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Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe. Photo: Felix Dlangamandla/Gallo

Cabinet approves strategy identifying platinum, manganese, iron ore, coal and chrome as critical minerals

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said the strategy would help ensure policy and regulatory certainty in the mining sector

The mining industry has the potential to grow if there is more investment in exploration projects. (Michele Spatari/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Mining has life, in spite of hitches

The industry has the potential to grow if there is more investment in exploration projects

Out of commission: During the fourth quarter of 2023 the mining sector, which employed about 477  000 people last year, shed 1 000 jobs, according to Statistics South Africa. Photo: Luca Sola/AFP

Struggling mining sector likely to see more job losses

Among the companies that have announced staff cuts are Anglo American and Sibanye Stillwater

The mining company said that the section 189 A process could impact 3 700 jobs, including fixed-term employees, across its South African operations

Over 4 000 Amplats jobs in jeopardy after 35% metals price tumble

Efforts to reposition the business to mitigate the downturn ‘do not go far enough’, says the company’s chief executive Craig Miller

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (Photo: Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images)

Public purse sees tail end of mining tailwind

Mining windfall helped SA’s financial position, but lower revenues and additional spending will delay the end of fiscal consolidation

Price tag: The Impala Platinum acquisition of Royal Bafokeng is regarded as healthy for the company in the medium to long term. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Getty Images

Although a great acquisition, Royal Bafokeng won’t shield Impala from global headwinds, say experts

Platinum mining companies forecast a deficit in demand for the metal over the next few years

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Load-shedding hits mining output

Mining production falls for the 10th consecutive month.

Impala Platinum (Implats) has re-entered the bid to buy out Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), offering the mining house’s stakeholders R43-billion for the shares it doesn’t already own. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Impala Platinum re-enters Royal Bafokeng Platinum buyout bid

The announcement comes just weeks after competitor Northam inked a deal to acquire up to 33.3% of Royal Bafokeng Platinum

Underground mining operations are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of flooding and water ingress, which can result from heavy rains, groundwater inflow, or even burst dams. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Diversified Royal Bafokeng keeps its platinum roots

The investment company has insulated its shareholders against the resource’s price swings while looking towards a more sustainable future

Fleetwood Grobler Sasol Group CEO at the company’s annual financial results presentation at the head office in Sandton. (Photo: Freddy Mavunda/Business Day)

Sasol on ‘rollercoaster’ ride to a green future

Fleetwood Grobler, the petrochemical giant’s chief executive, says the company is transitioning from coal to gas and eventually to hydrogen.

The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee has broken its 14-month policy pause with a significant 50 basis point cut to the federal funds rate. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

If the inflation-driving supply strain in the US lasts, it could put South Africa in a chokehold

In South Africa, a strong trade surplus, buoyed by robust commodity prices, will cushion our economy against pressure arising from US policy

Digitalisation and automation will help with health and safety issues in South Africa’s mining industry.  (Russell Scott, Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool; Anglo American)

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The industry has lost 23 000 jobs since 2012, according to a Statistics South Africa census

Struggles: Many South Africans sought relief from the Unemployment Insurance Fund at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jobs are now increasing but not fast enough. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Economy’s signs of life mean little for the poor

GDP growth may be encouraging but it doesn’t mean much for SA’s millions of unemployed

South African mining output decreased by 0.8% in May. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Platinum records for South African mines

The miners are in a comfortable position as the world creeps towards a lower-carbon future

Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa at the seven-year commemoration of the Marikana massacre last week. The union has characterised the wage increase tabled by Sibanye (the current owners of the mine), as a ‘slap in the face’. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Unions up the ante in talks

The platinum sector wage negotiations are seeing a mixed bag of demands and counter-offers