The South African mining sector’s safety record took a blow on December 6 after four mineworkers lost their lives after becoming trapped by a rockfall at Tau Lekoa, the North West province mine owned by Village Main Reef (VMR). Read More
SA has published a new package of Carbon Tax Act regulations for public comment, coinciding with warnings from the World Meteorological Organisation that the plant has entered a new period of exceptional heat, melting ice and record sea levels due to industrial-era carbon emissions. Read More
Trade union Solidarity has called on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) to can its recently unveiled draft amendments to the Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Regulations. Read More
The mining industry says it has met and surpassed most of the transformation targets set out in the government’s Mining Charter of 2010. That includes the key areas of black ownership and employment equity. Read More
The Minerals Council South Africa has published a report assessing the industry's progress in efforts to transform the industry in terms of the Mining Charter. Read More
The Minerals Council South Africa has launched its social and labor plan (SLP) portal where members can post their SLP documentation so it can be easily accessed by interested parties. Read More
Regulation 42 to the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act requires mining companies to submit to the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) as a pre-requisite for the granting of a mining right. Read More
Mining firms in South Africa’s former homelands have learnt the hard way: If you bypass communities and cut deals with tribal chiefs, protests can bring your operation to its knees. So what does the ANC-led government do? Blithely ignoring recent history, it has given chiefs the power to cut such deals. Read More
The proposed new regulations underpinning SA’s mining act will add complication and uncertainty to an industry that has cut tens of thousands of jobs, shut mines and restructured to cope with rapidly rising costs. Read More
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