Indicative prices
GOLDUS$ 2,312.40+2.4%
PGMsUS$ 1,178.60+1.1%
MANGANESEUS$ 4.82/dmtu+3.7%
CHROME OREUS$ 312/t+0.8%
COPPERUS$ 9,460/t+1.9%
COBALTUS$ 28,420/t-0.6%
GOLDUS$ 2,312.40+2.4%
PGMsUS$ 1,178.60+1.1%
MANGANESEUS$ 4.82/dmtu+3.7%
CHROME OREUS$ 312/t+0.8%
COPPERUS$ 9,460/t+1.9%
COBALTUS$ 28,420/t-0.6%
Insights

Legislation tracker

The dated legislative, regulatory and government milestones that decide whether South African minerals plants run. Compiled from our flagship report, Winning Back the Value. Evidence as at 9 October 2026.

Dated milestones

Type
Set by

9 of 9 milestones

  1. End-Sep 2026

    Electricity market code under the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act

    Stage: Before NERSA; wholesale market go-live due end-Sep 2026, still to be confirmed

    Next comment opportunity: Closed; watch for final approval

    Type Regulation
    Set by RegulatorDate passed: status to be confirmed
  2. 31 Mar 2027

    Mining cadastre national rollout

    Promised for 2025; now due 31 March 2027.

    Protect

    Type Register rollout
    Set by GovernmentUpcoming
  3. Apr 2027

    NERSA direct-customer tariff rises to 8.83%

    Rules

    Type Tariff
    Set by RegulatorUpcoming
  4. Apr 2027

    Ports Regulator fully operational

    Protect

    Type Institution
    Set by GovernmentUpcoming
  5. May 2027

    Steel safeguard duty reaches year three (9%)

    Protect

    Type Trade measure
    Set by GovernmentUpcoming
  6. 31 Jul 2027

    Scrap price preference expires

    Rules

    Type Price preference
    Set by GovernmentUpcoming
  7. No date set

    Chrome ore export controls: tax and quota

    Stage: Draft published for comment Oct 2025, never gazetted; revived in the Industrial Development Strategy 2026, with no rate, quota or date

    Next comment opportunity: When a revised notice is gazetted

    Type Draft regulation

    ITAC notice under the International Trade Administration Act

    Set by GovernmentDraft, not gazetted
  8. Once tabled

    General (Mining) Laws Amendment Bill

    Stage: Departmental comments closed 11 Sep 2026; Parliament next

    Next comment opportunity: Parliamentary hearings once tabled

    Type Bill
    Set by GovernmentParliament next
  9. Once tabled

    Mineral Resources Development Bill (amends the MPRDA)

    Stage: At Nedlac; draft gazetted 20 May 2025, comments closed 13 Aug 2025

    Next comment opportunity: Parliamentary public participation once tabled

    Type Bill
    Set by GovernmentAt Nedlac

Lanes are the report’s own: Restore (bring idle plants back), Protect (secure what feeds them), Build (new capacity only where a customer is waiting) and Rules (the conditions behind all three). Dates are as stated in the report and may have moved since.

Decisions with no date yet

  • Final terms of the 62c ferrochrome tariff, and any extension beyond Samancor and Glencore-MerafeCh. 12
  • Any tariff for TransalloysCh. 13
  • Whether Eskom extends a negotiated tariff to Ferroglobe’s silicon plantsCh. 17
  • Eskom and Alcoa post-2031 power terms (MW and tariff)Ch. 16

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