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13 October 2005: Small Scale Mining Workshop 14 – 15 Nov 2005

Small scale mining is an attractive development option with several positive impacts that work towards alleviating the development deficit in southern Africa.  These include the promotion of small and micro enterprises, broad-based participation in mining, especially by the poorest of the poor and economic diversification.

However, SSM is better known for its negative characteristics, such as exploitation of women and children, environmental degradation, dangerous working conditions, externalisation of costs and loss of revenue to the state.

To ensure that SSM contributes to sustainable development, its positive attributes need to be maximised while minimising the negative impacts.  This requires capacity building and skilling of the miners themselves, local officials, legislators, researchers, large mining company officials and trainers.

This workshop is intended to explore the critical ways in which SSM interacts with the environment and society and to identify key interventions. Issues to be explored include SSM and development, formalising SSM and supporting SSM.

The workshop is aimed at local authorities, large mining companies, small scale miners, development agencies, training and research institutes and regulators.

PROGRAMME: 14 November 2005

8h00-08h30	Registration
08h30-09h00	Guest Speaker	Lulu Xingwana,   Deputy Minister, Department of Minerals and Energy
09h00-09h10	Welcome    Workshop objectives
09h10-09h50	Encroachment 1   - urban areas and old workings	Lois Hooge,   Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resources Canada
09h50-10h30	Encroachment 2   - rural: mining leases	Joseph Chohota,   AngloGold Ashanti
10h30-11h00	Refreshments
11h00-11h40	Impacts & Development 1   Incorporating small scale mining into IDPs to promote development – a local government perspective	Karuna Mohan,   Executive Director, LED Department, Ekhuruleni Metro
11h40-12h20	Impacts & Development 2   Environmental impacts as a  constraint on development	Cathy Reichardt,   Senior Lecturer, School of Mining Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
12h20-13h20	Lunch
13h20-14h50	Break away groups
14h50-15h10	Refreshments
15h10-16h00	Report back and Plenary discussion
16h00	Summary and Closure

 

 

PROGRAMME: 15 November 2005

08h00-08h30	Registration
08h30-09h10	Legislation/formalisation 1   Changing requirements for small scale miners in South Africa – DME perspective	Kgosietsiele Mogaki,   Department of Minerals and Energy   Director: Social Plan Programme
09h10-09h50	Legislation/formalisation 2   Responses to formalisation by small scale miners and by labour and large companies	Lindani Mtshali,   Small Scale Mining Chamber   (to be confirmed)
09h50-10h30	SSM support 1   Government initiatives	Gad Kwata,   Department of Minerals and Energy   Director: Small Scale Mining
10h30-11h00	Refreshments
11h00-11h40	SSM support 2   Industry initiatives	Dick Kruger,   Chamber of Mines of South Africa
11h40-12h30	Break away groups
12h30-13h30	Lunch
13h30-14h40	Break away groups
14h40-15h00	Refreshments
15h00-16h00	Report back and Plenary discussion
16h00-16h20	Mineral Development-Legislation Perspective	Adv. Martin Mononela, Department of Minerals and Energy
16h20	Summary and closure

 

Outcomes

 

 

The proceedings will be presented to the Department of Minerals and Energy, the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, Mintek, CSIR, Teba and the International Council on Mining and Metals.  Outcomes would also inform the larger events which Mintek anticipates co-ordinating to replace their annual colloquia.

 

 

Each session will be twenty-five minutes, followed by fifteen minutes for questions and clarification.

 

Participants will receive an attendance certificate.

 

 

Cost: R950.00 per day or R1750.00 for both days

 

Venue: The Castle, Kyalami

 

 

Contact for registration:-

 

Theresa van der Merwe

 

Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry

 

School of Mining Engineering

 

University of the Witwatersrand

 

Private Bag 3, Wits 2050

 

Phone +27-11-7177422

 

Fax +27-11-339-8295

 

Mobile +27 (0)83-726 6923

 

e-mail: csmi@egoli.min.wits.ac.za