Legislative Environment
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
India rules out sovereign guarantees for foreign debt funding
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The Indian government has ruled out providing sovereign guarantees to government-owned companies planning to raise foreign debts to fund overseas oil and mineral asset acquisitions.
The government decision has been conveyed by the Finance...
By: Ajoy K Das
20th June 2013
PLATINUM
‘Step change’ govt support impresses Amplats CEO
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The support that the South African government was lending to the mining sector represented constructive engagement, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) CEO Chris Griffith said on Wednesday.
Griffith, who hosted a lunch to brief the media, said the...
By: Martin Creamer
19th June 2013
SA MINING
Govt clear on role in normalising mining industry – Gordhan
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The South African government is clear on the role it has to play in normalising the country’s mining industry, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday. He said that, in the global context of financial markets losing confidence in the...
By: Leandi Kolver
19th June 2013
MINING & THE ENVIRONMENT
Mining groups slam new ‘water trigger’ amendment
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The mining industry has expressed concern over changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, after the Senate on Wednesday passed an amendment to include water resources among the nationally important...
19th June 2013
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Brazil mine bill proposes doubling top royalty to 4%
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Brazil, a major producer of iron-ore, gold, copper and other metals, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform its 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing a doubling of the current top royalty rate and stricter rules for opening new mines....
By: Reuters
18th June 2013
COAL
Minergy outlines large new Botswana coal project
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Exploration company Minergy Limited has outlined a new coal project in the Mmamabula coalfield in Botswana.
Executive director Claude de Bruin, who addressed last week’s Botswana Resource Sector Conference in Gaborone, has announced a maiden...
By: Martin Creamer
18th June 2013
CARBON TAX
Carbon tax will not be implemented if not ready – Treasury official
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South Africa’s National Treasury is still aiming to institute a carbon tax on January 1, 2015, but chief director for economic and tax analysis Cecil Morden reports that government will only move ahead should it feel that the tax is ready for...
By: Terence Creamer
18th June 2013
ENVIRONMENT
Peru protesters push to stop $5bn Newmont mine project
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Thousands of opponents of a $5-billion gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes on Monday, vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru's most expensive mine.
Lake Perol is one of several...
By: Reuters
18th June 2013
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