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On the side-lines of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop sat down with John Volanthen, Cave and Rescuer and Marco Pagnini, Operational Risk Director DuPont Sustainable Solutions to discuss mine safety and whether the mining industry is investing enough in looking after its workers.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Is the mining industry investing enough to protect its workers?

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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop spoke to David Urqhurt, the Bishop of Birmingham from the Church of England about ethical investing in mining at the just ended Mining Indaba in Cape Town.</p>


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The runner-up for last year&#8217;s Investment Battlefield, Walter Shamu, Chief Operating Officer of Orion Minerals says the format of the Investment Battlefield made his pitch even more exciting. CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop caught up with him at the Mining Indaba to get more insight on the funds raised since last year.</p>


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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop spoke with Minister of Trade and Industry for Canada, Mary Ng on how Canada plans to deepen trade ties with South Africa and the rest of the continent.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Canadian Minister Ng on deepening trade ties with Africa

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As the Mining Indaba entered its third day in Cape Town people are taking stock of how much it has changed over the last quarter of a century and in particular during the last turbulent decade of uncertainty. The organisers of the Mining Indaba claim numbers are up this year, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to one of the delegates Michael Ryan.</p>


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African Mining Indaba 2020 released its top 10 trends reports and CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to mining expert, Andrew Swart outline how he sees the trends.</p>


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At the ongoing African Mining Indaba, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop caught up with Emma Wade-Smith, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa at the UK Department for International Trade and they discussed the importance of Africa’s mining industry to the United Kingdom.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Wade-Smith discusses the value of UK-Africa trade relationship in mining sector

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The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) plans to add significant value to the country’s Bauxite resources. GIADEC CEO, Michael Ernest Ansah says besides bauxite work is in place to revamp the Valco Aluminum Smelter in Ghana. Ansah discussed the opportunities in Ghana’s mining economy with CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop on the side-lines of the Africa Mining Indaba.</p>


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#MiningIndaba2020: GIADEC CEO Michael Ansah on opportunities, projects in Ghana’s mining industry

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On the final of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop spoke to Mineral Resources and Energy Minister, Gwede Mantashe about the key takeaways from the gathering and the need for greater cooperation among African countries.</p>


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#MiningIndaba2020: Mantashe on self-generation, Mining Charter deadline & greater cooperation among African countries

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Cosatu says the appointment of Tiger Brands CEO, Noel Doyle, is uncalled for following his role in the bread price-fixing scandal. Cosatu says that incident was the pick-pocketing of the poorest consumers. Joining CNBC Africa to discuss this further is Michael Shingange, Cosatu Deputy President.</p>


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The World Gold Council came out with a report last week on supply and demand for gold, the man behind the report, John Reade, chief market strategist of the council talks about how the gap between supply and demand for the precious metal is still far apart.</p>


#MiningIndaba2020: Has gold production peaked?

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Tietto Minerals have been crowned winner of the Investment Battlefield at the 2020 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. Executive Director, Mark Strizek spoke to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop about the company’s Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire and other investment opportunities on the continent.</p>


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<p>Ignacio de Calonje, Chief Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation discusses the key outcomes of the 2020 Mining Indaba and how Africa can improve its investment outcomes by focusing more on infrastructure development.</p>


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<p>By Chris&nbsp; Bishop </p>



<p>One of the supreme ironies of this Mining Indaba – billed as the place to connect junior miners with investors – is that the representatives of the junior miners themselves came here to complain bitterly that they were hamstrung in their efforts to do so.</p>



<p>For more coverage on #MiningIndaba2020 visit:  <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/category/mining-indaba/">https://www.cnbcafrica.com/category/mining-indaba/</a> </p>



<p>Junior miners are the scouts of the industry, in the frontline of exploration:  getting small projects off the ground and often selling them to the major miners on fruition. Around 1500 South African junior miners support 45,000 jobs – yet a report released Wednesday by the Minerals Council South Africa, on Day three of the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, claims 230,000 jobs could be created, through the multiplier, if there were tax breaks, less red tape and more support from investment funds.<br><br><strong>[WATCH] </strong><a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/videos/2020/02/03/miningindaba2020-how-mining-companies-can-strengthen-relations-with-local-communities/">#MiningIndaba2020: How mining companies can strengthen relations with local communities</a></p>



<p>“A lot of people at the Mining Indaba say to us: If only
this mining project was just in Australia it would be ten times the value of
the market capital price. It is sad,” says Errol Smart CEO of junior miner
Orion Minerals one of the presenters of the report.</p>



<p>Smart claimed South Africa was losing projects across the border to more go-ahead mining nations like Botswana and Namibia. He claimed junior miners struggled to wade through piles of bureaucracy at the overstretched Department of Mineral Resources.</p>



<p><strong>[WATCH]</strong> <a href="https://www.cnbcafrica.com/videos/2020/02/04/miningindaba2020-alex-caldwell-on-where-vivo-energy-sees-investment-opportunities-in-africa/">#MiningIndaba2020: Alex Caldwell on where Vivo Energy sees investment opportunities in Africa</a></p>



<p>“We have got to declutter the system and get red tape out of
the way,” says Smart.</p>



<p>Another problem for South African junior miners – in a land
of big mining and big government &#8211; is that investment funds here have no
mandate to invest in their small projects.</p>



<p>Ironically, according to Smart, Australian pension funds
invest in South African junior mining projects along with retail investors in
Canada who enjoy tax breaks for doing so. All of these factors make it even
tougher for the mining scouts on the front line who live with high risk and
narrow margins.</p>



<p>“Our members invested R55 billion and earned R54 billion in
revenue last year. That shows you that it is a tough gig,” says Smart.</p>



<p>Former finance minister Trevor Manuel promised tax breaks
for junior miners more than a decade ago. They never came. </p>



<p>Mmadikeledi Malebe, the deputy director general of the
Department of Mineral Resources, said: “We deal with all applications on
receipt and we always try to assist junior miners with their paperwork.</p>



<p>Junior miners plan meetings with government in the coming
months to raise their issues.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p>


Junior miners: If SA is serious about creating jobs it needs to make these changes…

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Nigeria’s Minister for Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says the country will hopefully export gold officially for the first time in history by the end of the year, as the construction of a mine for its gold project in Osun State is ongoing. He spoke to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop on the side-lines of the African Mining Indaba in Cape Town.</p>


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On the side-lines of the ongoing African Mining Indaba in Cape Town, South Africa, Managing Director of Menar, Vuslat Bayoglu highlights the importance of sustainable technology in the midst of the climate change crisis faced by Africa. He also spoke briefly on optimising growth and investment in the digitised mining economy and the key to success in monetising companies to develop an eye for identifying promising opportunities in the mining sector and converting them into profitably businesses. He spoke to CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop for more.</p>


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CNBC Africa&#8217;s Chris Bishop spoke with Jean Craven, CEO Barak Fund Management on how to resolve the funding challenges faced by junior miners.</p>


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