Local content requirements in the Zambian mining sector
Zambia has recently joined the trend of implementing local content regulations in the mining sector, becoming the latest African country to do so. On 14 October 2025, the Ministry of…
Enhancing mine safety and TCO: The strategic role of robust fluid control
African mining operations face a tough balancing act: improving efficiency while meeting ever-stricter ESG (environmental, social & governance) expectations. In deep-level shafts and large process plants, reliability in fluid control…
Digital and SMME Hub launched to unlock opportunities beyond mining
The Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA) – in partnership with Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA), the Department of Mineral & Petroleum Resources and Sibanye-Stillwater – has launched a new Digital and SMME…
The Industry 4.0 economy requires collaborative leadership
Four organisational aspects most affected by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) economic situation are customer expectations, product and service enhancement, collaborative innovation, and organisational forms. In the complex Industry…
Municipal water partnerships deliver results in South Africa’s mining regions
Aligned to the Cape Town Declaration signed at the Africa Water Investment Summit in August 2025, an innovative municipal capability programme has been showing how collaborative water investments can deliver…
Key legal and regulatory insights shaping South Africa’s mining future
At the eighth edition of Webber Wentzel’s annual Mining Round-Up, the firm’s leading practitioners unpacked the regulatory, policy and compliance developments shaping South Africa’s mining sector. From evolving employment frameworks…
Mineral processing technologies earn entrepreneur SA’s Innovator of the Year award
Mining is one of South Africa’s biggest contributors to economic growth, yet it leaves deep environmental scars. Entrepreneur Tebogo Kale is proving that these two realities don’t have to be…
BME Technical Summit channels expertise to map the future of mining
A renewed focus on enhancing safety, promoting sustainability and providing tangible value to customers through responsible and innovative mining practices came under the spotlight at the long-awaited return of BME’s…