University of the Witwatersrand
Health and safety
No need for reinvention to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic
As the mining sector is gearing up to restart operations after the COVID -19 lockdown, mining firms should be careful not to reinvent the wheel.
Health and safety
Wits bestows Senior Doctorate on icon of mining research
A career’s worth of mining research was recently documented by one of South Africa’s leading academics in his field, Professor Emeritus Huw Phillips.
Health and safety
WMI endorses best practice report for health and safety
Better safety on South African mines has meant fewer fatalities, but more must be done to improve livelihoods and inclusive growth on the back of mining.
Gold
Effective leadership in mining more important now than ever
The mining sector remains a critical part of the economy in South Africa contributing, in 2017, 7% to GDP, 27% to total exports and 19% to fixed investment.
Platinum Group Metals
How South Africa’s platinum deposits may have actually been formed
Researchers from the University of Witwatersrand’s School of Geoscience have published research on South Africa’s platinum deposits in the Bushveld Complex, which posits a more likely explanation for how platinum forms.
Top Stories
Froneman: Safety of employees is Sibanye-Stillwater’s primary concern
Further to the announcement on 14 June 2018 advising the tragic loss of five employees who passed away after entering an area at its Kloof Ikamva mine that is not currently mined, on 11 June 2018, dual-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has provided an update on safety at its operations.
Top Stories
Scientists peep deep into a diamond crystal to study platelets
A multinational team of researchers, including a scientist from Wits University, have taken a deep look into a diamond to see how the atoms in its platelet defects are arranged in the hardest natural material known to man.
Health and safety
VIDEO: Top ranking university embraces mining digitisation
Professor Fred Cawood, director of the Wits Mining Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, discusses how the university is embracing digitisation in mining...
News
Sibanye-Stillwater launches DigiMine at Wits
To celebrate the launch of the Digital Mining Laboratory sponsored by Sibanye-Stillwater at the University of the Witwatersrand later this month, the Wits Mining...
Gold
Study in South Africa reveals magmas that produce national treasures
The history of South Africa and its economy has been built on its rich natural treasures of a number of precious metals, stones and...
