The establishment of an Integrated Project Management Control Office (IPMCO) is the fastest growing concept in project management today and is extremely important when implementing project quality systems that effectively integrate with business quality systems in the mining and engineering sectors. To keep pace with increased competition and tougher economic conditions in a fast-paced global [...]

Diversified resources group Xstrata has slammed the introduction of a proposed resources tax in Australia. Below is the press statement issued by the group:

Given the uncertainties facing the mining sector, mining companies will have to adopt sufficiently flexible planning strategies to accommodate a range of potential scenarios – a single vision cannot encompass the almost endless variation of challenges they may face in 2010. Deloitte’s global mining team put together the following ten trends that mining companies will [...]

The establishment of an Integrated Project Management Control Office (IPMCO) is the fastest growing concept in project management today and is very important for the effective implementation of projects across mining and engineering. To keep pace with increased competition and tougher economic conditions in a fast-paced global economy, mines must do more using fewer resources. [...]

BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management
Consulting
Arbitrator misconduct can and does occur in many different forms
including:

BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting.
Before a trade union can legally force the employer to recognise shop stewards as worker representatives the trade union first has to:

1. Gain official recognition itself from the employer; and
2. Show that [...]

Northam Platinum Limited has a major new shareholder after Mvela Resources announced its disposal of 12.2% of its holding in Northam to the global diversified mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation plc (ENRC).

SAP reseller Barnstone has launched an all-in-one, pre-configured SAP solution for mining SMEs that comes pre-populated with useful and relevant industry information
Barnstone’s  All-in-one SAP solution for SMEs in mining  combines SAP software, SAP best practises and Barnstone’s services.
“The solution is ideal for someone starting or growing a mining venture,” says Conrad Steyn, Barnstone’s co-founder. “A [...]

South Africa has slipped in a global mining industry survey and is now rated as the third worst mining country in Africa in which to do business.
Peter Leon law firm Webber Wentzel and chairman of the mining law committee of the  International Bar Association comments:
The latest Fraser Institute’s Annual Survey of Mining Companies, which aims [...]

In a move which is likely to provide further re-assurance to the African resource sector, global consulting firm Stratfor is reporting that Zimbabwe has dropped its highly contentious Indigenization Law.
Stratfor reports that a spokesman for Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said April 13 that the Indigenization and Empowerment Act has been rendered null and void [...]