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<p>CNBC Africa puts the Focus On opportunities for mining in Africa, and embracing the power of positive disruption &#8211; coming from the 30th Mining Indaba in Cape Town.</p>


Absa Focus On Mining Indaba: Investment opportunities in Africa’s mining industry

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<p>From the 30th Mining Indaba in Cape Town, we look at the effect of at mineral export bans on investment opportunities and finding a balance between reducing mineral exports and feeding global demand.</p>


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Absa Focus On Mining Indaba: Reflecting on Africa’s mining industry


<p>JOHANNESBURG, May 8 (Reuters)&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa risk appetite for major miners, who have few alternatives to the resource-rich continent.</p>



<p>Companies and investors are considering projects they may have previously overlooked, while governments are also looking to Africa, anxious to ensure their countries can procure enough metals to feed an accelerating net-zero push.</p>



<p>This year&#8217;s Investing in African Mining Indaba conference, which runs May 9-12 in Cape Town, will see the highest-ranking U.S. government official in years attending, organisers say, as well as representatives from the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals Corporation (JOGMEC), in a sign of rich countries&#8217; rising concern about securing supply.</p>



<p>&#8220;The reality is that the resources the world wants are typically located in difficult places,&#8221; said Steven Fox, executive chairman of New York-based political risk consultancy Veracity Worldwide.</p>



<p>The U.S. administration wants to position itself as a strong supporter of battery metals projects in sub-Saharan Africa, he said.</p>



<p>&#8220;While Africa presents its challenges, those challenges are no more difficult than the corresponding set of challenges in Canada. It may be easier to actually bring a project to fruition in Africa, than in a place like Canada or the U.S.,&#8221; he added.</p>



<p>The United States has voiced support for new domestic mines, but projects have stalled. Rio Tinto&#8217;s&nbsp;RIO.AX&nbsp;Resolution copper project, for example, was halted over Native American claims on the land, and conservation issues.</p>



<p>Certainly, the risks of mining in sub-Saharan Africa remain high. The acute security challenge facing mines in the gold-rich Sahel region was highlighted last month when Russia&#8217;s Nordgold abandoned its Taparko gold mine in Burkina Faso over an increasing threat from militants.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2W93TK&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>And even in the continent&#8217;s most industrialised economy, South Africa, deteriorating rail infrastructure is forcing some coal producers to resort to trucking their product to ports.<a href="https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL5N2WK5KH&amp;linkedFromStory=true" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Read full story</a></p>



<p>Yet with Russia&#8217;s 7% of global nickel supply, 10% of the world&#8217;s platinum, and 25-30% of the world&#8217;s palladium off the table, Africa&#8217;s rich deposits of those metals start looking a lot more attractive.</p>



<p>&#8220;As a mining company, there aren&#8217;t many opportunities and if you are going to grow, you&#8217;re going to have to look at riskier countries,&#8221; said George Cheveley, portfolio manager at Ninety One.</p>



<p>&#8220;Clearly, after Russia-Ukraine people are more sensitive to geopolitical risk and you cannot predict which projects are going to work out and which are not,&#8221; he added.</p>



<p>Kabanga Nickel, a project in Tanzania, secured funding from global miner BHP&nbsp;BHP.AX&nbsp;in January, and CEO Chris Showalter said it is seeing increased demand from potential offtakers.</p>



<p>Western sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine are forcing metals supply chains to reconfigure along geopolitical lines, Showalter said.</p>



<p>&#8220;Not everyone&#8217;s going to be able to get clean battery metals from a friendly jurisdiction, so I think some difficult decisions will have to be made, and it is going to force people to make some new decisions about where they want to source.&#8221;</p>



<p>(Reporting by Helen Reid in Johannesburg and Clara Denina in London; Editing by Amran Abocar and Susan Fenton)</p>


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Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

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<p>Have you ever wondered what mining would look like in the next few years? Well ABB South Africa seems to believe that automation has potential to reduce operating costs and somehow not cause job loses. John Manuell, Local Division Manager for Process Industries at ABB SA joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


ABB South Africa: Increased automation in mining won’t lead to job losses

ABB South Africa: Increased automation in mining won’t lead to job losses, here’s why

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<p>South Africa&#8217;s mining industry has been thrown in some tailwinds in the recent while. Higher commodity prices have sweetened profits, and last week President Ramaphosa increased the threshold for electricity self-generation for companies to 100 megawatts. The proof of the good environment for mining was seen in the first quarter GDP numbers, with mining being one of the biggest drivers for economic growth. Joining CNBC Africa for a conversation on the mining landscape in South Africa is Neal Froneman, the CEO at Sibanye-Stillwater.</p>


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<p>The 2018 Mining Charter review application is being heard this week, as the mining industry and government remain at loggerheads concerning some key issues in the Charter.</p>


2018 Mining Charter review application: Here’s why this case matters

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<p>Inward investment was a key focus at the Mining Indaba this week. Government leaders and mining companies met virtually to discuss the way forward, amid the Covid-19 impact on the mining value chain. Joining CNBC Africa for more are Thabo Mokoena, Director General at the South African Department of Mineral Resources &#038; Energy; Fortune Mojapelo, CEO at Bushveld Minerals &#038; Neal Froneman, CEO at Sibanye-Stillwater.</p>


Mining Indaba: How the mining industry is responding to the COVID-19 crisis

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<p>Yesterday’s South Africa’s  GDP data for the second quarter revealed that The mining and quarrying industry decreased by 73.1 per cent as  the demand for mineral products fell as global markets entered into strict COVID-19 lock-downs;  contributing to decreased production in platinum , gold and other metals. However we are seeing a glimpse of recovery for South African miners as they are posting above average results and production increases. Peter Major, Mining Director at Mergence Corporate Solutions joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has issued guidelines for a mandatory Code of Practise to companies in the mining industry on managing the <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/videos/2020/05/19/adeosla-adeduntan-on-covid-19-the-future-of-banking-in-africa/">COVID-19</a> pandemic according to the terms of the Mine Health and Safety Act.</p>



<p>This will assist employers in the mining sector to establish and maintain a COVID-19 prevention, mitigation and management programme, according to a statement by the DMRE.</p>



<p>The following statement provides more details:</p>



<p><strong>DMRE PUBLISHES MANDATORY CODE OF PRACTICE TO FIGHT COVID-19</strong></p>



<p>The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has published guidelines for a mandatory Code of Practice (COP) for the mitigation and management of COVID-19 in the mining industry. The guidelines are issued in terms of section 49(6) of the Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996, after consultation with the Mine Health and Safety Council inluding a process of public comments to the draft guidelines. The objective of this guideline is to assist employers as far as reasonably practicable to establish and maintain a COVID-19 prevention, mitigation and management programme. This is to ensure that mine employees returning to work and any other persons at mines, are protected from transmission of the Coronavirus at the workplace, and where reasonably practicable, in the community, whilst providing guidance to all stakeholders regarding their roles and responsibilities in the management of the virus.</p>



<p>All mining operations are required to prepare and implement a Code of Practice on the COVID-19 pandemic that complies with any relevant guidelines and instructions issued by government, including:</p>



<ol type="a"><li>Regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002</li><li>Directions issued by the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy in terms of regulation 10(8) of the regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act No 57 of 2002</li><li>Guiding principles on the management of Covid-19 in the South African Mining Industry (SAMI)</li><li>Guidelines developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO), National Department of Health (NDoH), and the National Department of Employment and Labour (NDEL)</li></ol>



<p>Failure by the employers to prepare and implement the mine&#8217;s COP in line with the guidelines constitutes a criminal offence and a bridge of the MHSA. The gazetted guidelines can be accessed and downloaded on government gazette website, or <a href="http://www.energy.gov.za">www.energy.gov.za</a>  and  <a href="http://www.dmr.gov.za">www.dmr.gov.za</a></p>



<p><strong>Issued by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy</strong></p>



<p>For more coverage on COVID-19 visit: <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/covid-19/</a></p>


Clarification on COVID-19 “hotspots” as SA moves to level 3 lockdown

SA’s DMRE publishes COVID-19 guidelines for mining industry

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<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo Mining Week was slated to be held in June; now because of the global pandemic, the date has been postponed to a hopeful October 7th, 2020.</p>


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<p>Last week the South African Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe announced that mining companies may start re-opening at limited capacities during the extend national lock-down. The mining sector being shut down during the lock-down was of particular concern as our resource based economy will be severely hurt by supply chain disruptions. Joining CNBC Africa for more is Executive Chairman and CEO of Sekoko Resources, Timothy Tebeila.</p>


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<p>The gender equality in South Africa&#8217;s mining industry runs as deep as the mines themselves. What does the next generation of women in the industry have to look forward? Joining CNBC Africa for more is Deshnee Naidoo, CEO Vedanta Zinc and YPO Member.</p>


Vedanta Zinc CEO Deshnee Naidoo on breaking barriers in male dominated mining industry

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<p>The mining industry faces many challenges and a contracting economy only adds to its woes. CNBC Africa reporter Kopano Gumbi spoke to industry and policy makers at the annual Junior Mining Indaba.</p>


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<p><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/bernelle-verster-447757">Bernelle Verster</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/cheri-leigh-young-502285">Cheri-Leigh Young</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/francois-steenkamp-502558">Francois Steenkamp</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/jennifer-lee-broadhurst-245778">Jennifer Lee Broadhurst</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/sue-harrison-246842">Sue Harrison</a>, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town </a></em></p>
<p>South Africa’s economy was built on the mining industry. But the sector has been in decline for decades. <a href="http://www.statssa.gov.za/?cat=41">Mining</a> contributed R312 billion, or 6.8%, to South Africa’s GDP and 464 667 direct jobs in 2017, a far cry from the 21% contribution to GDP in the 1970’s.</p>
<p>Over the past two decades, 6 000 mines have been <a href="http://crown.co.za/latest-news/modern-quarrying-latest-news/5530-planning-for-successful-mine-closure">abandoned</a> and a large <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278035528_Mine_closure_in_South_Africa_A_survey_of_current_professional_thinking_and_practice">number</a> are expected to be closed in the next ten years. As one consulting <a href="https://www.miningmx.com/news/platinum/32500-third-sa-platinum-harvest-mode-industry-crisis-deepens/">analyst</a> and engineer in mining puts it, “we are in mine closure inducement mode right now”. Fixed investment in the industry has been shrinking over the past 10 years, while almost 30 000 jobs have been lost since 2014.</p>
<p>Mine closures create an economic vacuum, especially if the mines have been the only generator of economic activity in an area. Essential services, such as medical and health facilities, can also disappear if they were provided for by mining companies. Distressed communities are left behind to fend for themselves.</p>
<p>Towns like <a href="https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/tough-times-for-small-town-blighted-by-mine-closure-20170529">Carletonville</a>, Kroondal and Witbank in South Africa have already felt the impact.</p>
<p>A mine closure is a multifaceted injury that occurs in a narrow time frame. Communities don’t have a chance to adapt. It’s therefore important for closures to be planned and managed throughout a mine’s life cycle so that when the inevitable happens, people are better prepared.</p>
<p>We have been conducting <a href="http://www.resilientfutures.uct.ac.za/inputs">research</a> into different approaches to mine closures, viewed from several angles. The research covers a range of topics. These include how value can be added by treating acid mine drainage through <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0892687509002453">biomining</a>, evaluating sustainable development in the context of mines preparing for <a href="https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsd/article/view/111127">closure</a>, evaluating the legal requirements to facilitate <a href="https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004313521/B9789004313521-s009.xml">mine transformation</a> and investigating the <a href="https://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/WPS_No_256_Manufacturing__Employment-Complexity_Analysis_Zc_.pdf">economic complexity</a> required to grow the South African economy beyond primary resource extraction.</p>
<p>A great deal of research is going into <a href="http://www.resilientfutures.uct.ac.za/inputs">green mining</a> – an approach that involves mining metals and minerals for the benefit of local communities and in ways that lead to minimal environmental degradation. This includes planning beyond mine closure, while the mine is still operational.</p>
<p>Members from each of the teams involved in the research at the University of Cape Town are trying to find more integrated opportunities to address the complexities of mine closures. Our approach has been to address the challenge through a <a href="http://www.resilientfutures.uct.ac.za">multi-faceted</a> approach that involves collaboration across disciplines. This approach takes into account the perspectives of natural scientists (including bio, environmental and inorganic chemists), chemical engineers, legal specialists and developmental economists.</p>
<h2>Opportunities beyond mining</h2>
<p>An area we are exploring is whether the infrastructure left behind after mine closures can be put to new use.</p>
<p>One key insight is that the infrastructure that supports mining can also be used for <a href="http://www.miningfacts.org/economy/how-does-large-scale-mining-affect-agriculture/">agriculture</a>.</p>
<p>Another avenue of research investigates planting fibre-producing plants such as bamboo or hemp on mine land. The attraction here is that fibre-producing plants could achieve multiple objectives.</p>
<p>The first is that they have the ability to rehabilitate the land itself. Fibrous plants are particularly useful because they selectively absorb metals from the soil.</p>
<p>Secondly, communities can diversify a local economy by changing the land use from mining to agricultural activity. This could spur the development of downstream industries, including the manufacturing of textiles and furniture which can be produced from the fibre and stems of some of these plants.</p>
<p>An inter-disciplinary approach has been adopted in exploring the possibility of using fibrous plants on land previously used for mining.</p>
<p>For example, the <a href="http://www.ceber.uct.ac.za/">Centre for Bioprocessing Engineering Research</a> from the University of Cape Town, is reviewing the available information on fibrous plant suitability. This is done by assessing the best match of plant and degraded land. Key considerations include:</p>
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<li>the features of the geography and soil;</li>
<li>the resilience of the plant and its productivity; and</li>
<li>the nutrient and water requirements.</li>
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<p>At the same time the <a href="http://www.mineralstometals.uct.ac.za/">minerals to metals group</a> is assessing the potential for plants removing metal from the soil, the impact of plant type on removal, and ease of metal recovery. Their goal is to identify the most suitable crop types to achieve not only the best outcome for economic diversification, but also rehabilitation of the land.</p>
<p>The project draws on <a href="http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-outputs/view/9301">existing research</a> that’s already been done around the economic potential of bamboo in South Africa.</p>
<h2>Opportunities</h2>
<p>South Africa isn’t short of opportunities in which to try out new approaches. Mine closures are a regular occurrence. Lonmin, for example, has announced that over the next three years it will be closing some operations with the loss of over <a href="https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/shrinking-platinum-sector-adds-to-ramaphosas-economy-challenge/">12 000 jobs</a>.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/98505/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" />Moving from the concept of mine closure to mine transformation – taking into account the environmental as well as societal and economic effects of mining – provides new opportunities to fill the economic and governance vacuum of mines closing, easing the traumatic transition for affected communities and contributing to securing resilient future livelihoods.</p>
<p><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/bernelle-verster-447757">Bernelle Verster</a>, Researcher, Future Water Institute. Bioprocess engineering background, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/cheri-leigh-young-502285">Cheri-Leigh Young</a>, Postdoctoral research fellow, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/francois-steenkamp-502558">Francois Steenkamp</a>, Researcher, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>; <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/jennifer-lee-broadhurst-245778">Jennifer Lee Broadhurst</a>, Associate Professor, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em>, and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/sue-harrison-246842">Sue Harrison</a>, Director for the centre of bioprocess engineering research, <em><a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-cape-town-691">University of Cape Town</a></em></p>
<p>This article was originally published on <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a>. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/finding-ways-to-keep-communities-alive-after-mine-closures-98505">original article</a>.</p>


How communities in Africa can thrive after mine closures

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<p>Cosatu president Sdumo Dlamini has decried the high number of deaths at South Africa’s mines.</p>


SA’s mines have become a slaughter house for workers – Cosatu President

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<p>CNBC Africa’s Lubabalo Mashiqana spoke to National Union of Mineworkers President Thamsanqa Masota spoke to CNBC Africa about the safety of workers at SA’s mines.</p>


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<p>Dr. Sizwe Phakathi, Head: Safety and Sustainable Development, Chamber of Mines spoke to CNBC Africa about safety of mine workers in the industry in the wake of seven mineworkers who perished at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine.</p>


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