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According to the Minerals Council, logistical constraints induced by the railway’s setbacks have cost mining industry R51 billion in exports
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Logistical constraints caused production to fall 6% in 2022, according to the mining industry employer organisation
The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company
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The city once traversed by mining prospectors has recently lost some of its most esteemed tenants, including Anglo American and the Minerals Council
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Minerals Council aims to get 80% of its workforce vaccinated by November
As more vaccines arrive in the country, South Africa could administer 420 000 doses a day
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The just transition that is currently being executed is a balance between energy security and climate change, according to one analyst
Amcu and experts agree that mineworkers and their communities face a unique risk without a detailed response to Covid-19 from the sector
Cyril Ramaphosa wants to do the right thing – bring independent power producers on to the grid. He must act despite opposition from top ANC members
The minerals council has applied for a judicial review of the charter over provisions that it says could leave it unsustainable
The debt-laden power utility is asking for a 15% annual tariff hike for three years
Early this year, 955 miners were temporarily trapped at another Sibanye-Stillwater mine in Welkom, after an electric cable outage during a storm.
“The vision of a transformed industry is something all South Africans must develop together” — CEO of the Chamber of Mines Roger Baxter
The drawn out labour action in the platinum sector has been costing the mining companies while police continue to quell protests in the North West.
Roger Baxter has returned to the Chamber of Mines to help guide the industry to a brighter future, writes Lynley Donnelly.
One of the most senior figures in the Chamber of Mines, Roger Baxter, talks about his departure for Canada.
South Africa’s electricity crisis will remain for years and power cuts will continue well into the future, Eskom said on Thursday. ”We are going to be in this [crisis] for years,” Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said in Johannesburg. ”The threat of load-shedding is with us for some time.” Eskom has struggled to meet demand for electricity in Africa’s biggest economy.
Labour and business agreed on Tuesday that Eskom’s proposed 53% tariff increase would have a severe impact on the economy. ”Pricing is not the only solution; effective leadership and strategic appropriation of management is important,” said Business Unity South Africa.
Eskom’s proposed 53% tariff increase will have a negative effect on the economy, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said on Tuesday. Speaking at the second day of public hearings of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, Busa’s Roger Baxter said studies had shown the economic impact of the hike would lead to about 55Â 000 job losses.
South Africa, producer of 30% of the gold in circulation today, is unable to profit fully from record prices for the precious metal as a crippling electricity crisis hampers production. The price of gold passed the 000-an-ounce mark for the first time on Thursday.