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The message that we are somehow “all in this together” is a hard sell when “all” includes dollar billionaires, workers on poverty wages and an army of the unemployed. But somehow that gulf has to be breached if the country is going to move forward. Read More

Minerals Council SA has welcomed the new Mining Charter and broadly supports its intentions and content, but has also raised concerns about issues relating to certain clauses including procurement targets. Read More

The Minerals Council SA will talk to mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe about a few issues in the Mining Charter it is unhappy with. Read More

There will be no changes to the Mining Charter, certainly not within the next five years after years of uncertainty, mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe said on Wednesday. Read More

The finalisation of the Mining Charter may help bring policy certainty to the mining sector, but questions remain around whether the legislation can translate into increased investor confidence and competitiveness, according to former Exxaro Resources CEO Sipho Nkosi. Read More

Moneyweb journalist Ciaran Ryan, talks to Greg Webber, co-head of Mining and Resources at Nedbank CIB, from the sidelines of the Johannesburg Indaba. Read More

CNBC Africa's Karabo Letlhatlha speaks to the CEO of Minerals Council SA, Roger Baxter about how best to reduce job cuts in the mining industry and what the future holds for the sector. Read More

Mineral Council of SA CEO, Roger Baxter joined "the money show" to elaborate more on the announcement by the council that it welcomes the new mining charter. Read More

Minerals Council CEO Roger Baxter on Wednesday told delegates at the Joburg Indaba that while the South African mining industry is dealing with possibly one of the harshest environments that it has experienced in many decades, it is also beginning to see the first rays of a new dawn. Read More

A year ago the Minerals Council of SA boycotted an annual dinner that former mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane would be attending, such was the animosity between mining companies and government, which was intent on pushing through a version of the mining charter that many believed was suicidal for the industry. Read More