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MINING INDABA 2026: Loaded for Bear: Coal waste is the new frontier in the critical minerals scramble
It makes sense to extract more value from coal and minerals that are actually green. This in turn can attract additional investment to South Africa’s mining sector and provide the country with new minerals for export or domestic use.
MINING INDABA 2026: AI, automation and robots will have a seismic impact on the mining industry
Robots will be an extension of mechanisation trends which have already delivered huge advances in mine health, safety and productivity. Machines have already replaced human rock-drill operators in many shafts, removing humans from a potentially lethal danger …
IN PICTURES: The world’s smallest penguin species, and other stories from around the globe
Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past seven days.