Legislation

Glencore and Randgold Resources are among major mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo clubbing together in a bid to stop sweeping legal reforms, claiming their interests were poorly...

Randgold Resources says it is engaging at the highest level with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to head off the enactment of a new mining code which...

South Africa's Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, dodged the industry’s most pressing issue when he opened the Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town this morning by ignoring the...

Mining executives have learnt that they won’t be ‘sweeping’ pro-investment policy changes under Zimbabwe’s new President, Emerson Mnangagwa. Contrary to expectations, two weeks ago, as it announced measures to stimulate...

       DRC Major international mining groups including Glencore, Ivanhoe Mines, Randgold Resources and AngloGold Ashanti have voiced their   concern over the revised draft mining code the government of...

Small Scale TriTank Installation. Photo: APT In the past decade, relentlessly, prominent individuals, various agencies and companies in the mining industry have been urging the government to promote smaller mining...

Australian exploration company, Walkabout Resources, has secured approval from Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) for the second exclusive prospecting licence . The letter of grant was received through...

By Tshegofatso Masilo, Beatrix Spargo, Kirsty Kilner and Garyn Rapson of Webber Wentzel Historically, mining activities were primarily regulated in terms of an  (EMPR) approved by the Minister of Mineral...

South African Minister of Mineral Resources, Mosebenzi Zwane SOUTH Africa’s Chamber of Mines will not proceed with an interdict of the redrafted Mining Charter after the mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane,...

Tanzania's President John Pombe Magufuli. REUTERS Magnis Resources has received and reviewed legal advice and government directives on the revised legislation and its impact on its activities in Tanzania. The...