Mining Yearbook 2017

The young Turks of SA’s emerging coal sector

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ASKED to clarify the pronunciation of his name, Vuslat Bayoglu responded: "Call me Vusi", normally a short version of a common South African name....

Africa’s ‘miner bashing’ plays to the popular heart

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COMMENTING on a decision by the Tanzanian government to blockade gold-bearing concentrate produced from Acacia Mining’s Bulyanhulu and Buzwagi mines earlier this year, Investec...

MPRDA heading for same legal wrangling as Mining Charter

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LEGAL experts have warned that amendments to the Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act – crucial for regulatory certainty in South Africa’s mining industry...

Zero sum game: Why the Mining Charter redraft has no winners

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The third revision of the Mining Charter gazetted on June 15 sent shock waves through South Africa’s mining industry. The onerous set of new...