South Africa’s Mining Sector in 2024: Resilient, Restrained, and Requiring Reform
Mining’s Enduring Role in a Challenging Year Mining remains central to South Africa’s economic identity. In 2024, the sector again anchored export earnings, fiscal revenue, and employment, but under mounting pressure.The latest DMRE Mining Performance Report (R141/2025) shows that while mining still contributes over 6 % to GDP, growth has flattened, constrained by weak global […]