2019-w24 - 30 August 2019

Kevin John Mileham to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

What (a) number of (i) prospecting, (ii) mining, (iii) exploration and (iv) production rights currently issued by his department to various rights holders are (aa) operational, (bb) dormant and (cc) closed down and (b) are the details of each right that is (i) dormant and •(ii) closed down? NW981E

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 30 Aug 2019

(a)(i) Prospecting issued 4372

(ii) Mining rights issued 1316

(iii) Exploration rights Onshore 18 Offshore 17

(iv) Production rights Onshore 01 Offshore 06

(aa) Operational 1174

(bb) Dormant 65

(cc) Closed Down 135

(b)(i) The rights are placed under care and maintenance due to amongst others the prevailing economic conditions, current low demand of commodities and inability to attract investments.

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2019-w221 - 30 August 2019

Kevin John Mileham to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

What (a) is the incidence level as a percentage of mineworkers of (i) pneumoconiosis and (ii) silicosis in South African mines, (b) steps is his department taking to reduce the incidence levels of these occupation related diseases and (c) is the trend of the specified diseases in the mining sector over the past 10 years?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 30 Aug 2019

(a)(i) The incidence level as a percentage of mineworkers with pneumoconiosis is 0.01 % reported from the 2017 annual medical reports and 0,00% in 2018.

(a)(ii) silicosis is 0.13% in 2017 and 0.09% in 2018.

(b)The department has carried focused audits and inspections on airborne pollutants in all the regions. The department has reviewed the Guideline on Airborne Pollutants in 2017/2018 financial year which ...

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2019-w90 - 08 July 2019

Mmabatho Olive Mokause to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

What steps has his department taken to encourage the retraining of mine workers by mining companies in order to adjust to (a) automation and (b) new jobs?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 Jul 2019

The MPRDA provides for submission of a Social and Labour Plan (SLP) which is one of the requirements of the granting criteria. The Human Resource Development (HRD) is one of the elements of the SLP. Its key objective is to ensure that mining right holders provides for training of employees and community workers. The training provided is aimed at improving the skills base such ...

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2019-w66 - 08 July 2019

Dumisani Fannie Mthenjane to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

Whether the Republic has any rare earth mineral resources; if so, (a) what is the (i) location, (ii) value and (iii) quantity of the rare earth minerals and (b) which companies are currently extracting the rare earth minerals in each case?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 Jul 2019

(a) The Republic has rare earth mineral resources (i) Found in the Western Cape Province on the farms, Steenkampskraal and Zanddrift, while surrounding farms are being explored for them (ii) the value of the resources is not known (iii) At the Steenkampskraal mine, the quantity is estimated at 605,000 tons at an average grade of 14.36 percent and total rare earth content of 86, ...

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2019-w83 - 08 July 2019

Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

What number of (i) buildings, (ii) properties and (iii) facilities does his department currently (aa) own and (bb) rent, (b) what is the value and purpose of each (i) owned and (ii) rented property and (c)(i) for how long has each property been rented, (ii) from whom is each property rented and (iii) what is the monthly rental fee for each property?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 Jul 2019

(aa (i) None

(aa) (ii) None

(aa) (iii) None

(bb) (i) 14 buildings

(bb) (ii)14 properties

(bb) (iii) 14 facilities

(b) (i) Value - Not applicable

(ii) The purpose of renting the properties is for office accommodation.

(c) The table below indicates the value, how long has each property been rented, from which building/property and monthly rental fee:

Number

(c) (i)

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2019-w68 - 08 July 2019

Marshall Mzingisi Dlamini to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

By what date will the new integrated Resource Plan be published?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 Jul 2019

The Draft IRP is undergoing a consultation process with Nedlac. As soon as the process is completed and subject to the outcome of Cabinet, it will then be released.

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2019-w26 - 08 July 2019

Kevin John Mileham to ask the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

(1) Whether, since the reply of the former Minister of Energy to question 556 on 19 March 2019, the forensic report has been finalised; if not, by that date will it be finalised; (2) what is the current actual (a) volume in barrels, (b) average cost in dollars per barrel and (c) valve of the country's strategic fuel reserve; (3) what are the details of the Strategic Fuel Fund's current actual policy relating to the rotation of the strategic fuel reserves; (4) (a) how often was a rotation of the strategic fuel reserve undertaken in the 2018-19 financial year and (b) what was the reason actually given for each rotation undertaken in the (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18 and (iii) 2018-19 financial years?

Reply from the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy on 8 Jul 2019

 

  1. The Forensic Report has been completed and will 6e tabled before the Board of Directors of CEF for adoption and submission to the Minister.
  2. The assertion of government is that the:

  • volume in barrels is - 10 300 000 barrels of Crude Oil.
  • average cost in dollars per barrel is - $63.99
  • value of the counFy’s strategic fuel reserve currently is - Ma‹tet ...
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