Prieska copper reports excellent progress with early works activities
MELBOURNE, Australia – Orion Minerals in its December 2020 Quarterly Activities Report reports continued positive progress with funding discussions for
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South Africa
Harmony boosted by production from newly acquired assets
JOHANNESBURG – Harmony Gold Mining Company has announced that it is on target to meet annual gold production guidance of
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Elikhulu gold to generate its power from solar plant in Q3 2021
Pan African Resources will start construction of a solar photovoltaic plant at its Evander Mines before the end of March,
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Orion intersects significant zones of Cu, Zn and PGE mineralisation
Orion has announced highly encouraging results from high-impact exploration drilling programs targeting near-mine and regional volcanogenic massive sulphide copper-zinc and
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Pan African gold production on track to 190 000 oz
JOHANNESBURG – In its operational update for the six months ended 31 December 2020 Pan African Resources published the following
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Another strong performance by South32’s African smelters
Hillside Aluminium (South Africa) saleable production decreased 1kt to 361kt in the December 2020 half year as the smelter continued
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Sibanye-Stillwater achieves solid operational performance
In its Production update for the year ended 31 December 2020, Sibanye-Stillwater says the Group operating performance was extremely pleasing,
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Vedanta Zinc’s Gamsberg back in production
SANDTON, South Africa – according to Vedanta Zinc International, mining oprations have restarted at its subsidiary, Gamsberg mine, following a
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Eskom failed to repair its promised generation capacity by Sunday
Loadshedding is set to continue as the return to service of some generation units has been delayed, Eskom said in
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Eastplats stabilizes production and increases PGM capacity
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada – Eastern Platinum Limited (Eastplats) has reported that its subsidiary, Barplats Mines in South Africa, has
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Eskom proves once again it’s unable to provide stable electricity
“We are currently LOAD SHEDDING in STAGE 2 due to high demand or urgent maintenance being performed at certain power
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Jubilee Metals: Further Record Growth Achieved
Jubilee’s operational growth during H2 2020 exceeded expectations despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During H2 2020, the Company
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Merafe Resources’ ferrochrome production decreases by 8%
SANDTON – In its production report for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2020, Merafe Resources says its attributable
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Tharisa shows solid performance amid strong PGM market
CYPRUS – Tharisa, the leading integrated platinum and chrome producer with operations in South Africa, has announced another strong quarter
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AMSA’s Vanderbijlpark Works restarts second blast furnace
ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Vanderbijlpark works has returned to full production, weeks ahead of a planned restart due to an upsurge
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SA Government fails country’s economy and its citizens dismally
Government’s first duty is to protect the rights of citizens. Instead, ours has prioritised yet another bailout of R10.5 billion
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Eastern Platinum reports first delivery of PGM concentrate
Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has reported that during December 2020 its subsidiary, Barplats Mines, delivered its first
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AngloGold Ashanti is on track to meet cost and production guidance
JOHANNESBURG – AngloGold Ashanti Interim Chief Executive Officer Christine Ramon has affirmed that the Company is on track to meet
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Exxaro fails to sell its stake in Black Mountain
Exxaro, the diversified South African-based resources group , previously concluded that zinc mining was not strategically aligned to the group’s
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Ferrochrome price announcement for the first quarter of 2021
The European benchmark ferrochrome price for the first quarter of 2021 has been settled at 117.5 US cents per pound,
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South32 divests from South Africa Energy Coal
PERTH, WA, AUSTRALIA – South32 today welcomed the decision by the Competition Tribunal of South Africa to approve the sale
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South32 divests from coal and gets smelter energy supply
South32 Limited advises that the Competition Tribunal of South Africa has completed its hearing to consider the proposed sale of
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Evander gold mines to build solar photovoltaic plant
Pan African has announced that it has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with juwi South Africa to
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Pan African announces production guidance and management changes
The Pan African Group expects to produce approximately 97,000oz for the six months ending 31 December 2020, and is on
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STATE CAPTURE: ABB to pay back R1.56bn to Eskom
The SA branch of the international automation firm ABB was ordered to pay R1.56-billion to Eskom to settle an overpayment
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Anglo American reports strong performance and sustainable returns
Anglo American has updated on the Group’s sustained operational and financial performance during 2020. Anglo American maintained a strong performance
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Anglo American Platinum upgrades its operational guidance
As a result of the early rebuild completion of the ACP (Anglo Converter Plant) Phase A unit, the company upgraded
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Kumba: production likely to be close to lower end of guidance range
Kumba has provided an update on the company’s operational guidance for the full year 2020 and the outlook on production
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South Africa cement sales rebound with double-digit growth
PPC experienced muted cement sales in April and May 2020 as a result of COVID-19 related trading restrictions in South
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Manganese: High stocks put pressure on global prices
During Q3 and Q4 2020, manganese ore prices have softened to around or below US$4/dmtu (CIF China) following the return
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