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The Chamber is launching 'Dialogue with Emerging/Medium-scale Miners', a series of strategic conversations initiated by the Chamber to gain a better understanding of the needs, concerns and aspirations of the emerging/medium-scale mining companies.

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa, in partnership with the National Union of Mineworkers and the Ministry of Mineral Resources, is initiating an annual platform for strategic conversation among the key stakeholders in the mining sector, also known as the Mining Lekgotla. The Mining Lekgotla is distinct in that it will build the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values for a sustainable industry while at the same time maximising return on investment across the mining value chain in the medium and long term.

Participants at this Lekgotla will include representatives of mining houses, labor unions, government, young executives and thought leaders from various stakeholder groupings that operate in and around the mining sector.It will be launched at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, on the 5th and 6th of June 2012.

The Chamber of Mines of South Africa is a voluntary membership, private sector employer organisation founded in 1889.

The Chamber exists as the Principal advocate of major policy positions endorsed by the mining employers and represents these to various organs of South African national and provincial governments and to other relevant policy-making and opinion-forming entities, both within South Africa and abroad. The Chamber also works closely with the various employee organisations in formulating these positions where appropriate.

Eighteen months ago, a simple question sparked the imagination of the South Western Improvement District (SWID) board, "Why isn't there any street furniture in the SWID that speaks to mining in the present?" With that the wheels were set in motion to source a piece of mining equipment that could become part of the SWID's mining theme. The result has been a massive donation by Anglo American and The Chamber of Mines of the 125 ton workhorse, known as a Unit Rig Mark 36 payload haul truck, recently gone into retirement after 20 years of faithful service at Kumba's flagship operation, Sishen Mine.

This Mark 36 125 ton payload haul truck stands at the entrance of the SWID, courtesy of Kumba Iron Ore, as a testament to man's mechanical genius and to the glorious abundance of minerals found throughout South Africa.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, delivered a breakthrough on the international community’s response to climate change. In the second largest meeting of its kind, the negotiations advanced, in a balanced fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, the Bali Action Plan, and theCancun Agreements. The outcomes included a decision by Parties to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, and no later than 2015. The President of COP17/CMP7 Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said: “What we have achieved in Durban will play a central role in saving tomorrow, today.”

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