Lobby group concerned about granting of rights to prospect in enviro-sensitive West Coast area

South African nongovernmental organisation Verlorenvlei Coalition, which aims to protect an environmentally sensitive area of the Cape’s West Coast, has expressed its concern about comments by Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) spokesperson...

Platinum miner killed at Implats

A miner was killed by a falling rock at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg on Tuesday, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said. "The NUM passes its condolences to the family and friends of the deceased and calls upon the membership to observe a...

Msiza appointed SA’s new chief mines inspector

Acting Chief Inspector of Mines David Msiza’s appointment has been made permanent, Cabinet announced on Friday. Msiza took over from Thabo Gazi late last year.

Govt departments need to sing from same mining hymn sheet

After recent raids by environmental and water affairs officers on mines, there are claims that several mines have compliance issues, and not only those operations that came under the official spotlight, like coal miners Shanduka Resources’...

Allegations of misappropriation of Quattro programme funds

Former Minister of Public Enterprises Alec Erwin and former director general in the same department Portia Molefe are two of the key shareholders of locally owned and managed project origination and investment company UBU Investment Holdings,...

Shabangu extends new prospecting rights applications moratorium

South African Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu on Monday extended the moratorium on new applications for prospecting rights in the country. The Minister had previously indicated that the moratorium would be lifted in eight provinces on...

Car crash claims SA Diamond Regulator chief

Chief executive of the South African Diamond Regulator Louis Selekane was killed in a car crash in Diepsloot, near Johannesburg on Saturday. The Minerals and Energy department said the country had lost a "guru" in mining.

DME to nail down titanium project rights issue by early June

South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) spokesperson Bheki Khumalo tells Mining Weekly that the issue of the mining right for the Xolobeni titanium bearing minerals mine on the Wild Coast, will be finalised by the end of May or...

Mapungubwe emerges as new theatre in tussle between mining and ecotourism

The consistently contentious question of whether or not mining, ecotourism and agriculture can co-exist, was once again highlighted during the public consultation process for Coal of Africa Limited’s (CoAL’s) Vele Colliery, near the Mapungubwe...

DME grants prospecting rights to White Rivers Explorations

The Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) has, in terms of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, granted the application for prospecting rights around the Vredefort Dome, a world heritage site, to White Rivers Explorations (WRE).

Daily podcast – September 26, 2008

In today's podcast: Kgalema Motlanthe takes office as South Africa's new president, SA's recycling industry could employ up to 350 000 unskilled people and, the State Diamond Trader awaits guidance from the Department of Minerals and Energy about...

State Diamond Trader CEO Chikane’s contract not renewed

South Africa’s troubled State Diamond Trader (SDT) was awaiting guidance from the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) about the appointment of a new CEO, as past CEO Abbey Chikane was no longer with the organisation after his contract came...