South Africa should go all out with platinum and manganese to be in best of two decarbonising worlds. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa, which has a wonderful platinum group metals endowment and an abundance of high-quality manganese ore, should go all out to be in the best of two new carb...

Mining Charter III part of efforts to bring ‘equality to reality’ – Mantashe. The third – and latest – iteration of the Mining Charter should not be viewed in isolation, but rather seen in the context of the socioeconomic transformation of South Africa, affirmed Minerals Resourc...

Zero Harm is possible ­– Zikalala. Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Zikalala has hit the ground running as the newly appointed MD of De Beers Group Managed Operations in South Africa and Canada, which employ more than 5500 people, including contrac...

Anglo’s South African units confirm integrity of tailings dams. The JSE-listed subsidiaries of global miner Anglo American have confirmed the structural integrity of their tailings dams, in line with a global call for better disclosure about tailings storage facili...

Northern Cape may be where parts of Australia were in 90s – The Mineral Corporation. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa’s extraordinarily prospective Northern Cape may now be where parts of Australia were in the early 1990s, John Murphy, the newly appointed MD of The Minera...

TCTA comes up with power alternative amid ‘war zone’ at Mintails plant. The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) on Thursday announced that its acid mine drainage (AMD) water treatment plant in the Western basin, near Krugersdorp, could not be reopened as planned on June ...

South Africa turns unlikely haven as gold's rally boosts stocks. LONDON – Donald Trump’s trade offensives against China, Europe and Mexico may be driving the global markets into a frenzy, but the uncertainty is just the fix South Africa’s gold-miner stocks needed. ...

Sibanye halves job losses at its South African gold operations. A consultation process with stakeholders regarding the restructuring of Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations, in South Africa, has resulted in expected job losses being nearly halved to 3450. When ...

Palladium, tin constraints offer upside for Ivanplats, Alphamin. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Palladium and tin are both entering into periods of constrained supply, attendees of the Junior Mining Indaba – hosted at the Country Club Johannesburg in Auckland Par...

Manganese poised to make its mark as EV metal. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Manganese could make its mark in the battery electric vehicle (EV) arena by displacing cobalt to a large extent in many of the cathode formulations, where the bulk of ...