Thungela expects full-year loss on coal weakness
THUNGELA Resources has warned it expects to report a loss for the year to end-December 2025, blaming weaker coal markets and adverse currency movements...
The stunning rebound of South Africa’s PGM producers
EXACTLY two years ago, Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne, who is also president of the Minerals Council South Africa, warned that a severe squeeze...
Rio Tinto gives green light to RBM’s $473m Zulti South
RIO Tinto on Monday approved the expansion of its 74% held Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), an industrial metals miner, representing new investment of $473m...
Gold tops $5,390 as Middle East conflict deepens
GOLD rose for a fourth consecutive session on Monday, climbing as much as 2.2% to above $5,390 an ounce as the widening conflict in...
Aluminium surges on Middle East conflict supply fears
ALUMINIUM prices jumped as conflict in the Middle East raised fears over disruption to a critical shipping route used by producers responsible for nearly...
Zambia refuses to take sides in minerals race
ZAMBIA will not align politically with any global power in exchange for investment in its critical minerals, President Hakainde Hichilema told the Financial Times,...
Glencore Merafe extends deadline ahead of definitive power tariff
GLENCORE Merafe Joint Venture said on Friday it would keep its ferrochrome operations in South Africa open for another month, until the end of...
South Africa slashes power tariff to rescue smelters
SOUTH Africa's electricity minister on Friday unveiled a heavily discounted power tariff for the country's beleaguered ferrochrome industry in what he is quoted to...
Zimbabwe pushes Chinese miners to process lithium locally
A CHINESE lithium producer has begun construction of a lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African country tightens controls on raw mineral...
Northam starts initial work on Zondereinde expansion
NORTHAM Platinum has approved a R500m capital programme that will provide it with an option to expand production at its Zondereinde mine to more...