Jul 19, 2022
ITC will host the Women in Mining Catch-Up and African Network Forum. This prestigious event will discuss the current statistics and inclusion of women in mining over the past 13 years. The event will also look at the opportunities brought forward...
‘It’s DUE’ – Develop, Unite, Empower is the theme of the women & leadership programmes organised by Pinpoint Stewards. This time they zone in on profiling women in the South African mining sector and hope to not only recognize the current...
The Minerals Council South Africa joined celebrations around International Women’s Day 2022, raising awareness of gender bias and the mining industry’s actions to address inequality. Since 1996 when women were first legally allowed to work...
International Women in Mining (IWiM) has successfully completed its 2021 International Women in Resources Mentoring Programme (IWRMP). The virtual closing ceremony was held on 5 October 2021 and was attended by over 130 participants worldwide....
Mpumi Zikalala has been name Kumba Irone Ore’s first female CEO following the resignation of Seamus French at the end of 2021. French is currently the CEO of Bulk Commodities, and will be replace by Themba Mkhwanazi, current CEO of Kumba. Both...
Mining News attended an excavator training programme for six women from mining communities. The training programme was hosted by Sany Southern Africa in partnership with Zijin Mining and Nkwe Platinum. During the week-long programme, the women...
Mining has historically been a highly male-dominated industry, and despite a growing movement toward diversity and inclusion, women are dramatically underrepresented within the sector as a whole, not only in South Africa but around the globe. While...
Transformation, gender equality and diversity are the keys to unlocking long-term mining sector growth, writes Bukiwe Pantshi. At Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking, our many decades of experience in the local and global mining and resources...
When Veronica Moratuwa De Koker applied for a job as a drill rig operator, little did she know that she was making history as part of an all-female drill crew at Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape. The all-female drill crew...
