BUSINESS DAY TV: Mining companies and labour ‘are in the same leaky canoe’
ROGER Baxter is the CEO of the Chamber of Mines.BUSINESS DAY TV: This year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba has certainly put the spotlight on the sector’s gloomy outlook and so far the South African mines minister’s address has come under intense scrutiny, being described as noncommittal and vague on the how of some of the noble aspirations that have actually been outlined. Joining me now on News Leader for some conversation is the CEO of the Chamber of Mines Roger Baxter.Roger ... so has the DMR (Department of Mineral Resources) missed an opportunity here, what have you made of the minister’s address when it comes to some of the critical challenges that the South African mining industry has to tackle right now?ROGER BAXTER: First of all, he did talk about some of the key issues that we need to resolve, in particular around policy uncertainty and the need to get the MPRDA (Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act) amendment bill finalised as quickly as possible. The comm...
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