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Bushveld supports Avalon, redT merger . Integrated primary vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals has agreed to support the merger of vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer Avalon Battery Corporation and redT energy with interim fundin...

Electric vehicles, other new technologies bode well for tin demand . The global tin market has entered what has been described as an interesting phase with the diversification of applications in existing and new technologies, amid market dynamics that are shaking stabil...

Implats maintains full-year guidance despite lower first-quarter output . JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) is confident of meeting its targets for the full 2020 financial year, despite a 4.2% year-on-year decrease in platinum-in-concentrate production and a 24% year-on-y...

Investors fear looming safety risks of mining waste dams . LONDON – A global inquiry into how mining companies store billions of tonnes of waste in huge dams, launched after a collapse in Brazil killed hundreds, shows about a tenth of the structures have had s...

Sibanye may resume dividend payments if metals prices hold . NYSE- and JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater on Thursday said it hopes to resume dividend payments in the second half of 2020, if high precious metals prices prevail.

The gold and platinum group metals (P...

TerraCom takes major stake in Universal Coal . PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed TerraCom has taken a 19.9% stake in South Africa-focused coal miner Universal Coal, in a deal worth A$34.6-million.

TerraCom on Wednesday said that it had acquir...

Black Royalty Minerals chosen as preferred bidder for Koornfontein mine . Junior miner Black Royalty Minerals (BRM), a subsidiary of the Makole Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder to acquire the Koornfontein coal mine, in Mpumalanga.

The transaction includes t...

Anglo implementing ‘green’ worker transport in Chile . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – In the context of efforts to have more sustainable and efficient operations and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses, Anglo American is implementing electromobilit...

Mining deal-maker eyes New York from 2021 as South Africa palls . JOHANNESBURG – Sibanye Gold CEO Neal Froneman is considering moving the South African miner’s primary listing to New York from 2021, after he curbs the company’s debt.

The surge in palladium and rhod...

Anglo, Exxaro, others partner on initiative to drive socioeconomic development . POLOKWANE, LIMPOPO (miningweekly.com) – Diversifed miners Anglo American and Exxaro have, alongside the Council for Scientific and industrial Research (CSIR) and World Vision International announced th...