2nd Annual Tailing Conference 2025. Venue: Sunnyside office Park Parktown. Date: 28 July 2025 Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed stakeholders, and fellow community members, I stand before you today as Comrade Naki, National Health and Safety Office Bearer of the National Union of Mineworkers, to discuss a critical issue that affects us all: the environmental impact…

By Hassen Lorgat. IOL Opinion, 25 July 2025 Last week (July 17, 2025) we participated in a demonstration when a group failed with hate, marched to the offices of the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (Seri). While Seri were targeted by this group which one journalist called “vigilante anti-immigration group Operation Dudula”, they were attacking something much…

David Kinley’s book, In a Rain of Dust, tells a Dickensian tale of men and women killed by the mining of asbestos and the lawyer who fought for them. It reads like a well-crafted thriller rather than the diary of a very complicated lawsuit. By Hein du Plessis, The Conversation

Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe is the Minister responsible for mines  and with some changes here and there,  in the portfolio Mantashe has been at the helm since 2018. But this has been his regular argument from way back (2021) and here.  A week ago he said:mining can’t be killed for the…

The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is proud to announce its upcoming 2026 conference on Tailings. Since the inaugural event, which raised the profile of tailings management and fostered collaboration among industry stakeholders, and the subsequent conference that focused on embracing the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), the field has seen…