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20 June 2013
                       
 
 
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19 Jun 2013
 
 
Government’s effectiveness in stabilising mining sector questioned
DIVERSIFIED MINERS
Government has failed to play an effective facilitative role and to create a predictable and stable environment in the local mining industry, Webber Wentzel partner and head of Africa mining and...
 
 
11 Jun 2013
 
Mining law amendment changed
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Government has confirmed that eleventh-hour changes were made to an amendment to mining legislation that has alarmed the already embattled industry. Mineral resources official Trevor Hattingh said...
 
 
15 Feb 2013
 
Industry still not clear about mining tax direction after Mangaung conference
MINING TAX
Mining is a capital-intensive, long-term and high-risk business and international research shows that, after geology, policy certainty and predictability are the most important issues for mining...
 
 
07 Feb 2013
 
Mining policy: We are not out of the woods
INSIGHT AFRICA
The Mining Indaba which has been held every year since 1988 is one of the world’s top mining financial and investment conferences – it certainly is the biggest by far in Africa, drawing in...
 
 
17 Jan 2013
 
Invitation to comment on the draft Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill 2012
WEBBER WENTZEL
An opportunity for the industry On 7 December 2012 the South African Cabinet approved the draft Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill, 2012 (the Bill). Although the Bill is...
 
 
14 Dec 2012
 
 
 
Daily podcast – December 14, 2012.
PODCAST
According to a report, former President Nelson Mandela is likely to be released from a private Pretoria medical facility on Friday after being hospitalised for the last six days.
 
 
13 Dec 2012
 
Marikana re-inflicts 70s stagflation on SA economy – Peter Leon
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The Marikana tragedy and the events that it sparked have re-inflicted a 1970s-type stagflation on the South African economy, which is now poised to be downgraded yet again by a third sovereign...
 
 
11 Dec 2012
 
Migrant labour's home deprivation ‘inhumane’ – Ramaphosa
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The practice of migrant workers returning to their homes only once or sometimes twice a year was inhumane, Shanduka executive chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa wrote in a Chamber of Mines-...
 
 
07 Sep 2012
 
 
 
The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung
SAIIA
The South African Institute of International Affairs, Western Cape Branch, hosted a seminar on 30 August 2012 on "The South African mining industry on the road to Mangaung", addressed by Peter...
 
 
31 Aug 2012
 
Social challenges need to be addressed – AMCU
LABOUR
The core issues of what led to the Marikana killings two weeks ago should be dealt with before a peace accord is signed, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) president...
 
 
18 May 2012
 
'Auctioning off' of lapsed prospecting and mining rights
WEBBER WENTZEL
On 10 May 2012, the Minister of Mineral Resources (the Minister) announced in her Parliamentary budget vote speech that the Department of Mineral Resources (the DMR) planned, before the end of June...
 
 
20 Feb 2012
 
Doing business in Africa: A mainly positive story
INSIGHT AFRICA
Over the past three or four years and gaining momentum has been a significant change in international business perceptions of Africa. In a way this started with China’s very considerable...
 
 
21 Jun 2011
 
Big business warns on investment costs of nationalisation debate
MINE NATIONALISATION
Mine nationalisation was not only a “bad idea”, but big business in South African argued on Tuesday that the manner in which debate was currently being conducted was eroding policy certainty,...
 
 
20 Jun 2011
 
Nationalisation will make 2002 JSE loss seem 'teacup storm'
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
The R52-billion that was wiped off the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in 72 hours when the Mining Charter was leaked in 2002 will look like a “storm in a teacup” compared with the impact of...
 
 
05 May 2011
 
Agri SA v Minister of Mineral Resources: a judicial warning on nationalisation?
WEBBER WENTZEL
Last week’s High Court ruling in favour of Agri SA’s expropriation claim against the Minister of Mineral Resources is a judicial shot across the bows for the advocates of mine nationalisation....
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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