Wind damages overheads affecting manganese exports in Eastern Cape
HEAVY rains over the weekend damaged overhead equipment on the rail line used to transport manganese to Coege in the South Africa's Eastern Cape.
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How the wheels came off for SA’s platinum group metal miners
"We didn’t see it coming” are not the words investors typically want to hear. But it was a refreshingly honest take from Northam Platinum...
How hydrogen can breathe new life into SA’s faltering PGM sector
A HYDROGEN-powered aircraft completed three hours of flight testing earlier this month, boosting plans by manufacturers Airbus and Rolls-Royce to launch carbon-free aircraft of...
IDC revives plan to list Foskor after phosphate producer posts profit
THE Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC's) hopes of floating Foskor on the JSE are starting to revive, after the phosphate producer reported its first profit...
Bushveld confident convertible bond finalised by December
BUSHVELD Minerals was confident it would refinance part of $45m in convertible debt by December. The negotiations are an important element in securing the proposed...
AngloGold completes restructure as shares trade for first time in New...
SHARES in AngloGold Ashanti traded for the first time in New York on Monday, the gold producer said today. The stock closed 0.73% higher.
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US to finance Congo copper refinery treating artisanal dug ore
THE Democratic Republic of Congo is backing the development of a $350m copper refinery that will treat concentrate dug by artisanal miners, said Bloomberg...
Under pressure PGM miners are looking to copper – but it’s...
IT'S no coincidence that two of the surprise bidders for Khoemacau, a Botswana copper miner, are platinum group metal (PGM) producers Sibanye-Stillwater and Impala...
Africa’s political risk isn’t what it’s cracked up to be
AFRICA struggles to attract major investment from Toronto’s stock exchange, which can count its investors as among the world’s most optimistic. Its venture market...
Cobalt as a remedy to vitamin B12 deficiency? You bet
CONCERNS about the role of artisanal mining, including child labour, in the extraction of cobalt have triggered a scientific scramble to find alternatives to...