Base Metals

Aluminium price surges to 13 year high on bauxite supply fears

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THE price of aluminium broke through $13,000 a ton for the first time in 13 years today owing to supply concerns following a coup...

Bauxite prices peak despite attempts to Guinea coup leader reassuring miners

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THE price of bauxite recorded its highest price in 18 months following a military coup in Guinea, said Reuters. Bauxite, used in the manufacture of...

DRC to seek compensation from Angolan diamond mine for dam leak

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THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will seek compensation from the owners of an Angolan diamond mine for a tailings dam leak that polluted drinking...

The mining entrepreneurs who say Southern Africa is rediscovering its mojo...

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COPPER mining in the Northern Cape shut down in the early 2000s when the former Gold Fields of South Africa finally closed the Okiep...

Investors piling into aluminium as metal moves to 10 year price...

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INVESTOR interest in aluminium is on the increase taking the metal's price to a 10 year high owing to improved industrial demand, said Bloomberg News. Supply...

Robert Friedland, the master of spin, bowls another beauty with latest...

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LOVE him or hate him - and his grandstanding "showman" style has earned him many detractors - but controversial billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland...

Southern Africa’s minnow economies are rising thanks to demand for green...

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THE Cactus Coffee Shop has a five-star rating on TripAdvisor, an online travel company. Situated on the corner of the Old Gold Course Road...

Hichilema landslide election victory may bode well for Zambia’s mining sector

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ZAMBIA opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema secured a shock landslide victory in the nation’s presidential election - a development that bodes well for the possible bailout...

Zambia debt crisis could provide election hopeful Hichilema his best chance...

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MOUNTING debt that Zambian president Edgar Lunga incurred in order to meet on previous election promises could prove his undoing, said Bloomberg News. A week...

Orion triggers Okiep Copper option laying ground work for Northern Cape...

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ORION Minerals has exercised an option to buy the copper resources held in the Okiep Copper Project (OCP) for R76.5m ahead of a 12-month,...