Potential CSG framework delays may hurt foreign investment

Commercial law firm Middletons has warned that a delay in the federal government’s harmonized framework for the coal seam gas (CSG) industry could affect foreign investment in the sector. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online, special council Clive...

Discipline of and reliance on health and safety officers vital

The role of discipline in the improvement of mine health and safety, as well as the role of health and safety officers and representatives upholding health and safety standards on mines are of great importance, says Johannesburg law firm Brink...

The long, lethal shadow of asbestos

As anyone in the US with a television or Internet connection probably knows, lawyers want you if you've been exposed to asbestos, and they're paying to get you. At one point earlier this year, 15 of the 100 most expensive keyword search phrases...

Gabriel Resources unaware of Rosia Montana ‘audit’

TSX-listed Gabriel Resources on Thursday said it had no knowledge of an “audit” that would reportedly impact the technical analysis committee (TAC) review of the environmental impact assessment of the Rosa Montana gold and silver project, in...

Mining industry becoming more aware of its environmental impact

Worldwide, the mining industry is increasing its focus on rehabilitation as it becomes more aware of the environmental impact of mining operations, says engineering and consulting firm Knight Piésold director Duncan Grant-Stuart.

ASX to change listing requirements for smaller miners

The Australian Security Exchange (ASX) has given interested parties until May 14 to comment on proposed changes to the capital raising and listing requirements for small and midcap miners. Earlier this month, the ASX released a consultation paper...

Government preparing to ensure maximum benefits from mining industry

The Ghanaian government has set up a seven-member team to review and renegotiate stability agreements with mining companies to ensure that the country derives the maximum benefit from its resources.

Resource rents will dent investor confidence in South African mining – Solomon

With the South African mining industry shrinking at a time of global commodity boom, now is hardly the time to burden it with further with impositions like resource rents. As a priority, the industry needs to be encouraged to grow its output and...

Africa emerges as new frontier for gold M&A

At the massive Prospectors and Developers convention, it's not hard to find a table full of mining executives huddled in conversation, their voices muffled by the din of thousands of participants at the event. With gold prices steady above $1...

Resource rents will render South African mining uncompetitive – Solomon

The imposition of resource rents in South Africa would render the South African mining industry uncompetitive, mining industry executive Michael Solomon said on Friday. Solomon was commenting, at a mining law seminar hosted by law firm Bell...

Govt planning to partner South African mining to higher level

The South African mining industry, which is in decline when compared with the ascendancy of its global peers, has the potential to catalyse growth by way of increasing national output and stimulating industrialisation within a lower carbon...

Lawyer publishes ‘accessible’ mining health and safety law handbook

Publishing house LexisNexis and author, law firm Brink Cohen Le Roux (BCLR) director Willem le Roux have released the Mine Health and Safety Law handbook, which is a loose leaf publication and will also be available in electronic format soon.