The MLiA Chair will be releasing a newsletter detailing its activities every couple of months. Past newsletters can be found below.

2018

April

December

July 2020

Part Two: Initial thoughts on the 2020 July Draft Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 15:15
Part One: South African Policy and the Circular Economy – how to catch a cloud and pin it down - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 14:45

June 2020

Mining the Past in a Pandemic: Part II – The Great Pandemic on the Rand - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 13:00
Guest Opinion: Tragedy of Common Custodianship - Mon, 06/15/2020 - 11:45
The Mining Licencing Regime in Malawi - Tue, 06/02/2020 - 08:45

May 2020

Effects of Ineffective Governance of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Extractive and Energy Sectors - Thu, 05/14/2020 - 15:45
Mining companies should not protect only mineworkers against Covid-19, but mining communities as well: AMCU v DMRE & Others - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 09:30

April 2020

The looming coronavirus-induced mass retrenchments: At the crossroads of MPRDA & LRA - Wed, 04/29/2020 - 13:45
Rethinking application procedure for exploration right: When to object? - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 16:00
Where do the proceeds from petroleum production in developing nations go?- A closer look at Nigeria - Mon, 04/06/2020 - 09:30

March 2020

The impact of government’s response to Covid-19 on mineworkers in South Africa - Sun, 03/29/2020 - 16:45
The ‘Force Majeure’ Doctrine and Coronavirus: A Mining Industry Perspective - Thu, 03/26/2020 - 14:45
Mining the Past in a Pandemic: Part I – The Great Smallpox Cover-up - Mon, 03/23/2020 - 21:30
The Constitutional Court reinforces the “first come – first serve” approach in granting prospecting and mining rights - Mon, 03/23/2020 - 09:30
Commentary on the Draft Expropriation Bill, 2019 - Mon, 03/02/2020 - 09:30

February 2020

Designing Local Content Frameworks in the Oil, Gas and Mining sectors in Africa: Principles and Guidelines - Tue, 02/11/2020 - 12:00
Part 5: Mine(d) Over Matter: An example of the theory put into practice - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:30
Part 4: Mine(d) Over Matter: South African Law and Policy in a Fibrous-Plant Future - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:15
Part 3: Mine(d) Over Matter: Mining Fibrous Plants - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 15:00
Part 2: Mine(d) Over Matter: Restorative Justice in the Mining Industry - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 14:45
Part 1: Mine(d) Over Matter: A Marriage of High Theory and Deep Practice in South African Mining - Wed, 02/05/2020 - 14:15
Written Comments on the Draft Mine Community Resettlement Guidelines, 2019 - Mon, 02/03/2020 - 10:15

November 2019

OPINION: Challenges to promoting intra-African trade in the petroleum industry in the wake of the AfCFTA Agreement: Africa’s insufficient petroleum refining capacity - Thu, 11/28/2019 - 11:30
The empty bread basket: The state of mining in Zimbabwe - Fri, 11/22/2019 - 09:30

August 2019

COAL vs RENEWABLES: Is the fight against coal as a major source of energy finally being won? - Fri, 08/02/2019 - 09:00

July 2019

Germany closes its last active black coal mine – Will South Africa follow suit? - Mon, 07/22/2019 - 15:30
OPINION: To BEE or not to BEE? - Mon, 07/22/2019 - 14:45

June 2019

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Are Kenya and Other Developing Countries Ready to Implement Sovereign Wealth Funds as a Means of Promoting Growth and Development and Tackling the Resource Curse? - Fri, 06/07/2019 - 12:15
Mining’s Oppressive History: The South African Story (Part 1: 1860-1930) - Thu, 06/06/2019 - 14:30

December 2018

A Victory for Communities Against Eviction in the Mining Context - Wed, 12/12/2018 - 10:00
Neglect of Mining Areas: The case for Equitable Distribution of Resource Revenue - Wed, 12/12/2018 - 09:45
Comments on the 2018 Draft Mining Charter: Submission by MLiA to the Presidency - Tue, 12/04/2018 - 14:15

November 2018

Lessons I've Learned from Dee Bradshaw - Tue, 11/20/2018 - 10:30
Morocco: Mining Tax Reform to Benefit Local Communities - Tue, 11/13/2018 - 16:15
Hunting for Treasure in a Playground from Hell: Child Labour in DRC Cobalt Mines - Tue, 11/13/2018 - 15:45

September 2018

The Mine Health and Safety Report: The use of mining stoppages to address safety challenges at mines - Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:15

August 2018

The Mine Health and Safety Report: Assessing the Functioning of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Fund - Thu, 08/16/2018 - 11:15

July 2018

Mineral Law in Africa and Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Scoping Workshop - Mon, 07/30/2018 - 13:15
Mining Permit granted to zamazamas – a step towards the formalisation of artisanal small-scale mining in South Africa - Wed, 07/25/2018 - 09:45

May 2018

Addressing the rise of illegal mining in SA: Enforcing laws and adopting tracing mechanisms - Thu, 05/31/2018 - 10:30
The Fight against Galamsey: How Ghana’s ban on small-scale mining has discriminated against legal small-scale mining activities - Fri, 05/18/2018 - 14:00
Mining and the Environment: A Need to Close Deadly Mine Sites in the Eastern Region of Cameroon - Fri, 05/18/2018 - 09:15

April 2018

The Abandonment of Mining and Prospecting Rights: A Not-so Unilateral Transaction - Mon, 04/30/2018 - 11:30

March 2018

A call to unshackle artisanal miners in South Africa - Tue, 03/06/2018 - 15:15

February 2018

World Bank to stop financing oil and gas projects - Mon, 02/05/2018 - 14:00

December 2017

The One Environmental System for the mining industry: Has it given rise to intra-governmental conflict of interest? - Tue, 12/05/2017 - 14:30

November 2017

An exit from landownership in the mining context - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 09:30
Bauxite Mining in Guinea: Mine Communities between Anger and Resignation - Thu, 11/30/2017 - 08:45
Women in mining: Caught between a rock and a hard place - Mon, 11/27/2017 - 08:45
South Africa’s Reviewed Mining Charter: The Battle Continues - Thu, 11/09/2017 - 08:15