06/04/2012 (On-The-Air)

South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development Corporation is investing billions of rands in the platinum industry; The Department of Trade and Industry is going all out to boost South Africa’s struggling manufacturing sector. Here is...

Read about Beacon Hill’s Minas Moatize, CoAL’s Chapudi BEE structure, Exxaro’s clean energy plans and other news in the latest Coal Roundup

The February roundup includes details of the potential of Beacon Hill's Minas Moatize project, in Mozambique; Coal of Africa Limited's sale of its 26% stake in its Keynote Trading and Investment subsidiary to black-owned Rothe Investment and King...

Resources Watch

This week: Coal miner Exxaro will submit five renewable energy bids. Pan African Resources reports record earnings. And, South Africa should be extremely concerned about Implats’ strike, says Northam.

Coal miner Exxaro to submit five renewable energy bids

South Africa’s second-largest coal miner Exxaro Resources moving ahead with plans to generate clean energy.

Energy storage trend expected to boost vanadium – American Vanadium

The vanadium market, which has been in a state of oversupply for the past decade, may be transitioning towards an extended period of potential undersupply.

Linc confirms talks with 'cornerstone investor'

Diversified energy company Linc Energy on Monday confirmed that it was “pursuing a number of divestment opportunities” for its coal tenements in Queensland. In a response to a price query by the ASX, Linc noted that the company has engaged in...

Company Anounncement: Landfill Gas: A Source of Renewable Energy

Landfill gas can be converted to useful energy, such as electricity, and is a renewable resource. Several regional Landfill Interest Groups (LIG)?s that fall under the auspices of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA),...

Company Announcement: Government and Mining Renewable Energy Funding Bodes Well for SA

Recent initiatives such as government’s announcement of an R800 million rand fund for renewable energy projects and Anglo American’s R100 million enterprise development fund targeting investment opportunities that reduce energy consumption...

Carbon tax won’t hit mining growth, says Treasurer Swan

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Thursday that the proposed carbon tax would not affect the mining industry’s expected growth rate, despite claims that the industry would suffer. “Despite what we hear from all the Chicken Littles – the...

China’s growth plan will sustain rare-earth element consumption

South African mining company Rare Earth International reports that policy decisions made in China at the release of its twelfth five-year growth plan will sustain the need for rare-earth elements and will grow the consumption of products using...

Australia inks resources cooperation pact with Germany

The Federal government has signed a joint declaration on energy and resource cooperation with Germany, committing to collaborate more on research and development (R&D). At a meeting in Canberra on Thursday, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said that...

Extract Resources moving Husab resource 
from inferred to indicated category

Australian mining junior Extract Resources recently initiated its infill drilling programme, which would move the uranium resource at its Husab project, in western Namibia, from an inferred resource to an indicated resource.