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MCCLOSKEY FAX ISSUE 636 (14/6/2013)SA COAL REPORT, ISSUE 2131 (18/6/2013)FERROUS AND NONFERROUSRYAN’S NOTES; VOLUME 19(24) (17/6/2013)MINERAL MINING‘INTERVENTION COMING IN MINING SECTOR’ (Business Report, 18/6/2013)Urgent intervention is needed in eight areas in the mining sector, the presidency said on Friday. They included workplacerelations, workers' indebtedness, and the need for law and order to counter violence and conflict. “The Rustenburgplatinum belt was identified as one of those (areas where the mines operate) that requires immediate intervention,” thepresidency said in a statement. Officials from trade unions and the mines met deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe at theUnion Buildings in Pretoria on Friday.DRAFT DOCUMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE MINING AGREED – DEPUTY PRESIDENT (Mining Weekly, 14/6/2013)Government, business and labour had agreed to ratify by June 26 a draft document on ensuring sustainable mining in SouthAfrica, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Friday. Government, organised labour and business also committed tocontinue to meet quarterly over the next 12 months, or as frequently as required, under the leadership of the DeputyPresident to ensure common action to address blockages and new issues should they arise (see also video attached).Motlanthe said at a media conference, after a long period of discussion by the who’s who of South African mining, that allparties recognised the mining industry's centrality to South Africa’s economy and job creation, as well as the need tostrengthen the sector in the current difficult global economic conditions. In the interim, the attendees had agreed broadly thatit is crucial to ensure law and order and end violence and conflict.TRANSNETNORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR ON THE MENU AT NEXT TRANSPORT FORUM (FTW Online, 18/6/2013)The Transport Forum Special Interest Group will hold its next monthly meeting in Durban where several high-level speakershave been lined up to offer their insights on ‘The North-South Corridor’. The School of Ports in Langeberg Road, Bayhead isthe venue for the event which is, as always, free although booking is essential. Speakers include Irvindra Naidoo, generalmanager:group strategy at Transnet, who will discuss the Durban-Free State-Gauteng Logistics and Industrial Corridor whileBarney Curtis of Fesarta will offer his insights on solving transporters’ problems along corridors in East and Southern Africa,particularly the North-South corridor. (Whole Article)TRANSNET 1, BARNES 0 IN DEBT ISSUE CASE (Business Day Online, 18/6/2013)LET me first of all admit that my comments last week on the failure of Transnet’s R750m long-term bond were well andtruly trumped by the more than three times over-subscribed R1bn three-year bond Transnet issued, to spite me, onvirtually the same day my opinion was published. Furthermore, let me be clear, I wish it every success in raising all of thecapital (at the right price and over the right maturities) that we need to spend on restoring our decaying infrastructure. Butallow me to point out some significant differences between the two instruments. The R750m issue was priced at a fixedrate and it matures in 2035.LOBBYING SPRINGMASTER MD EARNS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING (Business Day, 18/6/2013)Transnet Freight Rail News Briefs Page 2 of 7