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Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed foll...

Vedanta's Zambia copper unit warns part of Nchanga openpit mine about to collapse . LUSAKA – Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources, has closed part of its openpit mine as a portion of the pit is about to collapse, the chief executive office...

Reopening of economies boosting metals prices . Since lockdown measures to contain Covid-19 around the world have eased, ratings and research agency Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global) says the reopening of economies, combined with monetary stimul...

Mining will need long-term strategies to survive new normal . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – For the mining industry to be successful post-Covid-19, the industry will require long-term strategies to deal with its challenges, which includes the pandemic.

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Hydrogen-powered aviation preparing for takeoff – study . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Hydrogen as an energy source will play a key role in transforming aviation into a zero-carbon/climate-neutral system over the next few decades, an independent study st...

Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Th...

RBPlat opens 200-bed field hospital to support govt in fight against Covid-19 . Platinum group metals miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), together with the North West Department of Health has officially opened the 200-bed Royal Bafokeng Platinum Field Hospital, in Rustenburg, ...

Hydrogen to fuel giant mining trucks in green shift by Anglo . Anglo American is advancing plans to convert its fleet of giant diesel-fueled mine trucks to hydrogen power as the company seeks to burnish its green credentials.

More than 400 mine-haul trucks could...

Platinum group metals in pole position to benefit from global decarbonisation thrust . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals are in pole position to benefit from the fast-growing global decarbonisation momentum, Mining Weekly can today report.

A multiplicity of global...

Tariff implications not yet clear as Nersa loses another court battle with Eskom . Power utility Eskom has welcomed the June 29 ruling of the North Gauteng High Court to review and set aside three regulatory clearing account (RCA) determinations made by the National Energy Regulator ...