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Platinum miners, unions sign wage agreement . Platinum group metals (PGMs) miners, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Impala Platinum (Implats) and Sibanye-Stillwater on Friday signed a three-year wage agreement with unions, the Association of Min...

Orion Minerals increases capital raising by $1.3m . Dual-listed base metals developer Orion Minerals has increased its share placement to sophisticated and professional investors to $7.7-million, from the $6.4-million originally announced on October 25....

Jubilee’s shares rally as it swings to full-year profit . Metals processing company Jubilee Metals’ share price on the JSE rallied by more than 10% on Thursday morning, while its shares on the LSE rose by nearly 7%, after it reported strong growth in earnings...

Iron-ore lifts South African mining output in September . Mining production increased by 0.2% year-on-year in September, following a 3% year-on-year decline in August.

This was above consensus expectation of a 2.4% year-on-year decline for September, says I...

SMB-Winning beats Fortescue to Guinea iron-ore deposit with $14bn deal . CONAKRY – A consortium of Guinea's Societe Miniere de Boke (SMB) and Singapore's Winning said on Wednesday it won a tender to develop blocks 1 and 2 of Guinea's giant Simandou iron-ore project, edging ...

Harmony achieves higher price, but lower production in the first quarter . JSE- and NYSE-listed Harmony Gold produced 361 085 oz of gold in the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2020 financial year.

This was lower than the 378 510 oz produced in the quar...

Bushveld group advances vanadium redox flow battery plans through Enerox deal . Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals’ 84%-owned subsidiary Bushveld Energy has signed a term sheet agreement with CellCube Energy Storage Systems to acquire all issued shares in Enerox for €11-million.

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Organisers see increased appetite for engagement for upcoming Indaba . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Media company Hyve Group content head Tom Quinn on Tuesday told the media that the organising team of the 2020 iteration of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba has s...

Anglo upbeat on bulk commodities performance; Kumba cuts sales guidance . Following ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) decision to wind down its steel operations at Saldanha Works, in the Western Cape, Kumba Iron Ore has reduced its iron-ore sales guidance for the full ye...

South African miners should counteract labour challenges, adopt more tech – EY . Licence to operate and disruption are two of the biggest risks facing mining companies in Africa, a research report by EY, titled ‘Top risks and opportunities facing miners in Africa 2020’, has found. ...