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ANC and why South Africa’s mines should be nationalized

Posted in Africa, People, mining, tagged , , , on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

   Here is a link to the statement by the ANC on why the mines of South Africa should be nationalized.   This is a discussion document prepared for the ANC Youth League at their planned League National Council Meeting on 23 to 27 August. 

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Why Not? A Personal History of Mining in South Africa

Posted in Africa, Mining history, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2010 | 1 Comment »

    The weekend looms.  Nothing serious to say about mining.  Thus here is something I found last night in my e-files while cleaning things up.   It is a mere set of personal recollections fo growing up on a mine in South Africa in the 1950s.  Enjoy it for what it is.

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No more South African mining investment while Malema spits venom

Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, tagged , , , on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

   More sobering and indeed scary news from South Africa about Julius Malema.   I quote a new article, which states, in part:

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Mining industry research versus consultants for solutions

Posted in Africa, Mining history, Underground, consulting, safety, tagged , , on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

    When I was just a small kid, our school class was taken on a field trip to the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).  Being the snotty cynic I was then (and probably still am) I was unimpressed.  I could not fathom the potential benefit of looking at alternative wheat strains, [...]

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Malema and Mining Opponents–including Bill C-300

Posted in Africa, Church, Community relations, Law (Mining), mining, tagged , , on March 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »

  Julius Malema has called for the nationalization of South Africa’s mines.  I have warned investors to stay away from South African mines as long as Malema and his ilk are rampant.  A new report on Malema and those who seek to gain control of first world mining operations also reveals much about the motivations of [...]

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The Mining Week in Review

Posted in About the news, Africa, California, Global Warming, Gold, Mining history, tagged , , , , on March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »

   As the week winds down, here are some of the more way-out postings I have encountered this week on the subject of mining:

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No Mines in the South African Wine Farms

Posted in Africa, Human relations and mining, Law (Mining), environmental, tagged , , on March 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »

   Normally a report about miners being unwelcome is full of sad tales of aboriginals who protest the disturbance of the forests and sacred vales.   Normally one feels a passing sadness and empathy for the primitive peoples about to be yanked into the new century, and deprived of a supposedly idyllic, albeit primitive lifestyle. 

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Democracy, Family, Money and the “Pernicious” Influence of Mining

Posted in Africa, Church, First Nations, Human relations and mining, Jobs and Salaries, Law (Mining), Mining history, tagged , , , , , on February 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »

   A Social License to Mine does not imply social peace.  There appears to be much confusion on these two concepts –  see this link which states: We are not opposed to mining itself, but to its consequences, starting with the social conflicts that have left our families divided,” Maudilia Cardona, a local leader in the municipality [...]

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Final perspectives on South Africa and mining

Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, tagged , , on February 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I have just spent the past two weeks travelling around South Africa and talking to its mining people.  This is obviously not the country I last visited nineteen years ago.  Today there are friendly people providing services at every shop and kiosk.  There is a happy mix of people in every office I entered and [...]

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This is South Africa and mining

Posted in Africa, Investing & Finance, Mining history, mining, tagged , , , , on February 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »

   The past week has been spent in Illovo, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (at least I think that is the correct string of names to pinpoint the location.)    Yesterday I returned to Westdene where, in 1973, I bought a house for R10,000, sold in 1979 for R45,000, and which today is worth R1.3 million–the impact of inflation [...]

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