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Going green is a good business proposition ­– Schmidt . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Going green and ensuring environmental protection is a good business proposition, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) CEO Mike Schmidt said on Friday.

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Northam achieves record interim R3bn operating profit . JSE-listed Northam Platinum delivered a stellar financial performance in the six months ended December 31, with normalised headline earnings up 240% year-on-year at R1.9-billion.

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ARM buoyed by soaring platinum earnings, posts dividend . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The earnings of black-owned diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) were buoyed in the six months to December 31 by soaring platinum earnings, which ...

South Africans working together will find energy solutions – ARM . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africans working together with confidence and enthusiasm will improve the country and find energy solutions, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson...

Impala Rustenburg’s stunning improvement saves 12 500 jobs . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Platinum group metals (PGMs) mining and marketing company Implats has upped its game at Impala Rustenburg to such a stunning extent that the 12 500 jobs that were earm...

Hydrogen fuel cell technology moving at very fast pace – Implats . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Fuel cell technology is moving at a very fast pace, Implats group executive: refining and marketing Sifiso Sibiya said on Thursday.

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Implats evaluating 200 MW solar power plant in Zimbabwe . JOHANNESBURG (miningweeky.com) – Zimbabwe platinum group metals company (PGMs) mining company Zimplats is in the midst of feasibility study to evaluate the construction of a 200 MW solar power plant, I...

Barrick issues cease and desist notice to AJN over Kibali stake purchase . KINSHASA/TORONTO/JOHANNESBURG – Barrick Gold, the operator of Congo's biggest gold mine, has issued a cease and desist notice to junior miner AJN Resources as it moves to block its acquisition of a 10%...

Nornickel sees no major palladium substitution in near term . Russia’s Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel), the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel, expects the palladium market to continue to be in a deficit of about 500 000 oz this year, driven b...

Hydrogen fuel cell technology key to achieving green economy – Plug Power . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The only way to achieve a ‘green’ economy, fight climate change and prevent the destruction that the world has seen in recent years is to ensure that conversations tur...