9/8/2010 2:53:48 PM | 0 Comments By Staff Reporter :
Mining for Change Conference Features Diverse and Controversial Line-up of Viewpoints
Mining for Change Conference, Monday 6 September 2010(Sandton) – Day 1 of the two-day Mining for Change Conference being held at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, provided delegates with a comprehensive and insightful overview of the current state of the loca ...»
9/8/2010 9:33:09 AM | 0 Comments By Siyabonga Ntshingila ;
Local coal miner Keaton Energy has said that it is very positive about the future of the local market and the prospects of its Mpumalanga Vanggatfontein.
The mine is expected to start production by year-end , and the company aims to be mining around 30,000tonns of high quality metallurgical coal from around March next year. The company has sunk a ...»
9/7/2010 5:39:17 PM | 0 Comments By Staff Reporter ;
Mining for Change Conference, Tuesday 7 September 2010 (Sandton) – In a speech delivered to the Mining for Change conference in Sandton, Noluthando Langeni, Director of South African Women in Mining Investment Holdings (SAWIMIH), highlighted the scarcity of women in the South African mining sector. According to Langeni, both government and mining companie ...»
9/9/2010 8:43:01 AM | 0 Comments The Treasury announced yesterday that the government was not looking to increase the tax burden on individuals and corporate to fund the increased public sector wages.
Treasury spokesperson Jabulani Sikhakhane said the department was still working out details of a solution and that an announced would be made in October. The details would form part of the medium-term budget p ...»
9/9/2010 8:25:57 AM | 0 Comments Usha Thorat, the Reserve Bank of India’s deputy governor said the central bank would not give banks any further leeway in their lending to infrastructure projects.
Thorat said the central bank as concerned that any relaxation would lead to a concentration of assets in the sector and that was not healthy from a risk perspective. This was after several banks had argued for an ...»
9/9/2010 8:25:56 AM | 0 Comments Indonesia has found itself at the centre of the latest race for resources between Chinese and Indian firms.
The two rising global powers are in a mad scramble to secure access to resources critical to driving their nations rapidly growing economies. Indonesia is the latest battleground in this war. In recent months, firms from both nations have been securing multi-billion d ...»
9/8/2010 2:55:38 PM | 3 Comments By Staff Reporter :
Mining for Change Conference (Sandton) – The final day of the Mining for Change conference in Sandton magnified the increasingly strident calls for policy reform in the South African mining sector.
Kicking off with a presentation by Joel Netshitenzhe, the Executive Director of the Maphungubwe Institute of Strategic Reflection (MISTRA), the day featured ...»
