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Master Drilling expects earnings fall . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Rock boring and drilling services provider Master Drilling has advised shareholders of an earnings fall.

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company advised in a ...

Public Investment Corporation increases investment in Exxaro . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has increased its shareholding in coal and renewable energy company Exxaro Resources to just over 15%, the Johannesburg Stock E...

Aluminium in spotlight as LME opts for low-carbon trading platform . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aluminium may find itself with an officially recognised ‘green’ tag when a low-carbon version of the metal is given a new trading platform next year.

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Zambia Chamber of Mines says govt tensions with power firm CEC bad for investment . LUSAKA - Zambia's attempt to force Copperbelt Energy Corp (CEC) to open up its infrastructure to other power producers has dented the country's image as an investment destination, the Chamber of Mines ...

Guinea approves SMB-Winning deal for Simandou iron mine project . CONAKRY – Guinea's government approved on Thursday a basic agreement for the development of its giant Simandou iron ore project by a consortium representing Chinese, French and Singaporean interests, t...

Coal cliff talk taking back seat as fossil fuel demand outlook moderates . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A few years back South Africa was said to be heading towards a coal cliff but that projection is now being questioned.

In the early and mid 2000s, the findings of th...

Katanga now a wholly owned Glencore subsidiary . Democratic Republic Congo-focused Katanga Mining is now wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by multicommodities trader and miner Glencore, having completed the going-private transaction announced in ...

Kakula copper mine advancing ahead of schedule, says Ivanhoe . Underground development at TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, continues to advance ahead of schedule, with more than 15.4 km now complete, or 4.7 km ahea...

Covid, diesel, substitution nudging platinum into sweeter spot . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Depressed platinum is being nudged into a sweeter spot by a combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, new focus on diesel vehicles, trickling substitution of platinum for ...

Amplats temporarily recloses recently re-opened ACP plant . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals mining and marketing company Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Wednesday announced it had temporarily reclosed the processing plant that reope...