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19th March 2025

     

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Welcome to Creamer Media’s Resources Watch, a weekly video round-up of the events and people making and shaping the news in the mining industry.

This week:

South Africa can return to being global ferroalloy hub, ARM’s Andre Joubert reiterates

‘Very promising’ narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage, ARM reports

And, Exxaro boosting small business, education, post-mining economies, farming ventures

 

South Africa has extensively tested highly convincing home-grown smelting technology that has the potential to re-establish this country as a global ferroalloys hub by enabling it to produce quality, low-cost ferromanganese and ferrochrome – and even some forms of steel.

African Rainbow Minerals Ferrous CE Andre Joubert...

 

The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal grades, lower unit costs, enhance safety, and streamline downstream materials handling, will commence at Bokoni Platinum Mines in Limpopo in January.

 

African Rainbow Minerals executive: growth and strategic development Mike Schmidt...

 

As at the end of December, the social investments of Exxaro Resources amounted to R2.1-billion amid the bettering of lives and livelihoods being declared core.

 

Exxaro CEO Riaan Koppeschaar...

 

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