South Africa's Mineral Industry 2011/2012- SAMI

South Africa's Mining industry continues to play a critical role in the country's economic growth and development. in 2011 , mining contributed R260.4 billion[us 31.5 billion] or 9.8 percent to the gross domestic product and accounted for 37.8 percent of the country's total exports of goods to the rest of the world, Read More

DMR ANNUAL PERFORMANCE PLAN 2013/2014

The DMR Annual Performance Plan for 2013/2014 has just been published. It accurately reflects the performance targets which the Department of Mineral Resources will endeavour to achieve given the resources made available in the budget for 2013/2014, View the plan

FRAMEWORK FOR PEACE AND STABILITY IN THE MINING INDUSTRY

Mineral Resources Minister, Ms Susan Shabangu and mining sector stakeholders from the chamber of mines, organised labour (NUM, AMCU, NUMSA, UASA) and management of Anglo American Platinum (AMPLATS) have pronounced on a way forward to ensure productiveness of the South African mining industry. The framework for peace and stability in the mining industry is available for downloads.

Mine Health and Safety Inspectorate

To ensure consistency with regards to receiving and addressing all Mine health and safety enqueries, a dedicated email address has been created. for all mine health and safety inspectorate enquiries please send an email to: mhsi@dmr.gov.za

FULL REPORT ON HYDRAULIC FRACTURING IN THE KAROO

The Department of Mineral Resources has released the full report on Investigation of Hydraulic fracking in the Karoo Basin of South Africa, The full report, which also covers the the Shale Gas potential of the Karoo is now available on the DMR website. Click on Full Report to download, There are also accompanying documents in a form of Annexures.

Also see the executive summary report by clicking on the Link: Hydraulic fracturing report.

GUIDELINES AND TEMPLATES: ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM (SAMRAD)

Information, templates and guidelines for the SAMRAD online system can be viewed by clicking here, this category containts everything you need to know about acquiring mining rights.