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MINISTER MANTASHE WELCOMES NERSA CONCURRENCE TO MINISTERIAL DETERMINATION FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF 11 813 MW OF POWER

By on 9/10/2020

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP) welcomes the concurrence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to the second Section 34 Ministerial Determinatio ...

SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN AFRICAN COMMISSION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY(AFCONE)

By on 9/7/2020

On behalf of the AFRA State Parties, let me take this opportunity to congratulateeveryone who contributed to the two parties reaching thismilestonefor the signing of the AFRA-AFCONE Memorandum of Unde ...

DMRE to host 2020 Youth in Mining Webinar

By on 9/3/2020

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy will host the 2020 Youth in Mining Webinar to discuss the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the youth within the mining and minerals sector.

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DMRE ISSUES THE RFP FOR EMERGENCY POWER PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME

By on 8/22/2020

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has issued the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP).

DMRE ISSUES DIRECTIVE TO MINING OPERATIONS ON START-UP PROCEDURES

By on 4/23/2020

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has issued a directive to all mining operations to ensure safe start-up procedures as the sector prepares to ramp up to 50% of capacity.

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Remarks by Minister Mantashe, update on sector interventions responding to the nationwide lockdown, 03 April 2020

By on 4/3/2020

Since our last engagement with members of the media wherein we announced interventions to support the decisive action by President Ramaphosa to initiate a nationwide lockdown, we have been working tog ...

MINISTER MANTASHE CONDUCTS UNANNOUNCED VISITS TO COAL MINES IN MPUMALANGA

By on 3/31/2020

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP) today, 31 March 2020, conducted unannounced mine visits at three colliers in Mpumalanga which supply coal to Eskom. This was done to ...

Remarks by Minister Gwede Mantashe _ Unpacking mineral and energy industries’ response in preparation for a nationwide lockdown

By on 3/25/2020

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy yesterday met key stakeholders in the mining and energy industries to consolidate plans to deal with the spread of Covid-19. This is in support of the de ...

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INSTRUCTION: POSTPONEMENT/CANCELLATION OF GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY

By on 3/23/2020

In a media briefing on 15 March 2020, His Excellency, the President of South Africa, declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic a national disaster in terms of section 23(1)(b) of the Disaster Manag ...

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MINISTER MANTASHE MEETS WITH MINING INDUSTRY TO CONSOLIDATE PLANS TO DEAL WITH COVID-19

By on 3/17/2020

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP), today met with the leadership of the Minerals Council in Johannesburg, to receive an update on plans in place for the sector to ad ...

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