Mining Charter needs realistic targets and timelines: Chabana
LAST weekend’s talks on the Mining Charter, initiated by Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe, were quite robust.
That should be no surprise to anyone.
Our industry...
Relying on High Court’s empowerment guidance may be folly
WHEN the Mineral and Petroleum Resource Deveopment Act (MPRDA) came into force in 2002, existing mining companies were compelled to sell 26% equity to...
Mantashe looms large over first – positive – Charter meeting
THE first report back from the stakeholders negotiating the Mining Charter is due on April 10 so it's probably worth setting down some preliminary...
High Court ruling a landmark in MPRDA royalty disputes
IN a High Court decision handed down on 3 October 2017, Justice Meyer found in favour of the taxpayer, United Manganese of Kalahari Proprietary...
Project disasters and how to avoid them
All too often mining and construction companies make assumptions about their projects that lead them down the road to disaster.
Miners must embrace change to survive
Regulatory certainty is one thing in mining, but it's survival can be helped by expeditious and innovative restructuring - and that requires cooperation.
How above-ground inventories will influence platinum until 2023
THE platinum market relies on supply and demand dynamics to support platinum price projections. On the primary supply side, the market is of the...
Expect another year of pain for mining firms
Despite talk of stimulus measures, it would appear that China will not provide the trampoline effect for which the mining sector was hoping in 2015.
Union rivalry, bully culture, DMR corruption: Inside Sibanye-Stillwaters’ safety summits
THIS year’s mining death toll of 21 at Sibanye-Stillwater mines has exposed this mining house to class action, as well as political attack. To...
Balance of interests is the best SA gold wage talks can...
Third par corrected to read 111,795 instead of previously stated 117,795.
IN the eyes of many, the South African gold mining industry has had its day....