Published by Interact Media Defined (Pty) Ltd, the same independent Bedfordview-based publisher behind MTE Mining and Technical Exhibitions, African Mining came into being as a monthly trade magazine dedicated to providing geologists, mining engineers, consultants, mine suppliers, and senior mining executives with authoritative coverage of minerals exploration and mining developments across the African continent. The magazine is part of the broader Interact Media Defined stable, which was founded by the Macnamara family and operates from 13A Riley Road in Bedfordview, Johannesburg. Specific founding date is not publicly disclosed, though the publication has been operating for several decades as one of Southern Africa's primary mining trade publications. Today, African Mining operates under Interact Media Defined, headquartered in Bedfordview, Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Today, African Mining is mainly focused on African mining exploration, mine development, gold, platinum, coal, diamonds, industrial minerals, energy, mining regulation, and industry developments from their headquarters in Bedfordview, Gauteng, South Africa. One interesting fact: African Mining operates as a sister publication to the MTE Mining and Technical Exhibitions network under the same Interact Media Defined umbrella, meaning its editorial journalism and the physical trade exhibitions it covers across Southern Africa are coordinated by the same family-owned publishing group, creating an unusually integrated print and events ecosystem for the African mining trade sector.