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The Chamber of Mines has become the second business formation to voice its support for Trade Union Federation Cosatu’s protests against state capture and corruption. Read More

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa (CoM) said on Wednesday that it would join Business Unity South Africa and Business Leadership South Africa in support of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) stance against State capture and corruption. Read More

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (ASISA) calls on Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, to withdraw the contentious 2017 Mining Charter and to appoint a proper representative body to renegotiate the mining sector empowerment Charter. Read More

Minister of economic development Ebrahim Patel has moved to calm rattled bankers who fear that the Financial Sector Charter (FSC) could go the way of the Mining Charter and further oblige banks and financial services institutions to radically accelerate the pace of transformation in the R4.8tr industry. Read More

There are claims that South African companies are hoarding cash as a protest against the ANC government’s policies or lack of policy. Read More

Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane’s mining charter threw the industry into turmoil. Despite backing the charter, he hasn’t yet been able to defend it in court, once again postponing the review application from the Chamber of Mines. Read More

There's more than meets the eye to the Chamber of Mines’ decision not to interdict the redrafted Mining Charter. This is according to market sources who say the Chamber may concluded a strategic masterstroke. Read More

On the eve of an urgent interdict against the latest Mining Charter, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane reached an agreement with the Chamber of Mines to wait for a judicial review in December rather than appear in court on Thursday. Read More

Two years ago – when interviewed for the 2015 Miningmx yearbook – AngloGold Ashanti CEO Srinivasan ‘Venkat’ Venkatakrishnan hit all the right optimistic notes required from a heavyweight South African mining executive talking about the future of the country’s mining sector. Read More

Moody’s ratings agency warned on Tuesday that ongoing regulatory uncertainty in SA coupled with a firmer rand against the dollar would hasten the closure of the country’s gold and platinum mines. Read More