6 Aug 2013

Mining

MTV lives on

While MTV no longer stands for Music Television, the essence of the 32-year-old channel lives on, supported by a shiny new market segment - an audience that requires much more than music videos. In order to keep them satiated, the channel has launched its first localised interactive magazine programme for South Africa's youth - MTV Choice; it's been dubbed "pop-tastic"...

Want to start your own business? Easier said than done, I'm afraid - ask any successful entrepreneur about the trials and tribulations they experienced before finding the winning formula. Problemio.com, creator of business planning apps, has outlined five steps to starting a business.

Even if you have been in HR management for some time, it's not easy to pick out a fraudulent medical certificate. Once you have, or have your suspicions, what do you do then? Lia Marus advises on the best course of action in "How to deal with fraudulent medical certificates".

I, and I suspect many others, have a severe case of arms deal fatigue. We're going on two years since the commission was set up to determine whether there was any corruption involved in procurement contracts that were awarded in the '90s. The public hearings, were underway in Pretoria, this week, but have since been postponed for two weeks to allow for the declassification of certain documents. Here's hoping it'll be smooth sailing from there on...

Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content

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Weekly top stories

The impact of new dam safety regulations on the mining and industrial sector
The latest regulations of the National Water Act demand more attention to safety risks and more detailed reporting to authorities regarding compliance, construction and operation of dams. The regulations have implications for the mining and industrial sectors. Read more >>

Mining
Kenya revokes new mining licences, hikes royalties
NAIROBI: Kenya on Monday, 5 August 2013, revoked all mining licences granted in the months before and after March elections and announced that it was hiking royalties paid by companies operating in its nascent mining sector. Read more >>

Ministers pay visit to mining communities
RUSTENBURG: Home to the two largest platinum mines and the largest platinum refinery in the world, Rustenburg is no doubt one of the engines that drive South Africa's economy. Read more >>


Health & Safety
NW police confirm stability at mines
The South African Police Service in the North West continues to monitor and maintain stability in the North West Platinum Belt. Read more >>


Mines
Longer trains boost coal exports 30%
[Nicky Smith] Transnet Freight Rail (TFR), the largest business unit in the state-owned freight and logistics group, is increasing its capacity to export coal by 30% with a new 200-wagon train that will run between the Mpumalanga coal fields and the Richards Bay Coal Terminal. Read more >>

SA needs 'natural disaster' says Agri SA
Agri SA believes South Africa needs a disaster, such as a drought, to force government to reflect on mining and food security, Beeld reported on Wednesday (31 July). Read more >>


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