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Trackless mobile machine safety next big challenge, says Minerals Council 
By: Martin Creamer 27th February 2023 Having last year achieved the lowest fall of ground fatalities ever, South African mining’s next big safety challenge is to achieve greater safety... →
Being or not being a communist in South Africa today
By: Raymond Suttner 27th February 2023 From 1969/70 until 2006 I had been a fairly orthodox member of the South African Communist Party, and I broke ranks over the party’s conduct during... →
De Beers delivers excellent set of 2022 results 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd February 2023 Diamond company De Beers last year delivered a revenue of $6.6-billion and earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of... →
Do everything to fight inflation, says AngloGold, which is growing fastest in US 
By: Martin Creamer 22nd February 2023 Everything must be done to fight inflation, says AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon, a former International Monetary Fund luminary, who has... →
Multiple crises need a new configuration of forces
By: Raymond Suttner 21st February 2023 For a political organisation to win confidence of voters or supporters, it requires certain qualities. These are not invariable, because it is... →
SA: Panyaza Lesufi: Address by Gauteng Premier, during the State of the Province Address, Gauteng Provincial Legislature Johannesburg (20/02/2023)
21st February 2023 On the 13th of February 1984, she joined other students at her school demanding quality education and a Free South Africa. What followed would go... →
New US legislation providing strong platform for South32’s manganese push in Arizona 
By: Martin Creamer 17th February 2023 The new Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US has improved the business case for producing manganese in that country. Well-established South... →
Mining for energy: Africa must seize the green moment
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 13th February 2023 Africa has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to boost its development through the massive global demand for its fabulous trove of the minerals the... →