|  | Mining companies are upending rural communities and undermining air and water quality while government authorities fail to rein in abuses. |
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| | The country's proposed mining tax increases would hobble Africa's second biggest copper industry, miners say. |
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| | South African miner Exxaro is eyeing South32's local coal assets, which include an export quota, as it looks to increase its exports. |
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| | South African mining executives, investors and officials gather in the nation's economic hub for the Joburg Indaba conference. Here are the latest developments, updated throughout the day. |
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| | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signs three-year wage deal with platinum producer Northam Platinum that secures wage hikes of more than double the inflation rate for its members. |
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| | Randgold becomes second major miner to announce departure from London. |
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| | The East African nation seeks to reassure potential investors that it isn't involved in "conflict minerals." |
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| | New Mining Charter seeks to reduce uncertainty and boost investment in the sector. |
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| | Efforts to broaden the scope of the Kimberley Process, set to prevent the sale of so-called "blood diamonds", have been stymied for a decade by member states including China, Russia and a number of African nations. |
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| | Delivering a $7.1 billion budget in parliament, Margaret Mwanakatwe pledged to bring debt down and to trim the fiscal deficit to 6.5 percent of GDP in 2019. |
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| | South Africa's new mining charter will require holders of mining rights to have a black ownership level of at least 30 percent within five years. |
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| | The National Union of Mineworkers and Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union received strike certificates at Sibanye after negotiations. |
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| | Barrick's South America team "will be focused not only on bringing to account and dealing with the challenges around Pascua-Lama and Veladero,'' but also on expanding assets and partnerships in Peru, Bristow said. |
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| | DRC President Joseph Kabila vowed delayed elections will take place as planned this year. |
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| | AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.'s new CEO, Kelvin Dushnisky, said his goal of unlocking value at the world's third-largest gold producer will involve focusing on its best assets. |
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| | Chief Executive Officer Gary Goldberg said while not interested in the entire companies, he would interested in buying Barrick's half of their shared Kalgoorlie mine in Australia, which Newmont operates. |
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| | Kropz, is on track to list on London's AIM Stock Exchange by the end of the year as it prepares for first production in 2019. |
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| | Few gold mines can operate profitably below 1 gram a ton which is equivalent to extracting two teaspoons of gold from a Statue of Liberty's worth of ore. |
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| | Belgian zinc producer Nyrstar issued a profit warning last week, citing "adverse market conditions". |
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| | Randgold's founder Mark Bristow has been a thorn in the side of Barrick Gold Corp. Now he's its closest partner. |
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| | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti, inking the same agreement that other unions reached with the company earlier in the week. |
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| | The mining charter was introduced to redress the exclusion of black people in the mining sector under apartheid. |
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| | President George Weah signed the Land Rights Act into law on Wednesday after four years of debate in the legislature. |
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| | Botswana's economy is expected to expand by 4.5 percent this year. |
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| | Sibanye and Lonmin said in a joint statement they remained fully committed to the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year. |
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| | Metallon Corp. is considering paying mining-equipment suppliers in gold because a cash shortage in Zimbabwe is hampering its plan to expand output. |
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| | The Democratic Republic of Congo will declare cobalt a strategic metal, imposing a 10 percent royalty tax on producers. |
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| | Ramaphosa revealed highlights of the plan at a Sept. 14 meeting and the full package should be announced at the Oct. 24 midterm budget. |
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| | Eskom said on Monday that it had fewer than 20 days of coal supplies at 10 of its 15 coal-fired power stations, posing a threat to national power supplies. |
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| | Although about half of South African output is estimated to be unprofitable, few companies are reducing production by a meaningful amount. |
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| | Congo's updated mining code established the category of "strategic" minerals, to which a rate of 10 percent will apply. |
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| | Implats is confident of having adequate cash while restructuring its operations and cutting its workforce despite reporting a wider full-year loss. |
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| | South African miner Gold Fields Ltd aims to extend the life of its Cerro Corona gold mine in Peru through 2040 with an investment of at least $240 million. |
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| | Democratic Republic of Congo's mines minister said that a new mining code signed into law that hikes royalties and taxes cannot be called into question. |
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| | The area will allow producers of electric vehicles, smartphones and other goods to "install themselves in the DRC". |
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| | The railway line stretches up to 861 km (534 miles) from iron ore mines at Sishen in the Northern Cape to the Saldanha port in the Western Cape. |
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| | Since their discovery in early 2009, the ruby deposits near Montepuez in Mozambique have produced an impressive number of exceptional-quality stones. |
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| | South32's South Africa Energy Coal unit, the country's third-biggest exporter of the fuel, was split into a standalone business earlier this year. |
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| | The mining industry is an integral contributor to the South African economy, especially in terms of employment. |
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| | After more than two decades of improving mine safety since the end of apartheid, South Africa's progress has stalled with an increase in gold-mining deaths. |
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| | Zimbabwe will fast-track plans to settle its debt arrears, a key step needed to restore investor confidence in the country's economy. |
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| | Fertiliser miner Danakali aims to raise $322 million this year to develop giant potash reserves in Eritrea. |
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| | This summer's crash in commodity prices is turning it into a year to forget for miners. Unless you dig the world's biggest diamonds. |
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| | An agreement has been reached on separating laws for the country's oil industry and dropping a bill to govern the two sectors. |
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| | Assore reported a 1.9 percent fall in annual profit on Thursday as a strong rand currency offset favourable commodity prices and higher sales. |
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