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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

Fading confidence in collective bargaining could lead to job cuts, warns law firm

The apparent opting out of labour union membership in South Africa amid a wave of wildcat strikes, could mark a rise in employee terminations, should companies lose confidence in collective bargaining, law firm Routledge Modise employment director...
18 Apr 13
 
 
DistribuTECH Africa Conference

Company Announcement: DistribuTECH Africa Conference to Co-Locate with POWER-GEN Africa 2014 PDF Available

PennWell International announced that it has made the strategic decision to co-locate the POWER-GEN Africa and DistribuTECH Africa exhibitions and conferences. The combined event will take place from 17 – 19 March, 2014 at the Cape Town...
 
 
Corobrik

Company Announcement: Architects of the Future Combine Sustainability with Design at 26th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year award PDF Available

Today’s fine architects are required to combine design talent with engineering ability, social awareness and an aptitude for business
 
 
MINING IN SA

Resources Watch 2012 roundup Video Available

Creamer Media’s Resources Watch highlights some major events that took place during the year. Exxaro renewable energy bids (RW 87)
 
 
Tenova TAKRAF

Company Announcement: Tenova TAKRAF completes another successful Bradford replacement PDF Available

Tenova TAKRAF has further enhanced its reputation as a world leader in heavy-scale refurbishments by replacing the Bradford crusher at Anglo American Thermal Coal's Kromdraai opencast operations north west of Witbank in Mpumalanga
 
 
SOUTH AFRICA MINING

CoM, traditional leaders set up committee to tackle mining problems Video Available

Contralesa president Sango Patekile Holomisa The Chamber of Mines (CoM) and the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) have set up a task team to address challenges facing the country’s mining sector. “We have agreed with the CoM that a task team be set up to work...
23 Oct 12
 
 
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT

Zim cancels 344 prospecting orders as it seeks to stamp out speculative hoarding

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe last week signed into law the Finance Act, which gives the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) the power to carry out on-site inspections to determine progress at mining operation in a bid to plug the high rate of...
05 Oct 12
 
 
MINING LEGISLATION

New Zim diamond policy in place – Mining Ministry

Zimbabwe’s amended Diamond Policy was approved and in place, Ministry of Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Prince Mupazviriho said at the fourth Zimbabwe Mining Indaba, in Harare, on Wednesday. He told delegates that the new...
12 Sep 12
 
 
Electrically Speaking - Terry Mackenzie-Hoy

Getting it off my chest

Before I begin, let me record my thanks to Phillip Pare, who suggested the topic of energy return on investment, or EROI, which I used in a recent column.
27 Jul 12
 
 
Biofuels

Small-scale biodiesel production offers fuel-supplement, new-revenue prospects

Community-scale production of biodiesel from used oils and fats can effectively provide a high-value product to supplement local fuel use and form an additional revenue stream for farmers who produce oil-yielding crops, says UK biofuels company...
06 Jul 12
 
 
NATIONALISATION

Resources Watch Video Available

This week: Mincon and Western Star hand over a 35 ton truck to Booysen Bore Drilling. Kumba is ‘well on the way’ to reaching its 70-million tons a year iron-ore target. And, the ANC mining policy should focus on ‘capturing rents’, not on...
 
 
Martin Creamer Show on SAFM

08/06/2012 (On-The-Air) Audio Available

Diamond giant De Beers will decide in two months whether or not to spend R17-billion on expanding its Venetia mine in Limpopo province; a small black-run diamond-cutting operation is proving that local diamond beneficiation is profitable; and a...
08 Jun 12
 
 
 
 
 
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