Ramatlhodi denies ‘abandoning’ strike talks
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has denied reports that he has“abandoned” wage negotiations to resolve the strike in the platinum sector. Government intervention The Minister convened an...
View ArticleRamatlhodi welcomes Zuma’s address on mining
South African Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi welcomed the State of the Nation Address by President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday, relating to mining town housing and services. Zuma stated that...
View ArticleMinerals minister to relinquish platinum shares
Minerals Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi is in the process of relinquishing mining interests, which he reportedly held while mediating the platinum strike talks this month. According to Ramatlhodi’s...
View ArticleShadow Minerals Minister lambasts MPRDA Bill
The Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) Amendment Bill has done incalculable damage to South Africa’s ability to attract mining investment, according to the Democratic Alliance...
View ArticleSA’s minerals beneficiation agenda
The Department of Mineral Resources will review the country’s mining strategy to ensure that all minerals that come out of the country benefit both the economy and the people of South Africa, said...
View ArticleDifferent laws to regulate energy and mining sectors
A call to split the laws for the oil and gas industry from those regulating mining has been made by South Africa’s Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi. Speaking at a media event in Cape Town...
View ArticleFracking in Karoo imminent
The Department of Mineral Resources is studying the future of issuing licences for shale gas exploration that is set to begin in the semi-desert Karoo region of South Africa. In February this year, the...
View ArticleMinister Ramatlhodi’s Budget Vote speech in full
Address by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Adv. Ngoako Ramatlhodi, MP, on the occasion of the Budget Vote 32: Mineral Resources National Assembly, Cape Town 15 July 2014 Madam Speaker, Chairperson...
View ArticleMaiden deep-water gas project launched in SA
Mineral Resources Minister, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, officially launched the drill operation for South Africa’s first deep-water well, located south of Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape. The well, operated by...
View ArticleThe mining lekgotla is currently underway in Midrand
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi says mining must be used to benefit the majority of the country’s people.. He was speaking at a mining lekgotla currently underway in Midrand. The gathering...
View ArticleMPRDA amendment bill sign-off by President imminent
Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi in a visit to Electra Mining Africa 2014, said that he had met with President Jacob Zuma concerning the MPRDA Amendment Bill, saying he was ‘certain that...
View ArticleChallenges abound in SA mining industry – Indaba
South Africa’s mining industry has to face some tough truths, Anglo American chief executive Mark Cutifani said in his keynote address at the Joburg Indaba on Wednesday. The Indaba saw a host of...
View ArticleMinister asks to meet with Ivanhoe boss over lay-offs
Minerals Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi has asked to meet with Ivanhoe Mines chairperson Robert Friedland after the company announced its plans to lay-off 325 workers on standby for the delayed Platreef...
View ArticleIvanhoe’s contracts 650 employees for Platreef mine
Ivanhoe mines set to employ more than 650 men and women at its flagship Platreef project, the company announced. The Platreef project with a planned development cost of R1.1 billion in 2015, is...
View ArticleSA has a need for national mining champion
Minister of Mineral Resources, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, says he wants to see a “national campaign” come from corporate restructuring by some of the largest natural resources groups in the country. Ramatlhodi...
View ArticleMining fatalities drop in SA
According to Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi fatalities in the mining industry have dropped by 10% to the lowest level ever in South Africa’s history. In 2014, 84 miners were killed in the...
View ArticleMining assets up for sale should go to local companies – Minister Ramatlhodi
Anglo American and other companies looking to sell some of their mining assets in South Africa should sell to national champions, or companies owned by local communities and by their workers, South...
View ArticleSouth Africa to disclose results of mining charter review on Tuesday
South Africa’s mines minister will on Tuesday disclose the government’s assessment of the mining industry’s compliance with a charter that includes targets for black ownership. The mines ministry said...
View ArticleS.Africa seeks court decision on mining black ownership rule
South Africa’s mines ministry and the industry have agreed to ask the courts to help them resolve a dispute over a black ownership target of 26 percent for mining companies, the two sides said on...
View ArticleSouth Africa prepares to give shale gas go ahead
South Africa will gazette final regulations for shale gas exploration by June, two years after releasing draft rules and as companies reconsider investments due to volatile oil prices and delays in...
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