Platinum-mining workers are unlikely to embark on a strike as a result of the current round of wage negotiations, Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman said in an interview at Bloomberg’s Johannesburg office. Workers belonging to the Association of Mineworker…
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The first motion of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck is scheduled for mid-2020, with testing continuing at Anglo American Platinum’s Mogalakwena mine until the end of the year. This climate-positive development by London- and Johann…
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Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), which is headed up by CEO Chris Griffith, achieved a 26% year-on-year increase in refined PGM output to 1.3-million ounces in the third quarter ended September, as its processing per…
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Tharisa, the publicly traded South African platinum and chrome miner run by the Pouroulis family, has the right to take over a platinum mine project in Zimbabwe that could ultimately cost $4.2-billion. The company in June last year paid $4.5-million fo…
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Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) on Wednesday reported that the total tonnes delivered to concentrators for the three-month period ended September 30, had increased by 9.2% year-on-year to just over one-million tonnes and the total tonnes milled increa…
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Diversified mining company Anglo American on Thursday announced its agreement with global energy and energy services company ENGIE to develop and fuel the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck. The agreement was signed onboard the Energy Obs…
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Marking organisation Platinum Guild International has opened the doors to its first showroom in Shenzhen – China’s jewellery manufacturing hub. The showroom is part of a comprehensive strategy to accelerate the manufacture and distribution of new-gener…
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South Africa’s militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) expects a deal with Impala Platinum over wages soon, the head of the leading platinum mining union said on Wednesday. "We believe we will clinch a deal with Impala Pla…
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Development at Wesizwe Platinum’s Bakubung platinum mine, near Rustenburg, is continuing in line with a new business plan that sets out the commissioning of a smaller mine with a process plant to produce and treat one-million tonnes a year by the third…
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Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater’s announcement that it would start consultations regarding the proposed 5 270 job cuts at its Marikana operations contained no information for the market, Mergence Investment Managers investment analyst Thobela …
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