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Mining right in Mpumalanga protected area contested
The Centre for Environmental Rights has instituted legal action against the Minister of Mineral Resources following his grant of a coal mining right inside the Mabola Protected Environment... read


Mining
Aquila takes minister to court in mining dispute

Allan Seccombe

Aquila Resources, a subsidiary of China's state-owned Baosteel, has turned to the courts to win back a manganese project and resolve a dispute with the Department of Mineral Resources regarding overlapping rights... read
AngloGold Ashanti, Randgold Resources agree to redevelop Obuasi gold mine
AngloGold Ashanti (ANG) and Randgold Resources have concluded an investment agreement to redevelop and operate AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi gold mine in Ghana, AngloGold Ashanti said in a statement on Wednesday, 16 September... read
Big data offers solutions for mining industry

Pedro Guerreiro

Mining is a challenging and forever evolving business, one tied to numerous internal and external forces. This could be said for many business sectors, but mining's particular financial girth makes it stand out... read
BME can customise blast emulsion to suit needs
BME, a supplier of explosives and services to the African mining, quarrying and construction industries, introduced double-salt - ammonium nitrate and calcium nitrate (AN/CN) - cold emulsion products into South Africa over 30 years ago... read
Ivanhoe Mines signs educational partnership agreement
Ivanhoe Mines, the University of Limpopo and Laurentian University in Canada have signed an agreement launching an educational collaboration between the two universities... read
Nuclear Power
Areva sticks to its guns in Koeberg tender appeal
French nuclear company Areva, the winning bidder in a R5bn Eskom tender, has in court papers stuck to its argument that the tender process was fair, reasonable and "exhaustive"... read
Renewables & Energy Efficiency
Concentrated solar power a better alternative for Africa

Matthew Coulson

In recent years, we have seen a global move towards the use of renewable energy, in particular photovoltaic (PV) solar energy. However, PV generation is not necessarily the obvious choice for Africa... read
Electricity production in SA moving away from coal, says institute

Charlotte Mathews

Electricity supply in SA is moving away from reliance on Eskom's Mpumalanga coal-fired power stations towards wind and solar farms in remote areas. Eventually, even households with rooftop solar panels should be able to sell their surplus power to the grid... read
Breathing life into renewables

Nicci Botha

Founder and CEO of Quercus Investment Partners, Diego Biasi, believes that doing business should equate to doing good - for the environment and those less fortunate... read
Science & Engineering
Coega prepares for gas-to-power development
Energy development from gas is entering a golden age and gaining significant momentum in South Africa... read
International
Glencore to keep most staff at DR Congo mine
Swiss mining giant Glencore, which announced last week drastic moves to cut its debt as the slump in commodities prices bites, said Monday, 14 September, it would keep 80% of staff on at a DR Congo mine despite suspending production there... read
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Celebrated in many cultures as the Spring Equinox, 21 September marks the turning of the seasons in the southern hemisphere. Today it also marks new beginnings for Bizcommunity's navigation interface... read
Government news
SA's economic growth affected by global crisis
PRETORIA: Minister in the Presidency responsible for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, says the global economic crisis has... read
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Business
POPI business myths popped

Leigh Andrews

Worried about compliance issues once the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act comes into effect? Don't be. Wayne Clarke, Managing Director of Metrofile Records Management shares some tips you can implement today to turn POPI into a business opportunity... read
[Relentlessly Relevant] 3. How to innovate - strip them down, tie their ankles, make them run

Douglas Kruger

Here is a curious thing about human thought and creative processes: If you apply no rules whatsoever, you will tend to get poor results. Present your people with a 'white page' and they generally won't know what to do with it... read
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