Latest articles on Mining Charter

Industry in renewed battle over mining charter

Article Lynley Donnelly - 27 Mar 2019

The minerals council has applied for a judicial review of the charter over provisions that it says could leave it unsustainable

The Mining Indaba 2019: A look ahead

Article Tamsin Oxford - 15 Feb 2019

The indaba has become a powerful platform for funding, networking, discussions, making deals and more

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Political expedience is the final insult to polluted Masakhane

Article Niren Tolsi - 12 Oct 2018

Health problems are just one of the difficulties faced by people living right next to an open-cast coal mine in Mpumalanga

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Minerals Council to engage with Mantashe over ‘unresolved issues’ in Mining Charter

Article Lameez Omarjee - 3 Oct 2018

The council issued its responses to the policy, which was gazetted by Minerals Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe last week

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Mantashe: Leave mining out of sovereign wealth fund plans

Article Sibongile Khumalo - 3 Oct 2018

Mantashe said the idea was raised in the ruling party circles in the late stages of the drafting of the Mining Charter

Mantashe releases Mining Charter of compromises

Article Gemma Ritchie - 27 Sep 2018

The Mining Charter has focused on empowerment targets and benefits for mining communities

Mantashe to unpack finalised mining charter on Thursday

Article Khulekani Magubane - 26 Sep 2018

The long-awaited release of a renewed charter comes a week after confirmation that it had been approved by Cabinet

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Ramaphosa’s stimulus plan unlikely to boost growth significantly — Fitch Ratings

Article Lameez Omarjee - 25 Sep 2018

The ratings agency also flagged the recent rand depreciation as something which could complicate policy meant to tackle low GDP growth

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Mining charter is caught between two elite classes

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Jul 2018

The government has played an active role in creating a class of capitalists closely aligned to the state through these policies

South Africa walks mining tightrope

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 29 Jun 2018

Despite some concessions, the draft charter still has provisions that investors find unpalatable

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How to ensure communities living near mining activities get a better deal

Article Ross Harvey - 8 May 2018

The mining industry in South Africa needs an inclusive model that builds on and improves shared value

Zwane’s mining DG in firing line

Article Govan Whittles - 23 Mar 2018

Industry players want new minister Gwede Mantashe to remove all those appointed by the former minister

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Mining ends Gwede’s mantashing

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 23 Mar 2018

The minister wants to breathe new life into an industry hamstrung by his predecessor

Mantashe takes on mining laws

Article Govan Whittles - 9 Mar 2018

Although Amcu supports the ownership target, its president, Joseph Mathunjwa, and Mantashe have a soured history

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Zwane and his charter may be toast

Article Govan Whittles - 23 Feb 2018

Mining communities and industry want the minister’s charter scrapped and talks restarted

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