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The South African government was reluctant to reshape the Mining Charter following weekend talks between the country’s mining sector and mines minister, Gwede Mantashe. The meeting represented the opening chapter of negotiations that are only likely to conclude in the second half of the year. Read More

An interesting decision is pending from Judge Pierre Rabie, who is considering a move by law firm Malan Scholes and its employee Hulme Scholes to consolidate their application with one from the Chamber of Mines. Read More

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines (CoM) joined business and civil organisations, as well as parliamentarians, in condemning allegations the Gupta brothers – Atul, Rajesh and Ajay – had been involved in the appointment of government ministers. Read More

The difficulty companies have in preventing their mandatory black economic empowerment (BEE) ownership arrangements from unravelling when BEE shareholders sell out is highlighted by top South African business leader Patrice Motsepe’s personal experience of BEE undoing within his diversified African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) mining company. Read More

Resolution on the Mining Charter consolidation application between The Chamber of Mines and Malan Scholes is pending after being heard in the Pretoria High Court. Read More

The application by Malan Scholes to consolidate its case with the Chamber of Mines' application was heard in the Pretoria High Court by Judge Rabie today. Read More

The declaratory court case brought by the Chamber of Mines against the Department of Mineral Resources around contested clauses in the Mining Charter concerning empowerment, has been postponed. Read More

The High Court in Pretoria reserved judgement on Malan Scholes' application to consolidate its case with the Chamber of Mines'. Read More

The Chamber of Mines (CoM) is set to present its legal argument to the High Court, in Pretoria, on Tuesday, to have the interpretation of certain ownership aspects of the Mining Charter clarified, particularly around the continuous consequences of previous black economic-empowerment (BEE) deals. Read More

South Africa’s Chamber of Mines is optimistic that it will resolve a dispute with the government about the requirements for black shareholding in mining companies this year. Read More