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Mineral Resources and Energy
Impact of SONA; Licensing regimes for both minerals and energy: briefing by Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
24 Feb 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa: 2021 State of the Nation Address (SONA)
In a virtual meeting, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy briefed the Committee on its responses to the President’s announcements at the State of the Nation Address, as well as features of the licensing regimes for minerals and petroleum. ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Nuclear New Build Request for Information: DMRE Update
23 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy, 23 February 2021
The Committee convened on a virtual platform to receive a briefing from the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy on the Nuclear New Build Request for Information.
The Department was providing a progress report of the market response, based ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Adherence to Covid-19 regulations, protocols & vaccine roll-out: update from Department & Minerals Council of SA
10 Feb 2021
Video: Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy
The Committee met in a virtual meeting with the Minerals Council of South Africa and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. The core of the meeting was to discuss the adherence to COVID-19 protocols and possible initiatives concerning the roll-out of ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
PetroSA Oversight visit report; 1st Term Committee Programme
2 Dec 2020
Video: PC Mineral Resources and Energy, 2 December
In its final meeting for the year, the Committee convened on a virtual platform to adopt its oversight report to PetroSA in Mossel Bay. Members raised concern that PetroSA was running out of feedstock and that the report should ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
State Diamond Trader on challenges in the diamond sector
24 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the State Diamond Trader briefed the Committee on challenges in the diamond sector in SA. The presentation spoke to legal/regulatory barriers to entry and ethical concerns. Challenges were in respect to dual licence for dealers and beneficiators, no grant funding/funding policies for the diamond industry, capital ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
2019/20 Audit outcomes of DMRE & entities: AGSA briefing
3 Nov 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Auditor-General of South Africa briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy for the 2019/20 financial year, and those of its entities whose Annual Reports had been finalised.
The Annual Reports of five entities, all under the former ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Impact and interventions relating to illegal mining: Harmony Gold briefing
28 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee was briefed by Harmony Gold on the impact of illegal mining on its business, as well as the interventions it had introduced to curb illegal mining activities.
The Committee was told that the illegal mining industry was dominated by foreign nationals. A demographic breakdown ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Gauteng Oversight Visit Report
21 Oct 2020
In a virtual meeting, the Committee convened to consider its oversight report and to address the logistical concerns Members had with the visit to Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and Gauteng. Committee Members welcomed the report.
There was discussion around the Mining Charter; stakeholder engagement between mining companies and the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Molteno-Indwe coalfield: Council for Geoscience research
20 Oct 2020
The Council for Geoscience updated the Committee on its research project to evaluate the potential of the Molteno-Indwe coal field in the Eastern Cape. Although questions were raised by the Committee Members on the viability of the project, there was consensus that the project was relevant especially in the present ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
DMRE Quarter performance & legislative programme for 2020/21; IEMO Bill: Committee Report
2 Sep 2020
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy briefed the Committee on its second, third, and fourth quarter performance report for 2019/20 in a virtual meeting. The Department presented the comparative performance and performance highlights of the former Departments of Energy (DOE) and Mineral Resources (DMR) separately, as ...