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Wyloo withdraws default notice, reaffirms support for Hastings’ Yangibana project
18th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals announced on Monday that Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals had withdrawn its default notice and reaffirmed its support for both Hastings and the Yangibana rare earths project, in Western... 


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Goldman says ‘go for gold’ as central banks buy, Fed cuts in ‘25
Goldman says ‘go for gold’ as central banks buy, Fed cuts in ‘25
18th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Gold will rally to a record next year on central-bank buying and US interest rate cuts, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which listed the metal among top commodity trades for 2025 and said... 


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Far-reaching platinum hydrogen package launched at European Hydrogen Week
Updated 4 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

A new brand that offers a comprehensive portfolio of hydrogen application support off a single platinum group metals (PGMs) company base has been launched at the European Hydrogen Week 2024 by... 


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MMP looks to the future with a new strategy
Updated 4 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

With a focus on research, development and innovation (RDI), the Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) is implementing a new strategy for the next five years, with a focus on the future of the South African... 


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Affordability and Eskom inefficiencies come under scrutiny as Nersa hearings kick off
Updated 4 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

The issues of electricity affordability and Eskom’s inefficiencies emerged as recurring themes as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) kicked off nationwide public hearings in Cape... 


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Russian war machine funded by illicit gold trading, WGC report states
Updated 4 hours ago By: Darren Parker

Russian State-funded private military company (PMC) Wagner Group is one of the greatest beneficiaries of illicit gold trading, a new report published by the World Gold Council (WGC) shows.... 


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Orla Mining buys Newmont’s Musselwhite gold mine
Updated 6 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Newmont has reached an agreement to sell its Musselwhite mine to TSX-listed Orla Mining for up to $850-million. The transaction, announced on Monday, marks the first sale of several... 


Nickel miner Prony plans for restart of New Caledonia production
Nickel miner Prony plans for restart of New Caledonia production
Updated 7 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Nickel miner Prony Resources New Caledonia has brought its staff back onsite as it prepares to restart output after a six-month suspension triggered by riots in the French territory. The company,... 


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Bushveld suspends trading after failing to secure funds
Updated 7 hours ago By: Darren Parker

Vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals has suspended the trading of its shares on the Aim market of the LSE after it failed to secure additional funds to address its liquidity position. The company... 


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Sibanye-Stillwater secures six health and safety awards
18th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Multinational miner Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African operations received six industry health and safety awards at the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) MineSafe 2024... 


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Ramaphosa calls for peaceful resolution to police standoff with illegal miners
18th November 2024 By: Sashnee Moodley

President Cyril Ramaphosa described the Stilfontein mine as a “crime scene”, on Monday, as he called for a peaceful resolution to the standoff at the disused mine shaft, where illegal miners are... 


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Iron-ore prices to remain at about $100/t in 2025, BMI says
18th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Market research firm BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, has maintained its 2025 iron-ore price forecast at an average of $100/t, expecting continued downward pressure owing to weak demand stemming... 


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Bannerman Energy appoints Bruce McFadzean as nonexec director
18th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Bannerman Energy has appointed Bruce McFadzean as a nonexecutive director, effective November 18. McFadzean is a mining engineer with over 40 years of mining and process experience... 


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Boliden is closing in on deal for Lundin's European mines
18th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Sweden’s Boliden is closing in on a deal to buy Lundin Mining’s two European mines, according to people familiar with the situation. The two companies are in advanced talks over the assets, said... 


Hydrogen wildcatters are betting big on Kansas to strike it rich
18th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen,... 


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Trump chooses oil fracking boss Wright as energy secretary
Trump chooses oil fracking boss Wright as energy secretary
18th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Chris Wright, who runs a Colorado-based oil and natural gas fracking services company, to lead the Energy Department. Wright, the chief executive officer of... 


Gold loses some luster after Trump’s decisive win
Gold loses some luster after Trump’s decisive win
18th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

Donald Trump’s victory immediately buoyed markets from stocks to Bitcoin. Gold is going to take a lot longer to turn things around. In the two days immediately following the Republican candidate’s... 


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South Africa’s rare earths project in Limpopo seen as one of world’s most resilient
15th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The rare earths recovery project underway in South Africa’s Limpopo province is regarded as one of the world’s most resilient rare earths projects at a time when these elements are in growing... 


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Opinion: De Beers resumes exploration in Angola and Botswana’s new leaders see red
15th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

In this article, policy adviser and former De Beers Botswana CEO Sheila Khama writes about De Beers' exploration in Angola and asks whether Botswana should be concerned. On October 23, De Beers... 


Bezant commissions technical report for Namibia project
15th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Bezant Resources has commissioned independent consultancy firm Sound Mining International to generate a technical report focusing on the near-term development of the Hope deposit, in... 


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Lobito Atlantic Railways takes delivery of 275 new container wagons
15th November 2024 By: Darren Parker

The first batch of 275 new container wagons bought from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa has arrived in Lobito, Angola, to reinforce the transport capacity of the Lobito Atlantic Railway... 


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Families gather at South African mine shaft where hundreds are feared underground
15th November 2024 By: Reuters

 Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the hope of their loved ones emerging from the hole... 


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Magazine round up | 15 November 2024
Magazine round up | 15 November 2024

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

GREENER SHIPPING: City authorities in Shanghai, China, aim to convert the world’s busiest port into a centre of greener shipping. The target is to raise Shanghai’s low-carbon bunkering to over a million tons a year by 2030. China is stepping up competition with Asia’s bunkering hub of Singapore ahead of a decarbonisation plan that’s expected from the International Maritime Organisation next year.
GREENER SHIPPING

City authorities in Shanghai, China, aim to convert the world’s busiest port into a centre of greener shipping. The target is to raise Shanghai’s low-carbon bunkering to over a million tons a year... 

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South Africa’s minerals investors need good policy and not just policy certainty

South Africa continues to have an enviable metals and minerals endowment but very slow reform and communication at regulatory level is not allowing the return to match the endowment. Good policy is... 

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Trading in focus

Few would disagree that aggregators and traders will have an important and increasing role in South Africa’s future electricity market. Even in the current environment, where the industry is still... 

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Leigh Johannsen, MD of Check-Your-Driver
Leigh Ann Johannsen

This week profile Leigh Johannsen, MD of Check-Your-Driver, which performs criminal checks on people and seeking employment as professional drivers and also verifies their driving credentials 

SHOCK ABSORBER: Apart from #Eskom itself, it will be one-way traffic when the National Energy Regulator of South Africa hosts public hearings into the State-owned utility’s latest revenue application between November 18 and December 4. Business, local government, labour and civil society organisations will all be demanding the regulator acts as a shock absorber against the prospect of a hike next year of over 36%.
SHOCK ABSORBER

Apart from Eskom itself, it will be one-way traffic when the National Energy Regulator of South Africa hosts public hearings into the State-owned utility’s latest revenue application between... 

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