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Minerals Council Of South Africa

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The department of mineral resources and energy has hit back at critics who have spoken against its latest draft report on South Africa Renewable Energy Master Plan released in July. (Dean Hutton/Getty Images & Luca Sola/Getty Images)
BEATRIX

Electricity costs add to miners’ woes

Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand

  • Anathi Madubela
7 min read
Inadequate rail capacity has pushed more trucks, and costs, onto municipal roads, which are steadily deteriorating. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
CITY OF EKURHULENI

Transnet’s decline tears at tight municipal budgets

Inadequate rail capacity has pushed more trucks, and costs, onto municipal roads, which are steadily deteriorating

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
CLEAN COAL

Wits in a climate hot spot

The university says it provides a platform for multiple voices to be heard on any issue, including that of a climate denialist

  • Sheree Bega
10 min read
In 2024, global coal consumption reached a record high, with commercial banks investing more than $130 billion across Asia, the US and Europe.. (Paul Botes)
CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS

Coal industry under increasing pressure to focus on a just transition

As investors ditch fossil fuels, environmental lobby groups are using advocacy and litigation to force SA’s biggest polluters to change their ways

  • Chris Gilili
3 min read
The pandemic is testing the resilience of most economies, especially those of developing countries. (Madelene Cronjé)
CORONAVIRUS

Ramaphosa: Mineworkers must have Covid-19 jab

The president has called on the mining industry to follow the Minerals Council of South Africa and play its part in the fight against the virus

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
The council, which represents around 90% of South Africa’s mineral production, said it had filed an application for the review and setting aside of certain clauses of the 2018 charter. (Sandile Ndlovu/Gallo)
GWEDE MANTASHE

Industry in renewed battle over mining charter

The minerals council has applied for a judicial review of the charter over provisions that it says could leave it unsustainable

  • Lynley Donnelly
3 min read