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Gwede Mantashe amends hotly contested BEE clauses in draft MRDP bill

13 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf The Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRD) does not reflect inputs from the Minerals Council South Africa

Mining

Minerals Council South Africa inputs not reflected in MRD Bill

28 May 2025

Source: © SABC The Draft Mineral Resources Development Bill, 2025 (Bill) proposes several noteworthy amendments to the current regulatory framework for mineral resources including addressing tailing dumps and associated issues to avoid disasters such as the Jagersfontein disaster

Energy & Mining

11 MPRDA amendments to take note of

Webber Wentzel partners and consultant 22 May 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his #Sona2025 address at Cape town's City Hall. Source: x.com

Infrastructure & Utilities

#Sona2025: Ramaphosa economic recovery plan built on infrastructure, mining, and energy

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2025

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links hosted the Fisher People Tribunal from 12 to 14 August. Small-scale fishers from across the country gathered in Kalk Bay to share testimonies. GroundUp

Food, Water & Energy Security

Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers

Liezl Human 16 Aug 2024

Mabola Protected Area in the Mpumalanga grasslands is under threat of coal mining. Archive photo: supplied

Environment & Natural Resources

Proposed coal mine in Mpumalanga grasslands back in court

John Yeld 2 May 2024

The Olifants River estuary on the West Coast is now protected from diamond mining in terms of a legally binding settlement agreement. Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Environmental Law

11th-hour out-of-court settlement reached on West Coast diamond mining

John Yeld 1 Sep 2023

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Legislation & Regulation

How SA's mining law holds unique advantages for Chinese investors

Hulme Scholes 29 Aug 2023

Damage to the West Coast north of the Olifants River estuary caused by previous diamond mining operations (before Trans Hex). Photo: John Yeld | GroundUp

Environmental Law

Court challenge to 30-year extension of West Coast diamond mining rights

John Yeld 28 Aug 2023

Mining rights and indirect change of control - judge settles old debate

Mining

Mining rights and indirect change of control - judge settles old debate

Giada Masina and Francois Sieberhagen 11 Jul 2023

Government to provide R1.4bn to finance over 90,000 entrepreneurs

Funding

Government to provide R1.4bn to finance over 90,000 entrepreneurs

13 Feb 2023

Source: © AV
The National Assembly in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Mining

Burkina Faso denies paying mercenaries with mine rights

21 Dec 2022

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Sustainability

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Nirvasha Singh, Carryn Alexander, Jaqui Pinto, Giada Masina, Garyn Rapson, Lizle Louw 2 Nov 2022

Brikor celebrates launch of Kopanela Mining, breaking ground at Grootfontein mine

Mining

Brikor celebrates launch of Kopanela Mining, breaking ground at Grootfontein mine

6 Jun 2022

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Legislation & Regulation

Alternative financing for junior miners in South Africa

Alistair Collins and Lodewyk Meyer 9 May 2022

Acting Judge Noluntu Bam has ordered the Minister of Mineral Affairs and Energy to re-open an appeal by several community organisations against the extension of its Somkhele mining operation in KwaZulu-Natal. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Corporate & Commercial Law

Judge blocks mine expansion

Tania Broughton 6 May 2022

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Mining

New ASM Policy and Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines: progress, but grey areas remain

Nomsa Mbere and Jaqui Pinto 29 Apr 2022

Zambia to cap number of mining licences issued to single firms

Mining

Zambia to cap number of mining licences issued to single firms

Chris Mfula 28 Mar 2022

Mines are failing Limpopo communities, says scathing report

Sustainability

Mines are failing Limpopo communities, says scathing report

Tania Broughton 2 Mar 2022

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

Mining

Alexkor facing criminal charges over Northern Cape mining operations

John Yeld 19 Jan 2022

Source: ©HONGQI ZHANG

Mining

The year of upliftment for mining communities in South Africa

Jacques Farmer 13 Jan 2022

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Mining

SA's mining sector regulation and charting the way on local content targets in 2021

Yashwin Bhoola, Christopher Mulindi and Goitseona Raseroka 16 Nov 2021

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Corporate & Commercial Law

SCA ruling allows for trade of water use entitlements

Garyn Rapson, Tendai Bonga and Daniella Ghillino 12 Nov 2021

The proposed N2 Toll Road will cut through Sigidi village. Map: Lisa Nelson

Construction & Engineering

Should the proposed N2 toll road through the Wild Coast be moved?

Daniel Steyn 4 Nov 2021

Source: ©GettyImage

Mining

Mining sector must work together for the country

Danette Breitenbach 12 Oct 2021

Source: ©lurii Kovalenko

Mining

Mining Charter: policy, not law

Jonathan Veeran, Bruce Dickinson & Rita Spalding from Webber Wentzel 22 Sep 2021

Mining

SunMirror AG announces Lester Kemp as its new chief operating officer

6 May 2021

Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining

Mining

Compliance a priority as Covid-19 continues to shake up mining

Janine Espin 5 May 2021

Minerals and energy Gwede Mantashe

Mining

DMRE promises to address licence backlog

5 Mar 2021

Litigation consultant, Zolile Shude, (far right) is concerned about the repeated postponement of the trial of five men who allegedly took part in attacks on people opposed to the Xolobeni Mineral Sands Project on the Wild Coast in December 2015. He is pictured here with victims and family members. Photo: Fred Kockott

Mining

Trial will shed light on Wild Coast violence

Fred Kockott 25 Jan 2021

Jacques Farmer, managing director, Prisma

Sustainability

Community development in the mining industry requires buy in and training to be effective

Jacques Farmer 19 Jan 2021

Musawenkosi Buthelezi

Mining

Challenges facing young black mining entrepreneurs

Musawenkosi Buthelezi 23 Oct 2020

South Africa’s east and west coastlines have some of the world’s richest, unexploited, naturally occurring heavy mineral sands. Shutterstock

Mining

South African community wins right to access mining application. But who will win the war?

Tracy-Lynn Field 14 Oct 2020

Minister of Mineral and Energy Resources Gwede Mantashe and Australian mining boss Mark Caruso during the minister’s visit to the Tormin mineral sands mine on the West Coast in February 2019. Photo: John Yeld

Mining

SA-linked Aussie mining executive in trouble with the law at home

John Yeld 6 Oct 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Court ruling: All interested parties have access to mining rights application information

16 Sep 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Mining

Contract mining clarification muddies the water

Shirleen Ritchie and Brian Dennehy 8 Sep 2020

Mining and community engagement: the latest decision

Mining

Mining and community engagement: the latest decision

Merlita Kennedy & Jared Ishmael 4 Sep 2020

Wessel Badenhorst

Mining

What will the SA mining industry look like after the pandemic?

3 Jul 2020

The Mapungubwe Golden Rhino is believed to have been made between 1220 and 1290.
Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images)

Mining

The continued threat of coal mining at the Mapungubwe world heritage site

Ndukuyakhe Ndlovu 19 May 2020

Why the SA mining Industry needs a regulatory lifeline

Mining

Why the SA mining Industry needs a regulatory lifeline

Wessel Badenhorst, 20 Apr 2020

Information on mining applications should be public, Xolobeni activists tell court

Environmental Law

Information on mining applications should be public, Xolobeni activists tell court

Zoë Postman 11 Feb 2020

Minerals and Energy Mnister, Gwede Mantashe

Mining

#MiningIndaba2020: Mining industry must embrace 4IR

Nicci Botha 3 Feb 2020

Anthea Jeffery, head, policy research, IRR

Mining

Mining could spearhead a new empowerment strategy for real change

Anthea Jeffery 10 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Mining - the future in 2020: An optimistic forecast

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Mining - the future in 2020: An optimistic forecast

Athi Jara 6 Jan 2020

#BestofBiz 2019: Legal

Legal

#BestofBiz 2019: Legal

17 Dec 2019

Agreement reached on new nature reserve for West Coast

Environment & Natural Resources

Agreement reached on new nature reserve for West Coast

John Yeld 10 Dec 2019

Roger Baxter, CEO of the Minerals Council

Mining

Industry report shows Mining Charter progress

4 Dec 2019

Mining for heavy minerals on the West Coast beaches north of the Olifants River. Photo: John Yeld

Mining

Bid to protect West Coast jewel from mining

John Yeld 3 Dec 2019

A cemetery in Phola, a black residential area near Witbank, to which some graves were relocated to make way for coal mining. Supplied

Mining

Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South Africa

Dineo Skosana 12 Nov 2019