Eskom updates on electricity availability: August to September 2024
For more than six months, South Africa has not experienced loadshedding. However, there was a decline in Eskom’s September Energy
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Pan African: The last decade and the world in which it now operates
Economically and politically, the world has been tumultuous and volatile during this time. Economically, it had to deal with challenging
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2024 outlook for mined platinum supply and recycling
The persistence of higher-for-longer interest rates, ongoing political uncertainty and ambiguity in regulation aimed at finding the most sustainable and
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Platinum: Deficit of 464 koz in Q2 2024 as investment demand shines
Platinum Quarterly has presented platinum supply and demand developments for the second quarter of 2024 and an updated forecast for
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Sibanye Stillwater: Mixed results at gold and nickel operations
Gold production from the SA gold operations of 10,703kg (344,109oz) for H1 2024 was 17% lower than for H1 2023
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August 2024 World crude steel production
Brussels, Belgium – World crude steel production for the 71 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 144.8
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Endeavour achieves commercial production at Biox Expansion and Lafigué growth projects
London – Endeavour Mining has announced that it has achieved commercial production at both its Sabodala-Massawa BIOX Expansion in Senegal
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Geopolitical tensions: Gold can act as a flight to safety instrument
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and since then, the S&P 500 is up approximately 27.5%. Hamas attacked Israel
Read moreNovelis takes end-of-life automotive recycling to the next level
ATLANTA – Industry leaders like Novelis are fueling efforts to capture recycled aluminum’s tremendous value for the global automotive supply
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Impact geopolitical tensions on gold and Bitcoin markets
Mark Twain said “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” It is an important concept to think about with
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African Rainbow Minerals Invests in growth and existing business
ARM acquired 15% of Surge Copper Corp (Surge) on 31 May 2024. Surge is a Canadian company that is advancing
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PGM mined supply to decrease by 2% year-on-year to 5,508 koz
According to the Platinum Quarterly data set, which examines activity in the second quarter and provides a revised forecast for
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Industrial Metallurgy focuses on extraction, processing, and use of metals
Industrial metallurgy studies metals and their properties, behavior, and applications in various industries and is a crucial driver of material
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Platinum-based hydrogen fuel cells facilitate off-grid recharging for EVs
Earlier this year, Chongya, in partnership with China-based international hydrogen energy technology company REFIRE, debuted its hydrogen fuel cell-powered off-grid
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South Africa’s mining GDP declined again in Q2
As was already evident in the high-frequency monthly data from Stats SA, real mining GDP declined for a second consecutive
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Hydrogen: First trial launched in Italy to decarbonize steel
The first trial conducted in Italy using hydrogen at a steel plant to process steel products started in July 2024. The
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Lucara recovers epic 2,492 carat diamond from the Karowe mine
VANCOUVER, BC – Lucara Diamond Corp. has announced the recovery of an exceptional 2,492 carat diamond from its Karowe Diamond Mine
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LME tin prices have stabilised around $30 000 per tonne
Following the sharp drop in July, LME tin prices have stabilised around $30 000 per tonne, despite this week’s global
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Glencore provides background information on coal demerger
It has always been our view that the question of whether to demerge our coal business is one for our
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Tharisa accelerates its decarbonisation strategy via signed Wind and Solar Agreement
Tharisa, the mining, metals, and innovation company, has entered into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (‘PPA’) for the procurement of
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Design of new smelting technology completed, readying pilot reduction cells
Emirates Global Aluminium have announced the completion of the design phase of the company’s next generation smelting technology, EX. EX
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North America support growing platinum demand from PEM electrolysis
Hydrogen serves as a versatile energy carrier, capable of being produced from renewable energy sources and applied across various mobility
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Anglo American delivers strong Q2 performance overall
Anglo American, reports it has delivered a strong second quarter performance overall as it continues to embed operational excellence across
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Metal, cement, glass combustion processes using green hydrogen
Lhyfe and Fives have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding to provide a complete decarbonised offer for industry,
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EGA designs new smelting technology, readies pilot reduction cells
United Arab Emirates: Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today
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Stats SA: Mining output on track to decline in Q2 2024
Stats SA reported that seasonally adjusted total mining production declined by 0.6% month-on-month (m-o-m) in real terms during May. This
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Aluminium recycling: Further transforming to circular economy
Speira is investing 40 million euros for additional recycling capacity to drive the transformation of Rheinwerk and achieve a total
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Electra Mining ‘5-in-1 Trade Show’ brings industries together
This year’s event is set to be one of the biggest Electra Mining Africa exhibitions to date with over 850
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2023-2024: Global economy and commodity prices
Exxaro says global inflation rates continued to trend down, enabling central banks to consider cutting interest rates. The expectation is
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Miracle possible!? – ESKOM: 100 days without load-shedding on 4 July
The improvement in the Energy Availability Factor is reflected in the country reaching the milestone of 100 days without load-shedding
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