From black gold to green power – navigating SA’s energy crossroads

By Heleen Tshibumbu, specialist journalist and technical writer. South Africa’s energy transition isn’t about choosing coal or renewables; it’s about finding a pragmatic balance. At the 2025 Coal and Energy Transition Day, experts shared a [...]

2025-09-30T18:45:46+00:00October 1st, 2025|Operations|

Africa’s illegal mining and illicit precious metals conundrum

By Sharyn Macnamara On 25 and 26 June 2025, the 4th Annual Mine Security Conference addressed the scourge of illegal mining and illicit trafficking of precious metals in Africa. Collaborative wins and what we are [...]

2025-09-02T09:57:59+00:00September 1st, 2025|Operations, Women in Mining|

Logistics alignment: service, maintenance and factory- direct partnerships

Sue Griffith, field support supervisor, Martin Engineering, brings organisational expertise to demonstrate how partnerships can enhance operational efficiency and reduce operational costs in bulk handling operations. […]

2025-07-21T14:19:54+00:00August 1st, 2025|Operations|

Why capturing Africa’s mining potential is the key to its economic future

By Matt Long, director and chief customer officer, MaxMine The global shift towards renewable energy significantly increases the demand for precious metals. With abundant natural resources such as gold, silver, cobalt, copper, lithium and uranium, [...]

2025-05-29T18:21:51+00:00June 1st, 2025|Operations|

ICMM Water Stewardship Framework  – a game changer in mining sustainably

Lindsay Shand, partner and principal environmental geologist at SRK Consulting. Supplied by SRK Consulting By Sharyn Macnamara Lindsay Shand (LS), partner at SRK Consulting in South Africa, recently unpacked the ICMM Water Stewardship [...]

2025-03-11T09:56:48+00:00March 11th, 2025|News, Operations, Women in Mining|

SA junior and emerging miners table their challenges (Part 2) – Miners speak out and ‘call a spade a spade’

By Sharyn Macnamara In part two of our series, junior and emerging miners share their experiences and call a ‘spade a spade’ at the Mazars and the African Mining, incorporating Mining Mirror publication round table [...]

2024-07-17T08:43:38+00:00June 1st, 2024|Cover story, Operations|

SA junior and emerging miners table their challenges – the status quo (part 1)

By Sharyn Macnamara Mining exploration in South Africa, key to the survival of the mining sector and by extension the economy, has lagged for the past 20 years. Junior and emerging mining is essential to [...]

2024-04-25T14:09:28+00:00May 1st, 2024|Operations|
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