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South32 shuts Metalloys temporarily, expects $7m restructuring costs . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Diversified mining company South32 has placed the manganese alloys Metalloys smelter in Meyerton, Gauteng, on temporary care and maintenance.

The Sydney- and Johanne...

Rio says threat of virus second wave is roiling raw materials . An uneven global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and concern over the prospects for second waves of infections are weighing on the outlook across commodities markets, according to Rio Tinto Grou...

SA’s ferrochrome retreat points to steady erosion of competitiveness . The local chromium industry is ostensibly being cut out of global ferrochrome production, owing to its eroding competitiveness and the comparatively ‘low-hanging fruit’ of supplying chromite.

While i...

Minerals Council reiterates commitment to zero harm goal . The Minerals Council South Africa has recommitted to supporting the mining industry’s shared imperative of zero harm, under the council’s Khumbul’ekhaya strategy.

During a virtual launch of the third...

Low rough diamond demand hits De Beers hard in second quarter . Diamond miner De Beers reported a 54% year-on-year decrease in production to 3.5-million carats in the second quarter of the year.

This was owing to the Covid-19 lockdown measures in South Africa, Na...

Diamond industry among those hardest hit by pandemic . The global diamond industry has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on the health, social fabric and economies of the world, laments World Federation of Diam...

Platinum boosts hydrogen electrolyser performance exponentially – Hydrox . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum provides an exponential improvement in the performance of electrolysers used to produce green hydrogen, says Hydrox Holdings CEO Corrie de Jager, who describe...

275 mine operations disrupted owing to Covid-19, says S&P Global Market Intelligence . Analytics firm S&P Global Market Intelligence says at least 275 mining operations across the world have been disrupted as a result of Covid-19.

These operations span 36 countries, with only 36 mines ...

Minerals Council develops mining-focused water conservation tool . The Minerals Council South Africa has developed a user-friendly water conservation and water demand management (WC/WDM) tool for the mining sector.

The WC/WDM self-assessment reporting tool (WSART) c...

Global mining sharing knowledge in response to Covid-19 . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) has been convening many knowledge-sharing sessions in response to the coronavirus.

“We’ve been extremely busy sin...