Bumper commodity prices have driven net profits of SA’s mines 285% to R274bn, leading to record dividends for shareholders and a tripling of taxes paid to the government to reach R91bn.

The solid financial performance of the domestic mining sector was an inevitable theme of PwC’s 13th edition of its SA Mine report, released on Tuesday...

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