Kumba’s production suffers from Covid-19 lockdown
Kumba Iron Ore Ltd’s operational performance for the period reflects the lockdown and subsequent reopening of operations in Q2 2020
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Sibanye-Stillwater surrenders further 5% to PIC
Sibanye-Stillwater has posted a notification of an acquisition of beneficial interest in its shareholding. In accordance with section 122(3)(b) of
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Amplats receives 80% increase in the rand PGM basket price
Anglo American Platinum has reported that total PGM production (expressed as platinum, palladium, rhodium, gold, iridium and ruthenium metal in
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Anglogold Ashanti shows excellent H1 2020 results
Anglogold Ashanti says that the Company has reasonable certainty that headline earnings for the period are expected to be between
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Kumba approves Kapstevel South project at Kolomela
Kumba Iron Ore Limited has announced the approval of its Kapstevel South project at its Kolomela mine by both the
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Eskom urges reduction as power generation is constrained
Eskom requests the public to reduce electricity usage as the power generation system is severely constrained. On Monday, 27 July
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COVID-19 accelerates rebalancing of the chromium industry
According to the Roskill’s long-term report on the chromium industry, the chromite and ferrochrome markets were to rebalance in 2020,
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Investigation into the refinery blast is still under way
Astron Energy has announced that two employees who were hospitalised following the incident at the Astron Energy refinery in Milnerton on Thursday 2 July
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Cement sales in SA up due to absence of imports
PPC has reported in its trading statement and operational update that basic earnings are expected to decrease by more than
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Sasol update on Covid-19 and Lake Charles Project
As of 22 July 2020, Sasol’s total number of COVID-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic is 774, with
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Implats earnings are significantly higher than those in 2019
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) has announced a preliminary trading statement on its production for the year ended 30 June
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Zimbabwe joint venture starts prospecting for diamonds
ALROSA (Zimbabwe) Limited (ALROSA Zim), a joint venture between ALROSA and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC), starts prospecting and preliminary
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Eastplats funds PGM recovery through joint venture
Eastern Platinum Ltd. (Eastplats) has announced that its subsidiary, Barplats Mines (Pty) Ltd., has entered into an agreement with Advanced
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Endeavour Mining discover more gold in Burkina Faso
Endeavour Mining has announced that measured and indicated resources at its Houndé mine in Burkina Faso have increased by 554,000
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First pour of gold at Yaouré set for late December
Perseus Mining Ltd., a West African gold producer, operates two gold mines in West Africa, with first gold from its
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De Beers diamond production dived by 54%
Rough diamond production decreased by 54% to 3.5 million carats, primarily due to the Covid-19 lockdowns in southern Africa. Mining
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NUMSA is on strike at ArcelorMittal SA
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) is on strike at Arcelor Mittal, which is under heavy pressure
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Kumba produced 20% less iron ore amid lockdown
Kumba produced 20% less iron ore amid lockdownReflecting lower workforce levels in response to the Covid-19 lockdown, total iron ore
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Amplats PGM production down, ramped up converter plant
Covid-19 lockdowns across southern Africa affected Anglo American Platinum, with lower refined PGMs production due to the repairs and ramp-up
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Repair and testing of auxiliary mine ventilation fans
LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of ACTOM and one of South Africa’s leading repairers of electrical rotating machines and transformers
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South32 reports production record at Hillside Aluminium
South32 Limited has achieved record production at Brazil Alumina, Hillside Aluminium and Australia Manganese ore in FY20. South32 is a
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AMSA to idle blast furnace and arc furnace
In terms of the JSE Ltd. Listings Requirements, ArcelorMittal South Africa is required to publish a trading statement as soon
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Why palladium became the most precious metal?
After hovering within an $1880/oz to $1950/oz range during the COVID-19 pandemic period, palladium finally (again) broke through the $2000/oz
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Jubilee announces operational results for first half of 2020
Jubilee delivers sixth consecutive six-monthly period of double-digit growth with a 54% increase in combined1 H1 2020 operational earnings to
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MV switchgear replacement contract at Tutuka power plant
Eskom has awarded ACTOM a R1.18-bln contract to perform comprehensive MV switchgear replacement at Tutuka power station near Standerton in
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AMSA strive for safeguards on steel imports
ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has requested the International Trade Administration Commission for safeguards on imports of its structural steel products
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Kenmare Resources sets a new quarterly production record
Kenmare Resources, one of the leading global producers of titanium minerals and zircon, which operates the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine
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Guinea’s bauxite processed in new UAE alumina refinery
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, today announced that production
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Minerals Council pleased with framework for revival of SA economy
Referring to the release of the ANC’s Economic Transformation Committee’s Reconstruction, Growth, and Transformation document, the Minerals Council South Africa
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Evander’s Egoli Project good for 9 years
Pan African’s Mineral Resource Manager, Hendrik Pretorius informs that DRA Global has completed a feasibility study on Evander’s Egoli Project,
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