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Global platinum market balanced, surplus forecast for 2020 . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The platinum sector is likely to end 2020 with a 670 000 oz surplus, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) estimates.

The WPIC on Thursday published its Plati...

Gold Fields marks milestones as its Agnew renewables plant starts operating . The 23 MW renewable energy power station built at JSE-listed Gold Fields’ Agnew mine, in Australia, has started operating.

Global distributed energy producer EDL installed the power station that inte...

Solar reducing electricity costs, lowering diesel use . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Solar power is playing a major role in reducing daytime electricity bills and lowering diesel use in off-grid diesel-consuming areas, says SunRanch.Solar, whose client...

Mine workers demanded more protection before deadly Burkina Faso attack . DAKAR – Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them to the site rather than go by a road that was pr...

Barrick seeks to eclipse $1.5 bln asset sales target, eyes more copper . TORONTO - Canadian miner Barrick Gold is keen to top its $1.5-billion target for asset sales after shedding its half of the Super Pit gold mine in Western Australia, CEO Mark Bristow said on Monday.

Two new South African-developed rock drills unveiled . The Mandela Mining Precinct (MMP) on Tuesday unveiled the two new rock drill prototypes that are set to enhance drilling operations and reduce the exposure of operators to dangerous conditions.

The p...

Black Mountain launches enviro assessment exercise for proposed zinc smelter . Environmental and advisory solutions firm SLR Consulting South Africa has invited public comment into the environmental-impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed construction of a new zinc smelter and a...

Fuel for rockets, Zeppelins points toward green heat solution . It’s the most nettlesome problem in the quest to ditch fossil fuels: how can you get thousand-degree heat used in factory furnaces without pumping billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphe...

Corruption, child labour risk in Congo’s cobalt industry, OECD warns . KINSHASA – Companies mining and buying copper and cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo must do more to fight corruption and child labor in the country, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...

Current regulations inadequate to ensure ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure . To ensure a level playing field across the South African mining sector, better guidelines need to be developed to ensure the implementation of sustainable ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure, in ...