Carbide recycling can create jobs for mine communities – Sandvik . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The local extraction of carbide inserts can create job opportunities for communities living around mines – “a true win, win, win situation for society, our customers a...

South Africa has 22 operating manganese mines – AmaranthCX ­ . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa has 22 operating manganese mines, with only four of them owned in part by Johannesburg Stock Exchange- (JSE-) listed companies, AmaranthCX director Paul M...

Diesel vehicle push to boost platinum demand, says WPIC . A resurgence in encouraging vehicle buyers to buy diesel vehicles could result in a boost for platinum demand, says the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).

In January 2021, the European Commiss...

Green hydrogen economy growing rapidly – Hatch . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – At Glencore’s Raglan Mine in Canada, a closed loop, microgrid system converts excess wind power to hydrogen, which is then stored in tanks.

A fuel cell produces elec...

Steelpoortdrift advances to PFS . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – A scoping study into the Steelpoortdrift vanadium project, in South Africa, has estimated that the project would require a capital investment of $161.5-million, ASX-listed Va...

Gold miners have important role to play in meeting the UN SDGs . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) − The gold industry can play a major role in helping to address the many social, economic and environmental challenges facing the world, while also expanding its overall...

Authorities laudably supportive of grid-tied Pan African solar project – coordinator . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The authorities have been laudably supportive of the R150-million grid-tied photovoltaic solar project that is to be built to supply electricity to Pan African Resourc...

Acquisitions on the backburner for Implats after C$1bn Canada buy . South Africa-based platinum group metals (PGMs) major Impala Platinum (Implats) CEO Nico Muller has ruled out any near-term merger and acquisition activity and has said the group will instead reinvest ...

Harmony hoping to re-engage PNG ‘at earliest opportunity’ . Gold miner Harmony is keen to re-engage the Papua New Guinea negotiating team “at the earliest opportunity” to secure a special mining lease (SML) for the Wafi-Golpu gold/copper project, which it owns ...

AngloGold reinstates guidance on growing certainty . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti on Monday reinstated annual guidance on improved operating certainty amid the Covid-19 pandemic and in anticipation of the conclu...