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Platinum-linked hydrogen economy is way to go ­- Phiri. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - The hydrogen economy is the answer to South Africa's decarbonised mobility future to avoid battery electric vehicles sapping up too much of South Africa's already scar...

Welborn frustrated by lack of consolidation. KALGOORLIE (miningweekly.com) - The CEO and MD of gold miner Resolute Mining, John Welborn, has expressed frustration at the lack of consolidation and cooperation among midtier miners. Speaking on the...

Mantashe mum on corruption probe after Mpumalanga office reopens. JOHANNESBURG - The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has reopened its Mpumalanga regional office almost a year after its closure following allegations of corruption and backlogs in the issuing...

Good, bad and maybe even ugly first half - Phiri. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - The performance of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) in the six months to June 30 was a mixture of the good, the bad and maybe even the ugly, RBPlat CEO Steve Phiri sai...

Merafe cuts production as demand weakens, holds back on dividend. The board of JSE-listed Merafe Resources has decided against declaring an interim dividend owing to prevailing market conditions; however, CEO Zanele Matlala on Monday noted that a final dividend would...

South32 eyes options for manganese alloy ops. KALGOORLIE (miningweekly.com) - Diversified miner South32 has flagged the possible closure or divestment of its manganese alloy operations in South Africa and Australia. Speaking at Diggers and Dealer...

Govt initiates fresh look at South Africa's carbon-emission yardsticks. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - South Africa's Department of Environmental Affairs on Friday placed an advertisement for service providers to take a fresh look at this country's greenhouse gas (GHG) ...

New owner Real Win Investments to reopen Lily, Barbrook mines. In a vote of confidence for the distressed Barberton mining industry, Real Win Investments (RWI) has confirmed to Mining Weekly Online that Vantage Goldfields has accepted its conditional offer to acqu...

EIUG calls for overhaul of power-tariff regime for large industrial firms. The Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa (EIUG) is calling for urgent consideration to be given to the development of industrial tariffs for large power users, in the light of the threat bei...

Saki Macozoma's Safika enters Orion's Prieska project fray. PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Dual-listed Orion Minerals has welcomed a new black economic empowerment (BEE) member to its BEE partner company Prieska Resources. Safika Resources, headed by Saki Macozoma...