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Over the past few years, South Africa’s tax landscape has undergone significant change, with a number of leadership, structural and policy changes; and moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted...
With the global drive towards the green economy, law firm Beech Veltman tells Mining Weekly that South Africa is ideally positioned to benefit from this global trend. Owing to its having access to...
Brazilian major aerospace group Embraer has announced that it delivered its 1 500th executive, or business, jet to a client last week. The company achieved this milestone in only 20 years, while...
With South Africa needing more listings on its stock exchanges, what can be done to encourage companies in general and junior mining companies in particular to go public? A lot of the building...
Following its exercise of the exclusive Okiep copper project option, Orion is mobilising to start drilling at the high-priority BCC prospecting right, wherein Orion is acquiring a 100% interest.
Residential estate Steyn City, located between Sandton and Midrand, has launched its Ultimate Helistop – notching a first for residential developments in South Africa. Steyn City was introduced to...
The construction of the 40 MW solar power plant at South Deep gold mine in Gauteng is under way. “We’ll deliver South Deep’s solar plant in the second quarter of next year,” Gold Fields CEO Chris...
Nonprofit organisation Corruption Watch this week released its ‘Improving Transparency and Accountability in the Flow of Benefits to Mining Communities’ report, and an accompanying legal review,...
Mining is the biggest contributor to the South African economy, and statistically also the most male-dominated industry, but mining training company Prisma Training Solutions argues that through...
Orion Minerals has exercised its exclusive option to acquire a controlling interest in the majority of the properties comprising the Okiep copper project.
Business is aiming to progress ongoing negotiations on the use of local-content regulations to revive manufacturing in South Africa beyond calls for blanket import substitution by identifying...
JSE- and ASX-listed diversified metal explorer and developer Orion Minerals has exercised its exclusive option to acquire a controlling interest in the majority of the properties comprising the...
The adoption of the Mining Charter III has led to some confusion in the mining sector, specifically on the local-content verification process, which means further insight and understanding of...
The SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) has established a sister organisation, the Retail Hardware and Paint Association, to intensively lobby and represent the interests of beleaguered...
The SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) has established a sister organisation, the Retail Hardware and Paint Association, to intensively lobby and represent the interests of beleaguered...
More than 14 000 South Africans now own shares in the discovery and development mining company Orion Minerals, which is reflective of retail investment that can be stimulated in South Africa to...
Mining representative group ChromeSA and ferrochrome lobby group SaveSA Smelters remain at odds about the proposed implementation of a chrome ore export tax. ChromeSA in a statement on July 7...
Republic of Seychelles national flag carrier Air Seychelles announced on Wednesday that a new acting CEO and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) had been appointed to the airline. The appointments had...
Politicians in Latin America, a region that accounts for more than half the world’s lithium resources, are looking to increase the role of the state in an industry that’s crucial for weaning the...
The Northern Territory government is working to trace some 900 workers from gold miner Newmont Corporation’s Granites gold mine, after a fly-in, fly-out worker tested positive for Covid-19 over the...
At a time when good news stories seem to be few and far in between, The Minerals Education Trust Fund (METF) stands out. Constituted in 2000 by South African minerals and mining companies, the METF...
International Zinc Association (IZA) Africa Desk head Simon Norton says there is significant opportunity right now to increase the use of refined zinc for hot dip galvanising of steel, with the...
Blasting services company Enaex Africa has recently approved a R16-million investment in the pioneer Enaex Electronic Initiation Systems assembly plant in Africa. This local assembly facility will...
Electrical products supplier Zest WEG aims to continue expanding its South African manufacturing footprint in an effort to improve its market competitiveness and respond to government’s growing...
Minerals processing equipment manufacturer Multotec aims to continue investing in modernising its local manufacturing capabilities. “In the long term, we would like to invest in Fourth Industrial...
At a time when good news stories seem to be few and far in between, The Minerals Education Trust Fund (METF) stands out. Constituted in 2000 by South African minerals and mining companies, the METF...
Property company Balwin Properties intends to further advance its empowerment objectives by increasing black participation within the Balwin group. To achieve this, Balwin is progressing its black...
Through support and its involvement in policy, mining industry employers’ organisation Minerals Council South Africa has contributed significantly over the past year to ensure the future growth of...
The junior mining sector’s potential growth and development is being hampered by the onerous requirements of South Africa’s mining and mineral laws that make it difficult for juniors to apply for...
Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation (Pty) Ltd (SSC Group) is a diversified, operating, minerals and investment group. It is a fully-accredited Level 1 Black-owned company, which was founded in...
Disruptions brought about by the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa early last year resulted in the mining industry being the largest contributor to economic decline with its negative...
Mining and construction equipment and services company Sandvik Group will acquire African original-equipment manufacturer (OEM) of custom-engineered vibrating equipment Kwatani. The transaction is...
Former president Thabo Mbeki has slammed as "reactionary" suggestions by some parties, as well as from within the African National Congress, that national, provincial and local government elections...
By Blake Fungai – Manager at Cova Advisory President Cyril Ramaphosa has done well in building bridges with the private sector after many years of fractious relationships between business and...
The application for the judicial review and setting aside of certain clauses of the 2018 Mining Charter, brought by mining industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa in March 2019, is...
Aim-listed Prairie Mining’s International arbitration claims against the government of Poland under both the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) and the Australia-Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)...
At a time when good news stories seem to be few and far in between, The Minerals Education Trust Fund (METF) stands out. Constituted in 2000 by South African minerals and mining companies, the METF...
South Africa’s exploration industry has until April 19 to comment on controversial regulations still in draft form. “They’ve never consulted industry about it and what they are requesting is...
The announcement last week by the South African Revenue Service (Sars) that it had managed to exceed revised budgets for tax collections, with the collection of R38-billion more than had been...
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has published draft amendments to the regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the Waste Sector for public comment by April 22....
Drilling contractor Rosond drill rig operator Veronica Mofokeng highlights that, through continuous encouragement from government and the private sector, industries in all sectors – especially...
Ethiopian aviation support company Krimson has initiated the second phase in its development programme, to expand its operations and enlarge its customer base. The company, based at Addis Ababa...
UK-based international aviation charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported that the past year has seen dramatic increases in workforce logistics charter flight bookings by energy,...
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