Lobito rail resumes copper runs from Congo
LOBITO Atlantic Railway has received its first copper shipment from the Democratic Republic of Congo since restoring a flood-damaged section of track, resuming traffic...
Randgold pursues Gold Fields over Kebble-era share theft
ON the night of September 27 2005, Brett Kebble climbed into his silver-grey Mercedes-Benz S600 and drove into the Johannesburg dark. Near a bridge...
Iran war tightens industrial metals supply outlook
A MAJOR squeeze is emerging across industrial metals markets as the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran compounds structural supply shortfalls, said the Financial Times...
Mining DG cool on DTIC’s forced mining beneficiation plan
IN a revealing exchange at the Junior Mining Indaba on Tuesday, reflecting inter-departmental tension over the idea of forced mining beneficiation, Jacob Mbele, the...
Cash-flush Omnia sails through Iran crisis
OMNIA 2026 is a far cry from Omnia 2019, when the fertiliser, explosives and chemicals group nearly collapsed under the weight of its R6.8bn...
Vale sees no evidence of demand destruction from Iran conflict
VALE, the world's largest iron ore producer, said the Iran conflict had not resulted in any demand destruction in global metals markets, Bloomberg News...
Cadastre to be rolled out within a year, says DMPR’s Mbele
SOUTH Africa's new minerals cadastre had been successfully rolled out in the Western Cape and would be implemented nationwide within the next 12 months,...
Chrome export levy resurfaces in new industrial strategy
CHROME ore export levies are squarely on the South African government's agenda after earlier indicating they were "a blunt tool".
A target set down in...
SA miners fear the worst in mineral cadastre rollout
IN May 2024, then Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart gushed: "I’m coming off an all-time high on hearing this news." A day earlier, the...
Omnia pays special dividend, shrugs off Iran disruption
FAR from being a casualty of the Iran conflict, Omnia – which specialises in fertiliser and explosives to the agriculture and mining sectors –...