Mineral rights

 President of Tanzania, John Magufuli, has been cited as an example on how countries can get more value from their natural resources by citizens of various resource-rich African countries.  Some wonder...

 South Africa's Mineral Resources Minister, Mosebenzi Zwane, has stunned mining and exploration companies again, by gazetting a proposal to restrict the granting of new mining and permitting rights, as well...

  By Sandra Gore and Neo Tshikalange A recent judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) and Mountainlands Owners Association (MOA) / Barberton...

International watchdog Global Witness accused Swiss-based mining corporation Glencore of paying more than $75m to a scandal-hit Israeli businessman with close links to the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph...

By Beatriz Mangue, Associate Attorney at Centurion’s Malabo offic If natural resource wealth is to benefit populations as a whole, governments need to put in place local content structures and...

Disingenuously, all of a sudden analysts have conveniently ascended to the high moral ground, pretending that the Rio Tinto bribery scandal in the West African state of Guinea is a...

Obviously undeterred by weak commodity prices, in a third iteration of a royalty mining agreement, Impala Platinum (Implats) and Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) have extended the scheme to 2026, unlocking...

With security in the mining sector in South Africa running into the multi-million bracket each month, industry experts say tensions between business and local stakeholders need to be better managed...

African countries are embracing digital mineral rights management system and online portals to improve the way mineral rights are awarded and managed. And the latest country to join the fray...