Northam Platinum strengthens liquidity, attracts R411m new funding . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals mining company Northam Platinum has strengthened its liquidity position in response to Covid-19 by attracting R411-million of additional new long...

Auto-battery makers mull alternative chemistries to lower costs, increase driving range . Battery makers and car manufacturers have seen a shift in the pursuit of altering battery chemistry to lower the costs of new energy vehicles (NEVs) that are being manufactured and extend their driving...

Council reaffirms industry’s commitment to fighting Covid-19 pandemic . The mining industry is at the forefront of work being done to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace and will be subjected to intense scrutiny; however, it is undertaking adequate measures and...

Leon lists measures to attract mining investment in these challenging times . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa should reconsider the appointment of an independent minerals regulator to speed up minerals licensing, Herbert Smith Freehills Africa co-chair Peter Leon ...

China’s platinum users increase stock levels . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Industrial platinum users and jewellery platinum users in China have been taking advantage of the low platinum price to increase their stock levels.

China increased ...

Mining becoming significant corporate buyer of renewable energy ­– ICMM . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The mining industry has started to become a significant corporate buyer of renewable energy in regions where these technologies have become reliable and cost-competiti...

Tharisa records solid results in difficult interim period . JSE-listed integrated resources group Tharisa mined 2.27-million tonnes of reef in the six months ended March 31, a 2.3% year-on-year increase.

Tharisa, which is led by CEO Phoevos Pouroulis, owns an...

Afrimat says all its mines will be at full operating capacity in June . JSE-listed openpit miner Afrimat says it entered the Covid-19 lockdown with a strong balance sheet that will help it weather the uncertain and volatile business climate that is expected to prevail in t...

Gazetted Covid guideline restates much of what mining has adopted . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The newly gazetted guideline to prevent, mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic on mines is largely a restatement of what has already been adopted by the mining ind...

Two employees at Harmony’s Kalgold mine test positive for Covid-19 . Two employees at Harmony Gold Mining Company’s Kalgold gold mine, in the North West, have tested positive for Covid-19.

The individuals, both of whom were asymptomatic, were identified as positive th...