The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has issued a directive to all mining operations to ensure safe start-up procedures as the sector prepares to ramp up to 50% of capacity.
Since our last engagement with members of the media wherein we announced interventions to support the decisive action by President Ramaphosa to initiate a nationwide lockdown, we have been working tog ...
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP) today, 31 March 2020, conducted unannounced mine visits at three colliers in Mpumalanga which supply coal to Eskom. This was done to ...
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy yesterday met key stakeholders in the mining and energy industries to consolidate plans to deal with the spread of Covid-19. This is in support of the de ...
In a media briefing on 15 March 2020, His Excellency, the President of South Africa, declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a national disaster in terms of section 23(1)(b) of the Disaster Manag ...
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP), today met with the leadership of the Minerals Council in Johannesburg, to receive an update on plans in place for the sector to ad ...
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) in partnership with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), African Diamond Producers Association (ADPA) and the Government of the Kingdom of Bel ...
Government commemorates the Lily Mine incident, which took place in Barberton, Mpumalanga on this day in 2016. Mr Solomon Nyirenda, Ms Pretty Nkambule and Ms Yvonne Mnisi were trapped underground when ...
Global context and SA mining performance
The South African Government, led by the Minister of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), Mr Gwede Mantashe will participate at the Annual Prospectors and Developers Association of C ...