Tinkering with reform puts SA mining in limbo again
This article was first published in The Mining Yearbook 2025 New draft legislation is being considered while SA faces international uncertainty and domestic upheavals as its…
Minerals Council warns Mantashe of looming confrontation
DRAFT amendments to legislation which have shocked South Africa’s mining industry are likely to wind up in the courtroom after the Minerals Council SA told mines minister Gwede…
Africa’s political risk isn’t what it’s cracked up to be
AFRICA struggles to attract major investment from Toronto’s stock exchange, which can count its investors as among the world’s most optimistic. Its venture market had 47 new…
Two years of ‘HH’ has brought a wave of optimism to Zambia
ANALYSTS anticipate that mining investors will flock to Zambia, still one of the biggest copper producers globally, especially since President Hakainde Hichilema came into office…
Zimbabwe, Namibia “playing with fire” after unveiling lithium export bans, says attorney
BANS on mineral exports by Zimbabwe and Namibia could fall foul of World Trade Organisation (WTO) founding regulations. That is the view of prominent attorney Peter Leon who told…
Zambia’s long-neglected copper riches are turning heads again
MAJOR mining companies are getting increasingly involved in the Central African Copper Belt, expanding existing operations and exploring for new discoveries as the positive…
Hichilema rejects resource nationalism as focuses on tripling Zambia’s copper exports
ZAMBIAN president Hakainde Hichilema said he was determined mining would be the centrepiece of his efforts to revive the country’s economy without resorting to so-called resource…
SA Govt nowhere near getting new cadastral system for minerals, concedes mines minister
THE South African mining industry is nowhere near getting a new cadastral system, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) said on the first day of the Mining Indaba…
DMRE “studying” High Court charter judgement but attorney thinks it will launch appeal
THE South African government would probably appeal a High Court judgement on Tuesday that set aside some provisions of the 2018 Mining Charter including a requirement to top up…