New exploration push, silica manganese end, infrastructure boost

The mining industry has been given 20 days from the Government Gazette notice of February 6 to offer ideas on lapsed and revoked South African mineral rights; BHP Billiton's Samancor has permanently stopped production of silica manganese; the...

10/02/2012 (On-The-Air)

Trevor Manuel's planning commissions full weight behind delivering a better South African economy; Transnet getting coal to market from the emerging coalfields in the Waterberg; and Transnet has at last cracked the code for getting coal to market...

Second Take: Position SA mining as economic change catalyst

Creamer Media’s Shannon de Ryhove speaks to Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer about Minister Trevor Manuel’s belief that SA mining needs to be positioned as an economic change catalyst.

Cabinet beneficiation approval lacks NPC’s fanfare

President Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet has finally fiven its approval to South Africa’s long-incubated beneficiation strategy, but with none of the fanfare of the ‘Diagnostics Overview’, released on teh very same day by National Planning...

Resource-intensive economic trajectory unsustainable – NPC

Balancing the potential benefits from further development of South Africa’s mineral and agricultural endowments with a less resource- and energy-intensive development path has been highlighted as a key future challenge for future deliberations...

SA collected more than R6bn from mining royalties – SARS

The South African Revenue Service (SARS) had collected more than R6-billion from mining royalties in the first year of implementation, said commissioner Oupa Magashula on Friday. Levying royalties on the mining industry was initially planned for...

Nationalisation unlikely in SA mining - lawyer

South Africa is unlikely to nationalise its mining sector even though the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is debating the idea, Webber Wentzel partner Manus Booysen said on Sunday. ANC leadership can’t alienate the organisation's Youth...

Gordhan allocates R225m to deal with acid mine water

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has set aside R225-million in the medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF) to tackle acid mine drainage (AMD) and its associated threats in Gauteng. This comes after the Cabinet approved...

Cabinet approves acid mine drainage report

The South African Cabinet has approved the recommendations made by a team of experts on the acid mine drainage (AMD) situation in the Witwatersrand, spokesperson Jimmy Manyi said on Tuesday. The report, which includes recommendations on control...

Holistic solution needed to acid mine drainage problem

Ateam of experts (ToE) appointed to advise the South African government on acid mine drainage (AMD) has recommended a number of short-term measures to deal with the problem. These recommendations are benchmarked on the experience of some countries...

Holistic solution needed to acid mine drainage problem

A Team of Experts (ToE) appointed to advise the South African government on acid mine drainage has recommended a number of short-term measures to address the problem. These recommendations are benchmarked on some countries that have experienced...

Political leadership essential to mitigate acid mine drainage problem

A much anticipated report on acid mine drainage (AMD) has been referred back to the panel of experts by the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) for further work on options and cost implications. The report was tabled on October 21 but not made public.