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Mining finance stakeholders should brace for another tough year
While the combination of lingering commodity price weakness and generally suppressed markets spells continued challenges for the mining industry and mining finance, there are still good investment opportunities as a whole for traditional equity investors in the sector... read more>>



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Africa Business App launched by KPMG
A new Africa Business App has been launched by the KPMG Global Africa Practice. It will provide businesses and investors with seamless access to the very latest Africa information about doing business across the continent... read more>>
Cummins provides power-generation solutions
With load shedding in South Africa and regular disruptions across the rest of the continent, reliable back-up power generation solutions are becoming increasingly important in ensuring the long-term sustainability of the rapidly developing African mining sector... read more>>
Business invited to enter annual awards
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is inviting South African businesses to submit their entries for the 3rd Annual South African Premier Business Awards... read more>>
Court fortifies duties of commissioners

Fiona Leppan and Bryce Bartlett

In the recent decision of Assmang Limited (Assmang Chrome Dwarsriver Mine) v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) & Others (unreported case number JR2584/2012, dated 14 January 2015), the issue before the court was whether a CCMA commissioner had committed a gross irregularity by failing to consider the probability and credibility of witness evidence before finding whether an employer's onus was discharged. read more>>
Health and safety instructions must be procedurally compliant

Fiona Leppan and Bryce Bartlett

In the recent decision of International Ferro Metals (SA) (Pty) Ltd v The Minister of Mineral Resources and Others (unreported case number JR 1673/13 decided on 15 January 2015), the Labour Court was tasked with deciding whether the chief inspector complied with the peremptory requirements to issue an instruction to the mine. read more>>
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Operational effectiveness refined: The key to maximising nett present value
Steve Burks, an Associate Director of Joburg-based MAC Consulting discusses typical practices relating to long- and short-term business planning and the implementation of the agreed plans in the sub-Saharan African mining industry... read more>>
Magnify the lens of your business on the PEST environment

Tralone Khoza

The day-to-day management of a business seems to flow like a breeze until something unexpected happens in the macro environment... read more>>
Mines
Set Point Laboratories to manage Chemical Analytical Laboratory
Set Point Laboratories, a division of the Set Point Group, has recently been awarded the contract to set-up and manage a Chemical Analytical Laboratory in Namibia on behalf of Swakop Uranium... read more>>
Mining Resources
Productivity in mining - Attaining sustainable profitability beyond headcount reduction

Craig Hook

Productivity is a hot topic in South Africa with economists frequently advising that productivity has not grown as well as it should have in the last few years. One sector in which productivity is always in the spotlight is the mining industry... read more>>
Highlights and trends from the Green Drop Certification Programme 2009-2013
In 2008, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) realised that many municipalities do not manage, maintain and operate their wastewater systems in compliance with legislation posing an apparent risk to human health and a safe environment... read more>>
Sustainability
SRK Consulting hosts EIA Regulations workshop
SRK Consulting hosted a workshop on 29 January 2015 in Johannesburg during which the new National Environmental Management Act (NEMA): Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations, and the implementation thereof, were discussed... read more>>
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New events to diarise
FFF: Non-renewable resources in Southern Africa
RCA Conference Organisers - 12 Mar 2015, Johannesburg

MTE West Wits Mining Expo
MTE - 12 Mar 2015, Carltonville

MTE - Selebi Phikwe Mining Expo
MTE - 23 Mar 2015, Selebi Phikwe

Upcoming events
6th Annual Women in Mining
Intelligence Transfer Centre - 18 Feb 2015 to 20 Feb 2015, Johannesburg

Proactive protection - crisis management
ITP Communications - 18 Feb 2015, Johannesburg

Phalaborwa Mining and Industrial Expo
MTE (Mining and Technical Exhibitions ) - 19 Feb 2015, Phalaborwa

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