Topic
Statement on the 30th anniversary of our April 1994 democratic breakthrough
26th April 2024 Wednesday, 27 April 1994 marked our victory in the protracted battle against the oppressive regime consolidated in our land by the imperialist... →
Anglo pleased with copper's first-quarter performance
By: Martin Creamer 23rd April 2024 Copper production increasing by 11% as Quellaveco achieved its highest plant throughput rate in Peru, and Collahuasi and El Soldado in Chile... →
Exceptional blue Cullinan diamond lifts latest Petra tender prices by 22%
By: Martin Creamer 16th April 2024 The sale by Southern African diamond mining company Petra Diamonds of an exceptional blue diamond in its fifth tender cycle lifted the average... →
Use underground mines for electricity storage, optimise mine water use – Karst Hydro
By: Martin Creamer 8th April 2024 South Africa’s many underground mines can be used as batteries that store the clean electricity that the water descending for cooling can provide.... →
South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: what the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming and residents
8th April 2024 The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free... →
Eswatini’s democratic reform process in jeopardy
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th April 2024 Fifteen months after the murder of political activist Thulani Maseko, the political reform movement he ably led also seems to have died. If it were... →
Mechanical cutting is going to be key for mining going forward – Master Drilling
By: Martin Creamer 26th March 2024 Mechanical cutting, in which huge progress is being made, is going to be key for the mining industry going forward, Master Drilling CEO Danie... →
Debt, climate change and economic transformation
By: Saliem Fakir 22nd March 2024 Debt is never free lunch, even if it is for the cause of climate change. Debt’s relation is defined by what the creditor demands as the rate of... →