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Mineral Resources and Energy
State liability for environmental damage from acid mine drainage and derelict and ownerless mines: briefing by actuaries
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Mineral Resources(DMR) gave a presentation that outlined its efforts, budgets and plans in respect of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and derelict mine rehabilitation. The Department explained that despite the fact that mining had been ongoing since the 1600s, it was only when the Mineral and Petroleum Resources ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining Technology, Research and Innovation: CSIR and Department of Mineral Resources and CSIR briefing
12 Aug 2015
Innovation was a key enabler for achieving sustainable growth and meaningful transformation in the SA mining industry. The Department of Mineral Resources echoed this when it was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources about research and development in South Africa. The Department had instructed Mintek to drive the process ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
CSIR on its involvement in mining technology
10 Jun 2015
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) gave a presentation on its involvement in mining technology. The Committee was informed that South Africa had significant mineral reserves and was a mature industry, with easily mined deposits with high grade deposits already extracted. However, in mining operations, and in gold ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Recent job cuts in mining sector: input on negotiations by Department of Mineral Resources
3 Jun 2015
The Committee staff gave a pre-briefing on trends in employment in the mining sector. There had been a decline in the predominance of gold, due to economic changes and the age of gold mining and depth of mining that was now required to reach gold deposits. Employment in the sector ...
Finance Standing Committee
Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS) Report: Parliamentary Budget Office briefing
20 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, the Standing Committee on Finance and the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources held a joint meeting to discuss a research paper presented by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on Base Erosion and Profit Sharing (BEPS). The joint meeting was led by the Chairperson ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Diamond Trader on beneficiation of diamonds and response to information requested by Committee
13 May 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources was briefed by the State Diamond Trader (SDT) on various issues, dealing mainly with the legal opinion which stated that the SDT had no legal obligation to comply with information disclosure. If the information was given out, then the Committee would have to take ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Committee's Draft Report: Department of Mineral Resources Strategic Plan & Budget adopted
29 Apr 2015
The Committee met to discuss its draft report on the 2015-16 budget and strategic plan of the Department of Mineral Resources, as well as the Committee Programme for the next few months, and the minutes from the last two committee meetings.
Members pointed out several grammatical errors in the report. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on its Strategic/ Annual Performance Plans 2015/16
18 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Parliamentary researcher and content advisor on the issues in the 2014 Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report (BRRR), and by the Auditor General of South Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the 2015/16Annual Performance Plan of the Department.
The 2014 BRRR had ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Challenges faced by SA Mineral Resources Administration Database (SAMRAD): Departmental briefing
4 Mar 2015
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) on the South African Mineral Resources Administration Database (SAMRAD) and the challenges it was experiencing. SAMRAD had been developed in response to addressing one of the binding constraints in the mining sector – the need to modernise the regulatory ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Meeting with Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Environment
25 Feb 2015
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources met with the Norwegian Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy and Environment. The Norwegian Committee indicated that oil and gas were very dominant parts of the Norwegian economy, similar to the position in South Africa. The main topics for discussion were the impact of mining ...