Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said the strategy would help ensure policy and regulatory certainty in the mining sector
International intelligence data shows a recent boom in lithium exports from Southern Africa to Chinese markets. Where’s it coming from, and how does it get there?
Government’s settlement with Acacia Gold may be a short-term victory that scares off new investors
There is a cautious optimism in the mining industry at present
The indaba has become a powerful platform for funding, networking, discussions, making deals and more
Modernisation is the key for South African mining
TW Kambule-NSTF Award: Emerging Researcher through research and its outputs by an individual
This will require embracing new ways of understanding value
Zwane’s new charter is easy to dismiss due to his Gupta links
The moment demands boldness, and the benefits far outweigh the risk of doing nothing to shift the undesirable status quo
Sycophants are everywhere to be found but it’s the words of the man himself and the empire he ruled that reveal his true nature
Across Africa, from Mali to Tanzania to Zimbabwe, millions of people, including children, work in dangerous gold mines.
The ingredients of great South African novels are based on greed, injustice, land and natural resources.
The African Union endorses the vision for responsible mining – but does big capital?
The community claim their dream of a new urban life has turned into an ordeal, with leaking water pipes and street lights that never come on.
Informal miners were the hardest hit when dodgy ‘investors’ were finally chased out of Sekhukhune, Limpopo.
But now governments must also be more transparent about how income from mining companies is spent.
Mining is not what it once was. It’s time to look elsewhere for income that does not exploit.
A dispute between South Africa’s Chamber of Mines and the Department of Mineral Resources started arguments in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
Zimplats has been ordered to pay the Zimbabwean government $28-million in outstanding royalties as it did not revise its contributions since 2009.
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/ 23 December 2011
The politically linked Imperial Crown Trading 289 has a long legal battle ahead of it.
Government is planning an intervention in the Kumba-ArcelorMittal iron-ore supply standoff — seen as a crucial proxy battle.
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/ 13 December 2011
African states have been told they need to change they way mining regimes have been set up in order for it to contribute to development.
The move to make mining companies disclose government payments could benefit Africans says <b>Sipho Moyo</b>.
Ineffective monitoring of mining operations and environmental factors have rendered mining a curse for the South African Development Community.