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DA: Statement by James Lorimer, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources, on illegal mining (24/05/2012)

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The latest reports of illegal miners being trapped underground in an abandoned mine in the Northern Cape indicate that the problem is large and possibly growing. Certainly the media is reporting an...

SA: Oliphant: Address by the Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, NCOP budget vote, Parliament (24/05/2012)

2012

For our mining industry, this year marks the end of the first decade of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development (MPRD) Act of 2002. This was a landmark transformational piece of...

Commodities as a blessing and a curse: The potential for a sub-Saharan Spring

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

As the Arab Spring awaits the outcomes of the elections in Egypt and the unrest in Syria, the world media has once again turned its attention toward Iran’s controversial nuclear ambitions. As the...

DRC: Cutting the Hydra Head of Illegal Mining

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

In the Eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the election agenda has been eclipsed by recent developments in the mining sector. The already delayed elections are slated for...

The Central African Republic’s diamond mining industry: Misguided governance and foreign involvement

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Diamonds are naturally strewn and liberally scattered over the Central African Republic (CAR). Mining companies have frequently tried to extract diamonds on an industrial scale and repeatedly...

Containing Dirty Diamond Dealings in Zimbabwe: Can the Kimberley Process do it Alone?

INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES

According to research by US-based policy analyst, Taya Weiss, “trillions of dollars are siphoned through lawful and unlawful transactions involving diamonds. She also suggested, rather more...

SA: Shabangu: Address by the Minister of Mineral Resources, to the National Council of Provinces in the debate on illegal mining (16/09/2009)

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Date: 16/09/2009
Source: Department of Mineral Resources
Title: SA: Shabangu: Address by the Minister of Mineral Resources, to the National Council of Provinces in the debate on...

SA: Statement on the Cabinet meeting held on July 29, 2009 (30/07/2009)

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Cabinet held its ordinary meeting in Pretoria yesterday, 29 July 2009.

Cabinet condemns the violence, destruction to property, vandalism and intimidation of innocent citizens that...

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