Call for clarity on State mining firm as conflict of interest concerns persist

Despite assurances from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and State-owned mining company African Exploration, Mining and Finance Corporation (AEMFC) that AEMFC is operating without exemption or preference and under fair market rules,...

Call for clarity on setup of State mining company as conflict of interest concerns persist

Despite assurances from the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and the State-owned mining company the African Exploration, Mining and Development Corporation (AEMFC) that the AEMFC is operating without exemption or preference and under fair...

Critical time for South Africa’s mining industry – Leon

The South African mining industry – a mainstay of the country’s $357-billion economy, the biggest in Africa as well as the basis of this country’s industrialisation – is at a crossroads, says Webber Wentzel partner and Africa mining and...

Critical time for South Africa’s mining industry – Leon

The South African mining industry – a mainstay of South Africa’s $357-billion economy, the biggest in Africa as well as the basis of this country’s industrialisation – is at a crossroads, says Webber Wentzel partner and Africa mining and...

Renewed pressure on South Africa to join mining transparency initiative

When South Africa was asked to join the Extraction Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) ten years ago, it spurned the opportunity because it did not want to be tarred with what looked like a reform school for delinquent developing countries...

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...

02/03/2012 (On-The-Air)

Global pressure is being applied on the government to make South African mining revenues fully transparent; A study on the economic viability of exporting manganese through the port of Saldanha Bay has been presented to Transnet; and Science and...

Mining legislation and concerns to be tackled this year

The outcome of the public hearings held by the Parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral resources as part of its review of the 2010 Mining Charter, as well as the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development amendment Bill, currently scheduled...

No need to panic over Zambia licence moratorium – lawyer

There is no need for panic over Zambia’s decision to place a moratorium on the renewal and issuing of new mining licences, managing partner of Lusaka-based law firm Musa Dudhia & Company, Arshan Dudhia, said this week. The moratorium on the...

DMR’s new licensing database system draws criticism

The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR’s) attempt to alleviate corruption and avoid confusion in the applications for mining rights and licenses through the South African Mineral Resources Administration (Samrad) is drawing criticism.

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’...

Escalating resistance to mine nationalisation

Resistance to the nationalisation of South Africa’s mining industry is escalating with increasing audibility.