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10 February 2012
                       
 
 
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20 Jan 2012
 
 
Entirely Avoidable
REAL ECONOMY: RIGHTS DISPUTE
Given the amount of reputational damage done to South Africa as a result of the Sishen mineral rights dispute, Judge Raymond Zondo’s assessment that the “matter could have been handled better...
 
 
26 Aug 2011
 
High stakes
REAL ECONOMY: SISHEN BATTLE
Judge Raymond Zondo of the North Gauteng High Court made it painfully clear last week that he was all too aware of the stakes, as he began considering the oral and written arguments presented to...
 
 
18 Aug 2011
 
DMR's reference to criminal charges in civil Sishen review 'reckless'
LEGAL REVIEW
Lawyers acting for Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC) described the decision by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to air plans to criminally charge SIOC during a review of an application lodged...
 
 
16 Aug 2011
 
Fraudulent copying of Sishen deeds 'grounds for rebuke'
Corporate Dispute
The fact that incomplete and manipulated documentation, which was "fraudulently" obtained and copied from the Sishen Iron Ore Company's (SIOC) title deeds, was submitted as part of Imperial Crown's...
 
 
Mittal 'fell asleep at the wheel' in not converting Sishen rights
Corporate Dispute
The rights at the Sishen iron-ore mine, in the Northern Cape, were "divided" at the time of the unbundling of Iscor to form separate mining and steel companies, lawyers for the Sishen Iron Ore...
 
 
28 Jul 2011
 
 
 
Daily podcast – July 28, 2011
PODCAST
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) said that questions around the economic and business implications of Gauteng’s toll roads have still not been answered, foreign groups are meddling in Egypt and...
 
 
DMR offices raided in prospecting rights investigation
FRAUD INVESTIGATION
The Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, raided the offices of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) in Pretoria and Kimberley on Wednesday.
 
 
28 Jan 2011
 
SA: Statement by the Department of Mineral Resources in respect of the matter between the DMR and Kumba Iron Ore (28/01/2011)
STATEMENTS
In the current legal dispute between Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC), the Department of Mineral Resources and Imperial Crown Trading 289 (Pty) Ltd (ICT), the Department of Mineral Resources confirms...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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