‘King Coal’ Is Critical Mineral for South Africa, Minister Says
South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said coal is making a comeback and should be considered a critical mineral for the nation because of its contribution to employment and the ...
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‘King coal’ is critical mineral for South Africa, minister says
South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister ... to employment and the economy. “King coal is back,” Mantashe told the audience at a mining conference in Cape Town on Monday, adding that ...
Mining Weekly7d
Mining still major contributor to South African economy
So highlighted Minerals Council South Africa chief economist ... a declining trend for mining, over this period. Moreover, throughout 2024, baselined on December 2023, coal and platinum group ...
Opinion
Mining Remains A Crucial Player in South Africa’s Economic Landscape
The truth is, the mining and minerals sector remains key to the South African economy. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find any individual industry that doesn’t somehow intersect with mining – ...
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Glencore’s South Africa coal output drops 7% in 2024 due to rail capacity issues
Glencore’s coal production from ... to the “impact of scheduled mine closures, longwall moves in Australia” last year, “export rail constraints in South Africa and a combination of permit ...
The New York Times28d
Dozens of Bodies Recovered From Illegal Mine in South Africa
“Ruthless toward the Zama Zamas and community.” As the mining industry shrank in South Africa and mine owners began to abandon unprofitable sites, Zama Zamas started digging through what ...
Engineering News27d
Centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along South Africa’s West Coast
In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and ...
New York Post27d
Dozens of survivors, dead pulled from abandoned South African mine as hundreds remain underground
STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP ... is too steep. The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police, miners and members of the local community. AFP via Getty Images Residents ...
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South Africa: Survivors, corpses pulled from gold mine
Themba Hadebe/AP Photo/picture alliance Months after efforts began to remove people working in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, rescuers removed 60 bodies and 106 survivors from the mine ...
The Conversation19d
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
In mid-January 2025 over 1,000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa ... feeds carried horrendous images of the emaciated ...
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At Least 100 Illegal Miners Trapped in South African Mine Have Died: Report
The coal miners were located inside a mine in the North West province of South Africa. The miners trapped in the Stilfontein mineshaft were reportedly facing shortages of food, water and other ...