The mining Industry plays an important role in development. It provides raw materials for industrial development; it also provides huge resource rents which can be useful in funding infrastructure projects and budget ...

Section 5(1) of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 28 of 2002 stipulates that a prospecting and mining right granted in terms of the aforementioned Act and registered in terms of the Mining ...

The purpose of the study is to develop an optimal understanding of matters pertaining to quarrying aggregate in selected key regions in Namibia (particularly Erongo, Khomas, Oshana and Oshikoto), with the sole purpose ...

South Africa is pursuing the exploration and exploitation of its possible petroleum resources particularly shale gas, following the estimation of just over 400 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of shale gas resources in the Karoo ...

A lot of mine were left abandoned, unrehabilitated or unclosed prior to the introduction National Environmental management Act 107 of 1998 and most did not have plans for rehabilitation or mine closure. The law requires ...

Many resource-rich countries have adopted domestic policies such as local content policies (LCPs) to make sure that their nationals profit from their resources and to ensure economic development for their countries. However ...

Similar to most jurisdictions with a long history of mining, the South African government and ultimately the citizens are bearing the financial brand and associated problems of past mining activities. It is trite that the ...

This dissertation analyses the way in which States in the Lake Chad Basin have attempted to balance their State sovereignty and the human right to water when making use of the underground water resources in the Lake Chad ...

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The South African mining industry is viewed as the locomotive of the economic development in South Africa and has been a leading contributor to the economy for more than a century. However, the price paid for economic ...