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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...
 
 
17 Aug 2011
 
State to lay charges against Kumba for subverting of Act, manipulating officials
CORPORATE DISPUTE
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) is likely to lay charges against Kumba Iron Ore next week following revelations by Advocate Willie Vermeulen in the North Gauteng High Court on Wednesday...
 
 
16 Aug 2011
 
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
 
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.
 
 
19 Mar 2010
 
FFPlus: Statement by Jaco Mulder, Freedom Front Plus spokesperson, condemning the ANC’s involvement in Sishen (19/03/2010)
Statements

"The FF Plus has with displeasure taken note of the ANC government's uninterrupted power abuse by controversially becoming involved in free market ventures," Mr. Jaco Mulder, the FF Plus' chief...

 
 
 
 
Daily podcast - March 19, 2010
PODCAST
In today's podcast, President Jacob Zuma comfortably survives a motion of no confidence in Parliament; Environmental Affairs concedes that the lack of clarity regarding the international climate...
 
 
'Politically-connected' firm granted 'lost' Sishen right
IRON-ORE & STEEL
The iron-ore mineral right that ArcelorMittal South Africa "lost" at the Sishen iron-ore mine has been awarded to Imperial Crown Trading, the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said on Thursday.
 
 
12 Mar 2010
 
State should seize iron-ore initiative and move debate into developmental realm
REAL ECONOMY: CORPORATE DISPUTE
Without question, there is very little sympathy out there for ArcelorMittal South Africa in its fight to hold on to a favourable 25-year iron-ore arrangement with Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC)....
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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