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Sibanye-Stillwater says operational recovery progressing well . JSE-listed gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Sibanye-Stillwater says its operational recovery from the severe Covid-19-induced lockdown in South Africa has progressed well to date.

The buil...

Afrimat's diversification strategy paying off . Openpit miner Afrimat reported an 11% year-on-year increase in operating profit for the six months ended August 31, despite a 9.4% year-on-year decrease in revenue.

The company also ended the period ...

Profitable circular economy concepts making future potentially bright for coal miners . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Coal mining companies need to start looking at creating their own profitable circular economies around existing coal assets because it is possible, says African Source...

Sylvania achieves solid first-quarter production, financial performance . Aim-listed Sylvania’s Sylvania Dump Operations (SDO) produced 17 972 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) platinum-group metals (PGMs) for the quarter ended September 30 − the first quarter...

Gem says higher prices demonstrate improved demand for Letšeng diamonds . LSE-listed diamond miner Gem Diamonds has sold 70 559 ct worth of diamonds for the year to date, achieving an average price of $1 908/ct.

During the third quarter, the group also unearthed five diamo...

Struggling ferrochrome needs chrome export tax as interim measure – Richards Bay Alloys . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The struggling electricity-intensive South African ferrochrome industry, which has taken significant strides to increase its efficiency and reduce its electricity cons...

Hopes rise as top-firms arrive at potential flow-through share model to stimulate mining exploration . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A flow-through share model is being tailor-made to stimulate badly neglected mining exploration in South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging mine...

DRDGold’s output rises 45% q/q . Dual-listed DRDGold reported a 45% quarter-on-quarter increase in gold production to 48 676 oz (1 514 kg) for the quarter ended September 30, owing primarily to a 27% increase in tonnage throughput to ...

Excitement as Sumitomo becomes AP Ventures’ latest hydrogen economy investor . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Leading Fortune 500 global trading and business investment company Sumitomo Corporation, which has a strong focus on the hydrogen economy, has become the latest invest...

Implats reports significant ESG progress for this year . Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) made significant progress on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals during this year, as highlighted in its ESG report released on Oc...