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Africa

Africa Precious Metals 

Royal Bafokeng discards Implats takeover, goes for Northam deal

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 admin Impala Platinum, Northam, Royal Bafokeng Platinum

In a rebuff to Impala Platinum (Implats), which announced last month that it wanted to buy Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat),

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Africa Base Metals 

Alphamin Resources drills for more tin in the DRC

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 admin Alphamin Resources, DRC, Tin

Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin from its high-grade operation in the Democratic Republic of

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Africa Base Metals News 

AfriTin begins Namibian resource expansion

November 9, 2021November 7, 2021 admin AfriTin, Namibia, Tin

AfriTin Mining has begun the first of multiple exploration programmes at and around its Uis mine in Namibia. AfriTin has

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Africa News 

AFRIMAT: Commodities benefited from favourable iron ore pricing

November 9, 2021November 7, 2021 admin Afrimat, Iron ore, Nkomati Anthracite

Afrimat’s all three segments, namely Construction Materials, Industrial Minerals and Bulk Commodities experienced strong growth compared to the previous corresponding

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Africa News South Africa 

Manufacturing sector shows gains in capacity utilization

November 9, 2021November 7, 2021 admin Steel

Despite the country’s continued lockdown, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) welcomes gains in capacity utilization

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Africa Precious Metals 

Anglo American Platinum PGMs production in line with prior year

November 8, 2021November 4, 2021 admin Anglo American Platinum

In its PGMs Production Report for the third quarter ending 30 September 2021, Anglo American Platinum says the total PGM

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

MC Mining updates on Makhado Hard Coking Coal Project

November 7, 2021November 4, 2021 admin MC Mining

MC Mining’s flagship Makhado Project has favourable economics and its phased development is expected to deliver positive returns for shareholders.

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Africa Precious Metals 

Sibanye Stillwater gold production increased by 2% for Q3 2021

November 5, 2021November 4, 2021 admin Sibanye Stillwater

Production from the SA gold operations for Q3 2021 increased by 2% to 9,137kg (293,761oz) compared with Q3 2020). Gold

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Africa Non-Metal 

MC Mining: As global economy improves so increases demand for coal

November 5, 2021November 4, 2021 admin Coal, MC Mining

MC Mining, in its Activities report for the quarter ended 30 September 2021 says, the Uitkomst Colliery generated 120,260t of

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Africa News 

South Africa hails deal at COP26 to end coal-based power generation

November 4, 2021November 3, 2021 admin Coal, Eskom, Green Energy

Agreed at the COP26 climate summit in Scotland, South Africa is set to receive $8.5bn (R125bn) to help end its

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Africa Precious Metals 

Impala Platinum reports declines in concentrate and PGM production

November 3, 2021November 2, 2021 admin Impala Platinum, PGM metals

Impala Platinum in its First quarter production report for the period 1 July to 30 September 2021, highlights the following:

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Africa News 

Collapsing Eskom and load shedding stages explained

November 3, 2021November 2, 2021 admin Eskom

At all times there must be sufficient supply to meet demand, however electricity demand is not constant because of: peak

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Africa Precious Metals South Africa 

Eastern Platinum commissions the PGM main plant

November 2, 2021November 1, 2021 admin Eastern Platinum, Eastplats, PGM metals

Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum (“Eastplats”) has successfully commissioned the PGM main plant circuit B (“PGM Main Circuit B”)

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Africa Precious Metals 

Anglo American Platinum to dispose of Bokoni Platinum mine

November 2, 2021October 31, 2021 admin African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American Platinum

Anglo American Platinum notes the Cautionary Statement released by African Rainbow Minerals Limited (ARM) on 28 October 2021 noting that

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Africa Base Metals 

DRC produces almost 90kt of cobalt contained in intermediates

November 1, 2021October 28, 2021 admin Cobalt, DRC

The DRC is also by far the largest producer of cobalt intermediates. The DRC produced 87.7kt of cobalt contained in

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Africa News South Africa 

Exxaro enters MOU with Eskom and Seriti to energise a low carbon future

October 30, 2021October 28, 2021 admin Coal, Eskom, Exxaro Resources, Seriti Resources

Exxaro, Eskom Holdings SOC and Seriti Resources have entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) in order to record their

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Africa Precious Metals South Africa 

Impala Platinum in negotiations to acquire Royal Bafokeng Platinum

October 29, 2021October 28, 2021 admin Impala Platinum, Royal Bafokeng Platinum

RBPlat and Implats (the Parties) are in discussions relating to a non-binding indicative proposal from Implats to acquire 100% of

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Africa Precious Metals 

Royal Bafokeng Platinum reports 2% increase in 4 PGM ounces

October 28, 2021October 27, 2021 admin Royal Bafokeng Platinum

Royal Bafokeng Platinum, in its Quarterly Review and Production Report for the period ended 1 July to 30 September 2021,

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Africa Precious Metals South Africa 

DRDGOLD: Gold production increases by 7% from the previous quarter

October 28, 2021October 27, 2021 admin DRDGOLD, Gold

In its operating update for the quarter ended 30 September 2021, DRDGOLD’s gold production increased by 7% from the previous

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Africa News South Africa 

Eskom continues its disaster mission of ‘jobs shedding and capital drain’

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 admin Corruption, Eskom

​Due to further shortage of generation capacity, Eskom says it “regrets” to announce that Stage 4 which started from 12:00

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Africa Ferrous Metals South Africa 

Kumba total production increases by 11% in Q3 2021

October 27, 2021October 26, 2021 admin Kumba Iron Ore

Production increased to 10.8 Mt, while equipment breakdown at Saldanha Port and weather disruptions affecting ship movements at the port

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Africa Precious Metals 

Anglo American PGMs refined production increased by 39% in Q3 2021

October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 admin Anglo American Platinum, Anglo Converter Plant, PGM metals

Metal in concentrate production: Own mined production decreased by 4% to 720,000 ounces, mainly due to a decrease of 12%

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Africa News 

Improving SA’s trade barrier score requires correct policy choices

October 27, 2021October 26, 2021 admin South Africa

Government-imposed barriers to trade, such as tariffs, duties, and protectionist policies, inhibit the flow of goods and services and hurt

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Africa Non-Metal South Africa 

Major Eskom coal suppliers go green with solar energy projects

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 admin Eskom, Thermal coal

Exxaro and Seriti, Eskom’s major coal suppliers, are aiming to develop renewable energy projects at their operations with the companies

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Africa Non-Metal Refractories/Insulation South Africa 

Preheater refractory material damage causes kiln outage

October 25, 2021October 26, 2021 admin Rotary kiln, Sephaku Cement

Dangote Cement SA (“Sephaku Cement” or “SepCem”) has experienced a further kiln stoppage, unrelated to the previous event announced on

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Africa Non-Metal 

De Beers’ rough diamond sales value for eighth sales cycle of 2021

October 25, 2021October 23, 2021 admin De Beers, Diamond

Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for De Beers’ eighth sales

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee to process 300 million tons of copper/cobalt tailings in Zambia

October 23, 2021October 14, 2021 admin Cobalt, Copper, Jubilee Metals

During 2020 Jubilee entered into various joint venture agreements to secure rights to process over 300 million tonnes of copper

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Africa News 

Without pro-trade reforms, Africa risks missing out on global growth

October 23, 2021October 16, 2021 admin

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the Initiative for African Trade and Prosperity (IATP) call on African governments to radically

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Africa Precious Metals 

Impala Refining Services is key competitive differentiator

October 22, 2021October 14, 2021 admin Impala Refining Services, PGM metals

Implats’ capacity to process and market Implats’ expanding production base remains a core competitive advantage, which will be leveraged for

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Africa Precious Metals 

Zimplats constructs third concentrator at cost of US$94 million

October 20, 2021October 14, 2021 admin Zimbabwe, Zimplats

Zimplats delivered another strong operational performance and made pleasing progress on the expansion projects under construction. During the year, Implats

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Refractories/Insulation 

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary

June 16, 2025June 12, 2025 admin

Proudly, Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary with sincere thanks to all business partners and employees. What began in 1950 with

Design features of modern induction furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Design features of modern induction furnaces

January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 admin
Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA
Refractories/Insulation 

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA

January 15, 2025January 13, 2025 admin
Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces

January 14, 2025January 10, 2025 admin

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Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes
Product News 

Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes

July 3, 2025July 1, 2025 admin

Metso is introducing enhancements in copper electrorefining technology for the sustainable and cost-effective production of LME grade A copper cathodes.

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill
Product News 

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025 admin
Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes
Product News 

Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes

June 26, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation
Product News 

Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation

June 25, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam
Product News 

State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam

June 24, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine
Product News 

Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development
Product News 

Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development

June 20, 2025June 17, 2025 admin

SERVICES

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Services 

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 admin

Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, has completed its work relining the blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora steel

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa
Services 

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021 admin
HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals
Services 

HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

June 1, 2021May 31, 2021 admin
Shutdown services tailored to suit customers
Services World 

Shutdown services tailored to suit customers

March 3, 2021March 2, 2021 admin

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