Tailings dam disasters can be prevented using a combination data analytics, IoT technology and engineering expertise.

Coal-fired power stations produce 85% of South Africa's electricity, making the country the biggest producer of harmful greenhouse-gas emissions in Africa. To move away from coal and meet its ...

In a staggering display of cruelty, South African police laid siege to an illegal gold mine near Johannesburg, leaving at least 78 workers dead by mid-January. Informal miners are the shadow of an ...

The London- and Johannesburg-listed Pan African Resources is able to operate and to grow in South Africa – “and do so very ...

Kruger National Park mining application: Kimopax’s exclusion of AfriForum on environmental impact assessment unacceptable ...

EMILE SCHEPERS looks at the history of dispossession that has prompted the South African government's land reforms ...

The South African mining industry is not just evolving, it is revolutionising efficiency, slashing costs, and building a sustainable future, writes Aluwani Museisi, country chair of Shell Downstream ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold began in the late 19th century? Or that South Africa became integrated into a ...

Many mines are abandoned or liquidated without sufficient protection for rehabilitation funds, and the government does little ...

Six suspects have been arrested in Barberton for possessing explosives believed to be linked to illegal mining activities.

The term critical minerals has become so widespread that it has effectively lost its meaning, as it could be applied to ...