SAPREF: SA’s biggest refinery pauses production indefinitely
Shell & BP South African Petroleum Refineries (SAPREF) have announced that they will commence with a spending freeze and pause
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Anglo American starts up new Aquila metallurgical coal mine
Anglo American announces that its new Aquila mine has achieved its first longwall shear of steelmaking metallurgical coal on schedule
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Biden vs Putin: Gas, War, Gas and Gas again
The Biden administration has alleged that Russia is considering staging a fake attack on its own troops, to use as
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Georgia to retire all its coal-fired power plants by 2035
Tom Fanning, chief executive of Georgia-based utility group Southern Company, has been a long-standing defender of coal. “We must place
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Oil industry captains set the pace on exploration in the Permian Basin
ExxonMobil and Chevron, flush with cash, have set out their plans for growth in oil and gas production in Texas
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MC Mining: Uitkomst’s high quality coal remains in demand
The Uitkomst Colliery generated 107,188t of ROM coal during the quarter, 2% lower than the comparative Q2 FY2021 (108,945t). The
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AA’s Hard coking coal to PCI/semi-soft coking coal production was 67:33
Anglo American has reported that its Export metallurgical coal production increased by 5% to 4.4 million tonnes reflecting the increase
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MC Mining: Makhado Hard Coking Coal Project – Soutpansberg Coalfield
MC Mining’s flagship Makhado Project has favourable economics and its development is expected to deliver positive returns for shareholders and
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Rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ first sales cycle of 2022
Rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for De Beers’ first sales cycle of 2022, amounts to $660 million
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MCM Uitkomst production marginally lower, Makhado loan extended
MC Mining Limited in its activities report for the quarter ended 31 December 2021 reports the demand for coal continued
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Loan for development of Makhado hard coking coal project extended
MC Mining has announced that the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) has extended the date for repayment
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BHP Coal Production: Metallurgical coal down, energy coal up
BHP’s metallurgical coal production for the half year ending on 31 December 2021 decreased by eight per cent to 18
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De Beers: Q4 2021 rough diamond production increases by 7.7m carats
De Beers in its Q4 2021 Report says rough diamond production increased by 15% to 7.7 million carats, reflecting planned
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2021 was a record-breaking year for Gazprom
In 2021, Gazprom produced 514.8 billion cubic meters of gas. This is the best result in the last 13 years. It topped the 2020 result by 62.2 billion
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MC Mining: Makhado Coal Project update
On 14 January 2019, MC Mining announced that its subsidiary, Baobab Mining & Exploration, completed the acquisition of the Lukin
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Glencore completes acquisition of Cerrejón mine in Colombia
Glencore refers to its announcement of 28 June 2021, in which it announced its intention to acquire Anglo American’s and
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US emerges as important gas supplier to the world
About 20 cargoes of US LNG are currently on their way to Europe, responding to soaring natural gas prices in
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Hydrogen Blue or green? A tale of two options
While current costs of green hydrogen production are typically more than three times higher those that of blue hydrogen, green
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De Beers’ tenth sales cycle of 2021 amounts to only $332 million
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auctions) for De Beers’ tenth sales
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Sasol shows bad results due mainly to its mining operations
Sasol has previously raised the risk of production issues in its Secunda operation linked to unforeseen delays in the September
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Gemfields Group reports record ruby auction results
LONDON – Gemfields has announced the results of a ruby auction comprised of seven sequential mini-auctions held during the period
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Wescoal on track to produce the 8mtpa of ROM
Robinson Ramaite Interim chief executive officer in his Condensed consolidated results for the interim period ended 30 September 2021 said
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Giant 7,525 carat ‘rhino emerald’ sells at Gemfields auction
LONDON – Gemfields has announced the results of an emerald auction comprising a series of five sequential mini-auctions held during
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Thungela expected to return to profitability in 2021, following loss in 2020
Looking back on the first months since the demerger and Thungela’s listing on 7 June, the company says it is
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Global demand for hydrogen to increase two- to sixfold
Hydrogen is not traded internationally at the moment. Despite the hype, it remains a niche market. The 100 million tonnes
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Rio Tinto becomes sole owner of Diavik Diamond Mine
MONTREAL – Rio Tinto has become the sole owner of Diavik Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada, continuing
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Cutting emissions intensity will give refineries competitive edge
Despite peak oil demand being on the horizon, refiners fight for their survival. Whereas expanding the product mix will be
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Platinum demand continued the steady year-on-year in Q3 2021
Platinum demand for the total of automotive, jewellery and industrial applications in the third quarter of 2021 continued the steady
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PPC ready to benefit from growing cement demand in Africa
Despite the uncertain trading environment and macro-economic backdrop, the PPC group is well-positioned to benefit from growing cement demand in
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PPC: increased cement sales, higher prices and stringent cost control
Cement sales volumes in the South Africa and Botswana region increased by 12% – 15% period-on-period for the six months
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