Newcastle blast furnace: 5 382 carbon blocks, 14 047 refractory bricks
ArcelorMittal South Africa average capacity utilisation decreased from 59% in the 2021 comparable period to 42% in 2022 and should
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South Africa
It’s time to end Eskom’s monopoly
In 2022 alone, we have had a combined 673 hours of loadshedding (at time of writing); that is 28 days
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AMSA: SA steel consumption for H1 2022 decreased by 14%
Global crude steel production decreased to 949 million tonnes due largely to plant idling because of pandemic-related lockdowns, high inventories
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Thungela: Marginalised coal brings excellent returns
Coal miner Thungela is a bit of a pun, really. Anglo American gave the business away to its shareholders at
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ArcelorMittal SA to develop two 100MW renewable energy projects
ArcelorMittal South Africa has shown stronger headline earnings of R3 025 million for 2022 (2021: R2 482 million) were supported
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The FMF’s solution to loadshedding: Break Eskom’s monopoly
Talk of establishing a second electricity utility owned and operated by the government to “compete with Eskom” is of grave
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Pan African: Record gold production and significant reduction in debt
Pan African has provided its gold production figures and a preliminary operational update for the financial year ended 30 June
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Pan African concludes Mintails’ Mogale Gold DFS
Pan African Resources has announced that the Company successfully completed a DFS on the Mogale Gold Tailings Storage Facilities (“TSFs”)
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Ramaphosa hits all the right notes for cooperation in mining
Johannesburg – President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the Investing In African Mining Indaba noted the successes that can be achieved
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Eastern Platinum increased revenue for Q1 2022 to $17.4 million
Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum has reported that it has filed its condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the
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Ivanhoe Mines completes Platreef’s Production Shaft 1 at PGM-gold project
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines has announced at the African Mining Indaba Conference, the completion of the Shaft
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Orion to develop battery metals refining facility in the Northern Cape
Orion has announced a significant development in its strategy to create a fully-integrated base metal mining and processing business, producing
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Pan African commissions solar photovoltaic plant at Evander Gold
Rosebank – Pan African Resources has informed that its Evander solar photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy plant commenced the generation and
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Orion’s US$87m funding package for Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine
Orion has announced that it has taken a pivotal step towards the development of its flagship Prieska Copper-Zinc Mine (Prieska
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IRS benefited by higher deliveries from third parties
Quarter ended 31 March 2022, Impala Refining Services’ concentrate receipts were positively impacted by higher deliveries from third parties, which
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Pan African extends its world class ore bodies at Barberton Mines
In recent years, Pan African has increased its exploration focus on the down-dip extension of the existing ore bodies at
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Multiple loss-of-life incident at Kusasalethu gold mine
Johannesburg – Harmony Gold Mining Company has reported that four of its employees have tragically lost their lives following an
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DRD Gold: Profit down by 3% due to 6% decrease in gold sold
The operating update of DRD Gold for the quarter ended 31 March 2022 reports that gold production decreased by 3%
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MC Mining: War causes prices of thermal coal to attain record highs
The Uitkomst Colliery generated 124,144t of ROM coal during the quarter, an increase of 7% (Q3 FY2021: 115,944t). Sales of
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MC Mining run-of-mine coal production at Uitkomst is 7% higher
MC Mining for the quarter ended 31 March 2022 reports that the run-of-mine (ROM) coal production at Uitkomst was 7%
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AMSA capacity utilisation increased from 42% in 2020 to 60% in 2021
Excluding Saldanha Works, which through an orderly and commercial wind-down was placed under care and maintenance early in the second
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Kumba Iron Ore: total production decreased by 21% to 8.3Mt
Centurion – Kumba in its production and sales report for the first quarter ended 31 March 2022 reports that total
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ArcelorMittal SA reports strongest annual earnings since 2008
Despite the volatility from the ongoing presence and repercussions of Covid-19 and its various variants, 2021 was an exceptionally strong
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What about gas goldmine in the Karoo
The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) says, “South Africa has an estimated 390 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically recoverable
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Hulamin returns to profitability in 2021
In its summarised preliminary consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 December 2021, Hulamin has announce its group sales
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SA manufacturing grew by 6.62% in 2021 against 12.3% contraction in 2020
JOHANNESBURG – Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures released by Statistics South Africa last week, show that the South African economy
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Anglo American sells remaining stake in Thungela Resources
Anglo American announces the sale of the group’s remaining 8.0% shareholding in Thungela Resources Limited (“Thungela”) through an accelerated book
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Northam refined PGM decreased marginally to 351 koz in H1 F2022
Whilst the operating environment has been particularly challenging, Northam believe that the period under review has been important for Northam,
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MiNMET: ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVE
MiNMET (Mineral Processing and Metallurgy) is a digital publication for mining, processing, and metallurgical industries. We are looking for a
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Merafe Resources reports robust demand for ferrochrome in 2021
2021 has been a year of recovery for the Glencore Merafe Pooling and Sharing Venture (“Venture”), both from a financial
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