The mining cadastre under development by South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) must be rolled out “effectively, rapidly and transparently”. That was the emphatic response of Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne to Mining Weekly during question time at this week’s 136th annual general meeting of Minerals Council South Africa, which represents more than 90% of annual mineral sales for South Africa’s 470 000-employee mining industry, which in 2025 contri