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In the mining industry, where huge capital is required to develop projects and construct mines, the ability of the listed company to raise funds on the stock exchange is crucial. In the mining industry, where huge capital is required to develop projects and construct mines, the ability of the listed company to raise funds on the stock exchange is crucial.

After many years of discussions between the relevant stakeholders in the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),

A practice has arisen whereby inspectors from the DMR have instructed certain mining companies to immediately withdraw the legal appointments of certain managerial and other persons, pending the completion of certain remedial steps, such as the retraining of the suspended individual(s).

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy ("Minister") published the Draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines, 2019 ("Guidelines") for public comment on 4 December 2019.

The ongoing transition towards sustainability in the extractives sector in South Africa and Namibia has been spurred on by ESG (environmental, social, governance) considerations...

While in favour of the broad growth goals of the national Infrastructure Development Plan, trade union UASA points out that it is a long term plan, and that while it is being implemented, mines are shutting down and employees are losing their jobs.

National Treasury published a draft amendment to the Domestic Reverse Charge ("DRC") Regulations on Valuable Metal on 1 August 2024, which will result in many (gold) mining title holders to be subject to the value-added tax ("VAT") reverse charge with effect from 1 April 2025.

On Friday, 28 March 2025, Notice 6052 was published in Government Gazette No. 52388, in terms of which the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, under sections 98(1)(zP) of the MHSA...

A recent statement by a significant mining investor to the effect that "South African gold operations at USD1,200 per ounce was not worth investing...

Parliament has passed several pieces of legislation since 1994 to promote black economic empowerment ("BEE").

The recent unreported decision of the North Gauteng High Court in Bert’s Bricks (Pty) Ltd and Another v the Inspector of Mines, North West Region and Others has important implications for mining companies and companies which process minerals.

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy recently published Coronavirus related regulations pertaining to some of the prescribed timeframes in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002.

It is perhaps ironic that as the world moves toward a cleaner future, more mining is projected to take place to facilitate the "Just Energy Transition".

It has often been the case that landowners seeking to sell property upon which environmental pollution occurs, have sought to protect their interests through contracts of sale and the passing on of liabilities associated with environmental statutory obligations to their purchasers.

As the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITAC) continues its quest for a comprehensive review, another actively identified industry is steel products.

A particular point of interest in the discussion document is the fact that SARS distinguishes between, what it calls, ‘embedded’ and ‘free-standing’ contingent liabilities.

With the publication of the first draft Codes of Good Practice (codes) under the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act No. 53 of 2003 (BEE Act) in December 2004, the regulation of BEE has taken an interesting turn.