Mantashe extends public comment period on Mining Charter by a month
Mantashe said there would be ongoing engagements between all stakeholders to narrow the trust deficit that was a hallmark of the mining industry
The third Mining Charter will be gazetted in October or November once it has been ratified by Cabinet and finalised during a month-long extension to the public comment period to end-August, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe said. The October/November target is far removed from the June period he had spoken about. On Sunday, after a two-day summit in Benoni drawing together hundreds of industry participants, Mantashe explained the June target had been for a draft charter and that the lengthy time to compile a final charter would be in finalising the document, drawing together all the inputs from the summit and public participation as well as making it legally watertight and securing Cabinet approval. One delegate speaking on condition of anonymity said this was the best way for Mantashe to give the Minerals Council SA (formerly Chamber of Mines) one less reason to oppose the new charter in court. The council used the lack of consultation by former mines minister Mosebenzi Zwa...
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