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Digitalisation and automation will help with health and safety issues in South Africa’s mining industry. (Russell Scott, Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool; Anglo American)
CARBON DIOXIDE

Gold‌ ‌is‌ ‌mining’s‌ ‌biggest‌ ‌jobs‌ ‌loser,‌ ‌as‌ ‌platinum‌ ‌rakes‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌cash‌

The industry has lost 23 000 jobs since 2012, according to a Statistics South Africa census

  • Sarah Smit
2 min read
South African mining output decreased by 0.8% in May. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images
ANDRIES ROSSOUW

Platinum records for South African mines

The miners are in a comfortable position as the world creeps towards a lower-carbon future

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read