georgenthal. During this year’s excavations at the globally significant fossil site in the Thuringian Forest, researchers have secured a huge amount of finds. (Martin Wichmann/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Investing in critical minerals is the only way for a clean energy transition – report

Due to the move to net-zero carbon emissions, demand for these minerals is surging

Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Green shoots for energy security, bad news for Eskom’s revenue

Additional energy will take demand pressure off Eskom’s strained supply, but the downside will be a reduction in revenue for the power utility

(Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mines turn to solar power because of Eskom’s unreliable electricity supply

Mines turn to solar power because of Eskom’s unreliable coal-generated electricity supply

Silicosis is a disease that affects people in jobs where they breathe in dust that contains silica – a tiny crystal found in sand, rock or mineral ores, such as quartz.

Tshiamiso Trust makes due on silicosis payout

Beneficiaries will now be able to apply to get money from the settlement almost two years after the Johannesburg high court ruled on the matter.

Gold Fields has not been able to produce since the strike began, resulting in a cash burn of around R6-million per day and R70-million in lost wages. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

New offer to end Gold Fields strike likely to be rejected, says union

NUM downed tools on ​November 2 in protest against 1 082 employees and 420 contractors losing their positions

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Gold Fields set to cut jobs in restructure

The mining company is set to cut more jobs despite numerous restructuring efforts

Baleka Mbete Mbete headed the national task team mandated with preparing the ANCWL for the conference. (Oupa Nkosi, MG)

Parliament won’t probe Mbete’s Gold Fields BEE deal

Parliament has cleared Baleka Mbete of any breach of the code of conduct regarding her share deal with Gold Fields – because she wasn’t an MP in 2010.

Baleka Mbete Mbete headed the national task team mandated with preparing the ANCWL for the conference. (Oupa Nkosi, MG)

‘Busy’ Mbete drops bribery beef

Parliamentary speaker lets go of complaint against newspaper due to her busy schedule

Mellow yellow: Gold saw a slight rise and held firm this week and the SPDR Gold Trust said its holdings rose by 3.89 tonnes on Tuesday.

Gold Fields likely to appeal court finding on Oz land claim

The gold producer says it will probably appeal a court decision which found it had no right to mine parts of its New South Wales site.

Full production at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine delayed to 2017

The goldminer says ramp up has been too slow and reaching full production at its only South African mine will be delayed once again.

Sibanye Gold’s mine deal puts hold on retrenchments

The Competition Tribunal has ruled no retrenchments are allowed when Sibanye Gold acquires a majority stake in Gold One’s Cooke operations.

Australia’s Ngadju tribe claim Gold Fields land

The Ngadju people say Gold Fields did not comply with the Native Title Act 1993 when it acquired the mining tenements south of Kalgoorlie.

Gold Fields vice-president resignation unlikely to affect BEE investigation

The US Securities Exchange Commission will continue investigating the BEE deal plaguing the mining firm despite Michael Fleischer’s abrupt departure.

Gold Fields hired Gayton McKenzie to help it secure a mining licence.

Gold Fields legal chief quits amid probe into BEE deal

Gold Fields’s general counsel Michael Fleischer has resigned amid a probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission into a BEE sale.

Gold Fields hired Gayton McKenzie to help it secure a mining licence.

Gold Fields: Ex-con McKenzie’s cronies given R330m

Millions have gone to Gayton McKenzie’s associates in a deal with Gold Fields – raising questions about the company’s knowledge of the agreement.

Beetle-mania! Who flung dung?

Our investigations were made for prime time. Reintroducing the AmaBhungane reports that stole the show.

Sibanye offers R407-million for Wits Gold projects

The gold mining company is seeking Wits Gold’s operations to extend the life of its nearby Beatrix mine and unlock value.

Duduzile and Phumzile Zuma during their joint coming-of-age ceremony at the Zuma homestead in Nkandla. Did Duduzile benefit from the Gold Fields empowerment deal? (Gallo)

Gold Fields link to Duduzile Zuma

President Jacob Zuma’s daughter has declared that she owns or will own shares in the controversial mining company.

ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete.

Hawks confirms it will investigate Gold Fields, Mbete deal

The Hawks says it will probe a Gold Fields BEE deal involving ANC chair Baleka Mbete for alleged bribery and corruption.