Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management puts communities at the forefront . The Global Tailings Review (GTR) on August 5 launched the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management, which aims to ensure tailings dam failures are a thing of the past.

The GTR was co-convened ...

Exchange control lifting sends strong growth message – Anglo . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The lifting of exchange control by South Africa sends a really strong message about the country’s desire to promote investment and growth, says Anglo American FD Steph...

RBPlat reports sky-rocketed first-half earnings on lower Covid-hit output . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Midtier platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBPlat) on Tuesday reported sky-rocketed earnings on lower Covid-19-impacted half-year productio...

High-flying, dividend-talking RBPlat going into second half with tailwinds . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – High-flying platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) is going into the second half of this Covid-hit year well-positioned with stock...

Eskom, SIU issue summonses to recover State capture funds . State-owned power utility Eskom and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on August 3 issued summonses in the North Gauteng High Court to recover funds from former Eskom executives, board members and me...

Bushveld Minerals advances plans to support VRFB development . Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals has advanced the acquisition of Austrian group Enerox by acquiring a further 65.1% of the investment vehicle’s share capital through Enerox Holdings Limited (EHL).

EHL is...

Nutrients have double potential contribution of coal being exited – Anglo . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Covid-19 notwithstanding, diversified mining company Anglo American will this year be spending the $300-million that it forecast on the Woodsmith polyhalite project in...

AngloGold CEO asked to leave after fund pressure, Bloomberg reports . AngloGold Ashanti's CEO was pushed to leave after shareholders asked for further investigations into a bonus payment by his former employer that he didn’t initially disclose, according to people famili...

Post-Covid challenges for automotive sector to put strain on platinum demand – WPIC . Demand from the automotive sector is the largest demand segment for platinum, accounting for around 40% of yearly platinum demand.

The industry mainly uses platinum in autocatalysts or catalytic conv...

Glencore’s strong first-half positions it for top-end marketing earnings . Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has delivered an overall strong first-half operating performance amid the unprecedented challenges presented by Covid-19.

“This reflects both the abil...