Honorary Life Fellows are people whom SAIMM desires to honour in consideration of services rendered to the institute, to science, or to industry. The current Honorary Life Fellows are listed below, according to the year in which they were elected to this status. (*) Indicates Deceased Honorary Life Fellow

	1974 DG Maxwell*
	1979 Dr. JP Hugo
	1986 GY Nisbet
	1987 Prof. AN Brown
	1988 JD Austin
	1990 Prof .GT van Rooyen
	1991 Dr H Wagner
	1995 HE James
	1995 PR Janisch
	1995 RD Beck
	1996 JS Freer*
	1996 Prof. RJ Dippenaar
	1997 Prof. JA Cruise
	1998 DAJ Ross Watt
	2000 Dr. NA Barcza
	2000 JR Dixon
	2001 DJ van Niekerk
	2001 MH Rogers
	2002 Dr. LA Cramer
	2002 JH Selby
	2002 Prof. CT O'Connor
	2002 Prof. RF Sandenbergh
	2003 PJ Knottenbelt
	2005 Prof. FA Camisani Calzolari
	2008 EUH Sachse
	2010 Prof. RT Jones
	2011 Prof. TR Stacey
	2014 AS Macfarlane
	2014 Dr. GVR Landman
	2014 RGB Pickering
	2015 Prof. MF Handley
	2015 Dr. OKH Steffen*
	2016 Prof. RCA Minnitt
	2016 S J Ramokgopa
	2016 Prof. JL Porter
	2016 Dr. G L Smith
	2017 D Tudor
	2018 M Woodhall
	2019 M Dworzanowski
	2019 C Musingwini
	2019 K Sole
	2020 S M Rupprecht
	2021 W H van Niekerk
	2022 M H Solomon