Coal prices enjoyed a moderately volatile yet upbeat week, at least for API#4, although the RB1 discount widened a little. Rand strength also means that domestic prices are lower. The wider energy complex stabilised with oil prices moving higher, altho…
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Organised business has called for domestic firms to take steps to ensure that their workplaces are Covid-19-ready in light of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s May 24 announcement that the country would transition from lockdown Level 4 to Level 3 from June 1…
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Struggling miner Dominion Diamond Mines, which filed for insolvency protection last month, has reached an agreement to sell substantially all its assets in a transaction that will allow mining operations at Ekati to resume and avoid bankruptcy.
The co…
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Platinum group metals mining company Northam Platinum has strengthened its liquidity position in response to Covid-19 by attracting R411-million of additional new long-term funding during the lockdown period as part of the completion of its R2.65-billi…
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Black Cube, the private intelligence agency run by former Israeli spies, spent months setting up companies around the world. Offices, websites and employees were painstakingly put in place — all part of a sting targeting former executives at Brazilian…
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The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has urged the Australian government to implement reforms to lower taxes and shorten project approval times, to allow the minerals industry to play a greater role in supporting the economy post Covid-19. CEO Tania…
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The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) has welcomed the formation of the Territory Economic Restructuring Commission in the Northern Territory.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner said that the Territory Economic Restructuri…
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Nickel miner Panoramic Resources on Monday announced A$90-million capital raise to de-risk the restart of its Savannah nickel mine, in Western Australia, and to fund project enhancement activities.
Panoramic told shareholders that it would undertake a…
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Zambia is moving to amend gold-mining rules so that they treat the metal as strategic. The cabinet agreed to amend the Mines Act to align it with a policy set last October to recognize gold as a strategic mineral. That requires production by artisanal …
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The Battle Continues… Posted on May 23, 2020 by sundance Brilliant Agitprop: The power of government comes from the people; or as we…
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