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Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on its 2 Quarter 2016/17 performance, with Minister
2 Nov 2016
Though encouraged by its 88% achievement of its targets between July and September 2016, most important for DMR was to ensure there was positive impact in the work that it did.
DMR strived through its communication strategy to engage its stakeholders through workshops and career awareness programmes at Gauteng universities. ...
Energy
PetroSA R14.5 billion impairment forensic report: Department of Energy & PetroSA Board briefing
1 Nov 2016
The Energy Portfolio Committee met to receive a briefing on the forensic investigation of PetroSA with regard to the R14.5 billion impairment of its assets. However, PetroSA indicated that the report contained confidential information that could not be provided to the public, and it therefore could not provide the full ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mining legislation court cases and lessons learnt: briefing by Department of Mineral Resources with Minister
26 Oct 2016
The Chairperson expressing his displeasure at the incorrect reporting on committee proceedings by a section of the media.
The Minister of Mineral Resources in his opening remarks to the Committee talked about the transformation of the industry which the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) seeks to achieve and ...
Energy
NECSA on its 2014/15 & 2015/16 Annual Reports, with Minister
25 Oct 2016
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) received unqualified audit opinions for both 2014/15 and 2015/16. The results for both financial years were only finalised in September 2016. The delay was due to differing opinions on liability with regards to how to finance and account for money ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Mineral Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill: Committee Report on President’s reservations; Mineral Resources Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
19 Oct 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources adopted the report that outlines amendments to the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill [B15B-2013] in accordance with reservations raised by the President.
The Committee disagreed with the President that the power given to the Minister to amend Codes, Standards and Charter did ...
Energy
PetroSA’s R14.5 Billion Impairment: meeting postponed
18 Oct 2016
During the deliberations the Committee understood that;
-it was evident that the Department of Energy (DoE) was not yet ready with the outcome of PetroSA’s Impairment report and expressed displeasure over the lateness of the forensic report.
-The forensic report needed to ascertain whether the intervention through the turnaround strategies ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Council for Geoscience, Mintek, State Diamond Trader & South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator on their 2015/16 Annual Reports
12 Oct 2016
Council for Geoscience Annual Report
State Diamond Trader Annual Report
SA Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator Annual Report
Four entities of the Department of Mineral Resources - Council for Geoscience, Mintek, State Diamond Trader and South African Diamond and Precious Metals Regulator presented their 2015/16 Annual Reports to the Committee. ...
Energy
Nuclear New Build: briefing by Minister and Department of Energy
11 Oct 2016
The meeting intended to have three presentations. Due to time constraints, only the first presentation by the Department of Energy (DOE) was heard.
The DOE briefing looked at the historic background and gave an update on plans for the nuclear new build programme. It explain the following recommendations that the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Department of Mineral Resources on the 3 & 4 Quarter 2015/16 & 1 Quarter 2016/17 performance
31 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) briefed the Committee on the Third and Fourth Quarters 2015/16 and the First Quarter 2016/17. DMR said that the minerals and petroleum sectors remained key to the economy, and mining resource diplomacy was becoming more important. Notwithstanding the challenges, investors had still invested the ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
MPRDA Bill [B15B -2013]: deliberations on NHTL submission & President's reservations
24 Aug 2016
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) and a Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through each clause of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment (MPRDA) Bill disputed or commented on by the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL), the DMR, the President’s legal adviser, and the Office of the ...