South_African_Chamber_of_Mines

Minerals Council South Africa

Minerals Council South Africa

South African mining-industry employer organisation

The Minerals Council South Africa is a South African mining-industry employer organisation. Its members include famous South African mining houses such as Anglo American, De Beers, Gold Fields and Harmony.[1] In its current form, it was founded in 1968 as the Chamber of Mines, a South African wide organization. Prior to that year, it has its early origins as the Transvaal Chamber of Mines in 1887, then evolved over many years reforming as the Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines in 1889, the Chamber of Mines of the South African Republic from 1897, Transvaal Chamber of Mines from 1902 and lastly from 1953 until 1967 as the Transvaal and Orange Free State Chamber of Mines. On 23 May 2018, the South African Chamber of Mines rebranded themselves as the Minerals Council South Africa.[2]

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Early history

On 21 October 1887, the Transvaal Chamber of Mines met for the first time at Central Hotel in Johannesburg.[3]: 123  Forty seven people attended the first meeting and its first President was Henry Struben.[3]: 123  The organizations main aim was to disseminate information, the reading of technical and scientific papers, publishing monthly gold returns, financial issues and other mining issues but after a few meetings the group petered out.[3]: 123  More than a year later in 1889, the Chamber was reconstituted as the Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines.[3]: 123  Its new president was Hermann Eckstein and the honorary President was Paul Kruger.[3]: 123 

The early work of the Chamber was a uniform standard of treatment for black mine workers on the members mines, advocated for changes to the Gold Law legislation and for a railway system with the South African Republic government.[3]: 124  By 1892, Eckstein took up post in London and Lionel Phillips took over as President of the Chamber on 1 January 1893.[3]: 124 

Previous presidents

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References

  1. [1]
    Members - About | Chamber Of Mines Archived 2012-03-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    "SA Chamber of Mines renamed: Minerals Council South Africa". Mining Review South Africa. 23 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    Shorten, John R. (1970). The Johannesburg Saga. Johannesburg: John R. Shorten Pty Ltd. p. 1159.
  4. [4]
    Bright, Rachel (2013). Chinese Labour in South Africa, 1902-10: Race, Violence, and Global Spectacle. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137316578.


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