There is more bad news in store for the mining industry, with Parliament’s legal advisers warning last week that the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill could be further delayed due to procedural flaws. The bill, four-and-a-half years in the making, has contributed to the lack of policy certainty in the industry. Parliament’s legal advisers have informed members of the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on land and mineral resources that the procedure followed in dealing with the bill was incorrect, which could mean that the entire process of provincial public hearings has to start again. President Jacob Zuma sent the bill — passed by Parliament in 2014 — back to the legislature in 2016 because of a concern over the constitutionality of restrictions on the export of strategic or designated minerals intended for local beneficiation and because there had not been proper consultation with the National House of Traditional Leaders and the provinces. Parliament’...
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