New Mining Charter a step closer as Mantashe wraps up community consultations
The process of completing the new version of the Mining Charter is drawing near, with Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe promising a summit where the new document will be presented to all stakeholders for final comments before it is gazetted and brought into force. "Before we present the charter to the Cabinet and gazette it, we will convene a summit where the department will present a draft and allow all stakeholders to comment on the final product that came out of the process of community consultations," Mantashe said in a late-night statement on Thursday, after concluding the final community consultation. The charter has been one of the most contentious aspects of the South African mining regulatory environment in the past year, after Mosebenzi Zwane, when he was mineral resources minister, gazetted a document that was decried by the mining industry as damaging, unworkable and poorly drafted, prompting an immediate legal challenge. Since his appointment in February, Mantas...
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