Adani has consistently sold coal from its Queensland mine far below market rates, according to claims made in new analysis, potentially reducing the royalties owed to the state government by […]
Read MoreQueensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme
Coalmines recently marked for closure in Queensland were previously shuttered due to being uneconomic, new analysis shows, undermining claims from the resources companies that they are being forced to close […]
Read MoreMining drives South Africa’s modest Q2 GDP gain
Mining led South Africa’s real GDP growth increased by 0.8% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q), seasonally adjusted. This marks the strongest quarterly growth rate since Q2 2023, when GDP also rose by 0.8% […]
Read MoreJoburg Indaba 2025 unites mining industry’s power players
The 2025 Joburg Indaba, now in its 13th year, will take place on 8 and 9 October at the Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg. Known for attracting some of the […]
Read MoreMike Teke issues urgent call: Fund coal fairly and equally
Mike Teke, Chairman of FutureCoal—the Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal—has issued an open letter urging financial institutions to reassess their approach to coal investment. FutureCoal, the only multilateral and neutral […]
Read MoreMining crisis deepens as thousands of jobs vanish
South Africa’s mining sector—once the undisputed engine of the national economy—is facing a severe crisis, with a fresh wave of job losses threatening thousands of livelihoods and casting a long […]
Read MoreSouth Africa’s ailing smelter industry needs coal
Coal power is indispensable to reversing the overwhelming decline of South Africa’s alloys industry, which has resulted in massive job losses. Speaking at the 2025 Mpumalanga Coal Conference hosted by […]
Read MoreSeriti’s Ummbila Emoyeni leads renewable energy transformation
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has praised Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni renewable energy project in Mpumalanga, calling it “a perfect illustration of the best of the renewable energy […]
Read MoreMenar gains critical rail access
Mining and emerging ferromanganese group Menar has secured conditional access to operate on parts of the Transnet railway network. On 22 August 2025, Transport Minister Barbara Creecy announced the granting […]
Read MoreTrack to the future
One of the biggest challenges that the South African mining sector has faced is the lack of functioning railway networks. In South Africa, Transnet’s woes are known to all, and […]
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