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10 February 2012
                       
 
 
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08 Feb 2012
 
 
ANC mine study seeks new taxes, buries nationalisation
NATIONALISATION
A study submitted to South Africa's ruling ANC to reform its vital mining sector proposes a 50% tax on profits and rejects nationalisation as an "unmitigated disaster" for Africa's largest economy.
 
 
06 Feb 2012
 
Eskom set to roll out power buy-back pilot this month
DEMAND AGGREGATION
South African power utility Eskom will start implementing an innovative demand response aggregation pilot programme (DRAPP) this month with the intention of securing 500 MW of buy-back contracts...
 
 
03 Feb 2012
 
Good news, but . . .
REAL ECONOMY: FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Amid the prevailing economic gloom and doom, it came as welcome relief to learn that South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 269% in 2011 – climbing to $4.5-billion last...
 
 
31 Jan 2012
 
SA less attractive to mining investors – reaction to SAIRR comments on mining investment
CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR
The South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR )said this week that South Africa had become significantly less attractive as a mining investment destination since 2006.
 
 
27 Jan 2012
 
SA’s plunge as mining destination ‘no surprise’ – law firm
MINING INVESTMENTS
South Africa’s deterioration as an attractive mining investment destination should come as no surprise, said Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr corporate and commercial practice director Allan Reid on...
 
 
25 Jan 2012
 
SA’s strong FDI recovery not enough to lift Africa
FOREIGN INVESTMENT
A 269% recovery in South Africa’s foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in 2011, which climbed to $4.5-billion from a revised 2010 figure of $1.2-billion, was not sufficient to reverse the...
 
 
24 Jan 2012
 
Norton Rose wins major tender to advise Zimbabwe Power Company
NORTON ROSE
International legal practice Norton Rose Group has been named legal advisor to the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) on two prestigious power projects, the 600MW Hwange Thermal Power Expansion Project...
 
 
23 Jan 2012
 
Heavyweight industry group issues carbon tax warning
CARBON TAXES
An industry lobby group comprising large mining groups and mineral processing companies is cautioning against the proposed introduction of a carbon tax in South Africa until South Africa has fully...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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