Environmental impact is responsibility of mining houses

Mining, by definition, has an adverse impact on the environment, says legal firm Deneys Reitz mining department director Otsile Matlou.

New acquisitions and foreign investment in minerals sector

Law firm Bowman Gilfillan partner practising in mining, regulatory and environmental law Claire Tucker says there are a fair amount of new acquisitions and foreign investors acquiring interests in the South African mineral sector.

New-order mining rights four years into new mining regime

Legal firm Bowman Gilfillan partner practising in mining, regulatory and environmental law Claire Tucker and associate Twaambo Muleza say that the implementation of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) radically transformed...

More than 70% of SA mining rights still have to be converted

Roughly three in ten South African mining operations have applied for new-order mining rights, and now the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) warns that the 2008 class of converted is too small - especially since the process of changing...

DME vows there will be no extension to April deadline as more than 70% of mining rights still have to be converted

Roughly three in ten South African mining operations have applied for new order mining rights, and now the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) warns that the 2008 class of converted is too small - especially since the process of changing old...

New law must prove security of tenure for investors

A colleague of mine, Val Mogg, is an expert in mining law and, for this week’s column, she has assisted me in developing some further thoughts on the minerals legislation currently under consideration.

ISO 9000 – is legal due diligence now required?

The 2000 update of the ISO 9000 series introduces a ‘legal requirement’ into the ISO 9000 system.

Overlapping responsibilities could result in environmental inaction

The environmental effects of mining have traditionally been subject to a separate regulatory regime from other industries. A number of statutory interventions since 1998 incorporate mining and mining effects into the mainstream of environmental...