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Regulatory uncertainty, economic issues limiting SA’s potential to benefit from mining investment . Mining companies often build schools and healthcare facilities for rural communities where governments fall short, thereby unlocking more than just financial value from mining investment, says law firm...

Southern Africa has opportunity to lead in e-mobility space, says SAIIA . Irrespective of which policy position government and the private sector decide to take, the global and Southern African landscape will be affected by the e-mobility revolution.

Independent public pol...

Glencore under investigation for bribery by UK authorities . Glencore is being investigated for bribery by UK authorities, deepening the legal woes that threaten the world’s biggest commodities trader.

Glencore will cooperate with the probe conducted by the Se...

Manganese marketing approach needs reviewing – Menar . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa is not getting what it should out of its world-leading manganese endowment, says Menar MD Vuslat Bayoğlu.

Bayoğlu believes that the current marketing ...

Centamin says merger proposal skewed in favour of Endeavour . The preliminary proposal for a potential all-share combination between Africa-focused miners Centamin and Endeavour Mining has failed to impress the directors of Centamin, with the board unanimously re...

Minerals Council members largely compliant with 2010 charter requirements . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Minerals Council South Africa on Wednesday published a report on the South African mining industry’s progress in transforming the industry in terms of the Mining C...

Rio halts operations at Richards Bay Minerals amid community violence . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Diversified major Rio Tinto will curtail operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), in South Africa, to ensure the safety and security of its employees due to an escalation i...

Endeavour goes public with Centamin merger proposal . Africa-focused Endeavour Mining believes there is a “compelling value creation opportunity” in merging with TSX- and LSE-listed miner Centamin, but says its attempts to engage that company’s board came...

Menar’s R7bn coal project pipeline adds 5 600 jobs . JOHANNESBURG (miningweeky.com) – Menar MD Vuslat Bayoğlu says that his company’s planned R7-billion investments in coal projects between now and 2022 will create 5 600 jobs, and that this will contrib...

Paladin fields more questions from Kayelekera sale . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Paladin Energy on Monday announced that the sale of its 85% interest in the Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, will now be subjected to additional obligations ...