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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

South Africa’s keystone mining legislation, the mining charter, heads back to the courts on Tuesday (March 15). For a piece of law that was hastily served up in the wake of global panic regarding mines nationalisation, it’s probably no surprise. Read More

After power cuts that crippled economic growth, SA has kept the lights on for more than six months and outages may not return in the next few years. But the improved outlook is less about what the state power utility is doing and more to do with an economic slowdown. Read More