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Price-spiking palladium must be substituted with platinum – Sibanye-Stillwater . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – It is incumbent on the end users to help platinum group metals mining companies to a position where the platinum price will not be destroyed, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Ne...

Very Proudly South African Sibanye-Stillwater set to take on world – Froneman . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – An upbeat Neal Froneman said on Wednesday that world would see his “very Proudly South African’ precious metals mining company Sibanya-Stillwater take on global compan...

Hydrogen fuel cells the next big disruptive technology – Sibanye-Stillwater . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The next big disruptive technology will be hydrogen fuel cell technology, which is platinum rich, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman said on Wednesday.

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Sibanye-Stillwater delivers phenomenal 260% return – JSE . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Top-performing Sibanye-Stillwater delivered a phenomenal return of 260% on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2019, JSE company services manager Carol Crozier stated o...

South Africa’s Astron ‘a nice short to have for the trading business’ – Glencore . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg on Tuesday described the diversified mining and marketing company’s investment in Astron Energy oil refinery and fuel distribution station...

Kumba pays out 92% of HEPS to shareholders as iron-ore prices lift earnings . JSE-listed miner Kumba Iron Ore delivered a payout ratio of 92% of headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year ended December 31, exceeding its 50% to 75% dividend payout policy.

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Glencore's lower earnings reflect uncertain trade deal negotiations . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The 2019 performance of diversified mining company Glencore reflected the prolonged and uncertain trade deal negotiations, generally weaker prices for key commodities ...

Climate-friendly copper, cobalt, nickel steal limelight as Glencore depletes coal reserve . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Climate-friendly energy transition metals, copper, cobalt and nickel, stole the limelight during Glencore’s presentation of 2019 results on Tuesday, when the company r...

Petra adjusts cash flow target amid weak diamond market, coronavirus outbreak . London-listed Petra Diamonds has cut its cash flow targets amid a weak diamond market, owing to the coronavirus outbreak, which started to affect Chinese citizens late last year and has since spread to...

Hydrogen fuel cell mining set to cut Amplats’ greenhouse gas emissions – Griffith . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The introduction of hydrogen fuel cell mining in response to climate change is poised to cut the greenhouse gas emissions of platinum group metals (PGMs) mining compan...