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Permanent aerial mesh support, exoskeletons under scrutiny to make mining safer 
By: Martin Creamer 9th February 2024 Minerals Council South Africa is looking at the possibility of promoting permanent aerial mesh support throughout the mining industry as part of... →
Angola’s diamond sparkle brightened by new De Beers deal
By: Martin Creamer 6th February 2024 Diamond mining and marketing company De Beers is to collaborate with Angola on opportunities to increase diamond production, support alluvial... →
Mining Indaba 2024 - Minister needs to go back to basics to fix mining iss
1st February 2024 This year marks the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002 (the MPRDA), the keystone... →
Smart wristwatches to uplift mineworker well-being at Copper 360
By: Martin Creamer 16th January 2024 Computer programmes that use artificial intelligence (AI) to model orebodies and plan mines optimally have already been introduced by Copper 360,... →
Mayoral Minute 2023: The year SA’s economic compass pointed to Cape Town
18th December 2023 In the second Mayoral Minute of this term of office, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis reflects on progress made in the last year and what this... →
Solidarity appalled by hostage drama at Gold One Mine
13th December 2023 Solidarity views the latest hostage drama at the Gold One Mine in Springs in a very serious light, condemning it as yet another case of appalling... →
Union leaders go underground to bring chronically ill back to surface from mine sit-in
By: Martin Creamer 8th December 2023 Union leaders have gone underground to fetch chronically ill mineworkers at the Bakubung platinum mine in Rustenburg, where an underground sit-in... →
Country’s water quality deteriorates since 2014, nonrevenue water rockets - Blue, No, Green Drop reports
By: Natasha Odendaal 5th December 2023 The latest full Blue and No Drop reports, along with the Green Drop progress assessment report, released by the Department of Water and Sanitation... →
