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South Africa’s July Ndlovu to chair World Coal Association . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) ­– South Africa’s July Ndlovu has been appointed the chairperson of the World Coal Association (WCA), Mining Weekly can today report.

Ndlovu, who heads Anglo American’...

Minerals Council expresses deep sadness at loss of 28 colleagues to Covid . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Minerals Council South Africa health head Dr Thuthula Balfour on Thursday expressed deep sadness at the loss of 28 colleagues to Covid-19 and stated that research was ...

Gold’s rally to $1 800 sees ETF inflows exceed full-year record . Gold’s allure is only getting stronger as 2020 unfolds. Spot prices reached $1 800/oz and year-to-date inflows into bullion-backed exchange-traded funds have topped the record full-year total set in 20...

Alphamin exceeds second-quarter production guidance . JSE-listed tin concentrate producer Alphamin Resources’ tin production for the second quarter, ended June 30, increased by 29% quarter-on-quarter to 2 739 t.

This exceeded the production guidance for...

First 1 100 foreign mineworkers scheduled to cross back into South Africa . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The first batch of 1 100 foreign mineworkers is scheduled to cross back into South Africa on Tuesday, Mining Weekly can report.

This is part of a total of 12 500 gol...

Gold-backed ETFs record seventh consecutive month of positive flows, says WGC . Gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their seventh consecutive month of positive flows, adding 104 t in June (equivalent to $5.6-billion, or 2.7%, of assets under management, or AUM) and t...

South African govt initiates process of developing societal hydrogen roadmap . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) has initiated a process, with other government and industry stakeholders, to develop a roadmap that will lead...

Covid death toll on mines rises to 21, positive cases at 3 119 . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Covid-19 death toll in the mining industry has risen to 21, Minerals Council South Africa recorded on its website on Tuesday, with the number of Covid-positive cas...

Displacement continuing at copper mine where open pit give way is imminent . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Vertical and horizontal displacement is continuing at the Nchanga Open Pit Cut 2 in Chingola in Zambia, where geo-technical assessments point to an imminent collapse o...

DN Invest and MIC conclude R760m empowerment transaction . Diversified and niche telecommunications, retail, distribution and technology services company DN Invest (DNI) has concluded an empowerment transaction with broad-based black economic empowerment inves...