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Grosvenor Resources’ £5.6m investment in Ironveld pending shareholder approval
By: Simone Liedtke 22nd October 2021 Aim-listed iron-ore miner Ironveld is considering a proposed new major investment by natural resource company Grosvenor Resources, which will potentially invest £5.6-million in the company through a subscription for more than 561.5-million new ordinary shares. Grosvenor is a new South African... →
Merafe’s nine-month ferrochrome output up 64.6% y/y
By: Simone Liedtke 22nd October 2021 JSE-listed ferrochrome producer Merafe Resources’ attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore-Merafe chrome venture for the third quarter ended September 30 was 77 000 t. Production for the nine months to September 30 increased by 64.6% year-on-year to 276 000 t. →
East Manganese achieves first ore
By: Claire O'Reilly 22nd October 2021 Investment company Menar's first manganese asset, the East Manganese mine, located near Hotazel, in the Northern Cape, mined ore for the first time in September. →
Coal and iron pile up in South Africa on rail constraints
By: Bloomberg 21st October 2021 Kumba Iron Ore’s struggle in getting supplies to ports is further highlighting the constraints South Africa faces in exporting key commodities including coal. The continent’s top iron ore producer said its premium steelmaking material is being held up at mines in South Africa’s Northern Cape... →
No zero carbon without green hydrogen, US pledging $1/kg coal-parity price 
By: Martin Creamer 21st October 2021 The world will be unable to meet its zero-carbon targets without the introduction of green hydrogen solutions, says Plug Power chief strategy officer Sanjay Shrestha, at a time when the US has launched a programme to cut the cost of clean hydrogen by 80%. Nasdaq-listed Plug Power, a pure play... →
Plug Power chief strategy officer Sanjay Shrestha
Diamonds, iron-ore drive 2% rise in Anglo American's third-quarter output
By: Simone Liedtke 21st October 2021 Diversified miner Anglo American achieved a 2% increase in production for the third quarter, ended September 30, which CEO Mark Cutifani largely attributed to planned higher rough diamond production at its De Beers subsidiary, as well as increased production from the Minas-Rio iron-ore project,... →
Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani
Australia faces export tariffs if net zero not endorsed, warns minister
By: Reuters 21st October 2021 Australia risks having tariffs imposed on its exports if it fails to adopt a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, a senior government minister said on Tuesday, as the country's ruling coalition struggles to unite on the issue. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he hopes to present... →
Kumba lifts third-quarter output but port, weather disruptions impact on sales
By: Simone Liedtke 21st October 2021 South African iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore’s production increased to 10.8-million tonnes during the third quarter, ended September 30, but equipment breakdowns at the Port of Saldanha Bay and weather disruptions affected ship movements, resulting in lower sales of 10.1-million tonnes. Owing to... →
Voted-out Gilbertson wishes Jupiter godspeed, CEO moved off board
By: Martin Creamer 20th October 2021 A resolution for the removal of the MD and CEO of the ASX-listed Jupiter Mines as a member of the board was passed at the company’s general meeting on Wednesday, when mining doyen Brian Gilbertson was not re-elected as chairperson. Jupiter’s focus is on the highly successful Tshipi Borwa... →
Brian Gilbertson
Vale to slow down iron-ore production in Q4 due to low prices
By: Reuters 20th October 2021 Brazilian miner Vale said on Tuesday it was slowing down production of low-margin iron-ore in the fourth quarter by about four-million tonnes due to low prices, and could cut back output in 2022 if prices did not rise. Vale said in a securities filing that iron ore output for the year is now... →
Policy-not-law charter judgment going long way towards providing certainty – NSDV
By: Martin Creamer 19th October 2021 The court judgement that the mining charter is policy and not law goes a long way towards providing regulatory certainty, says NSDV mining law senior associate Muhammed Khan – but it is not the end of the road, he cautions in a 1 500-word analysis entitled The Great Mining Charter Debate. Khan... →
Giyani adds resources to K.Hill project
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th October 2021 TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals has published an updated indicated mineral resource estimate of 1.6-million tonnes and an inferred mineral resource estimate of 1.4-million tonnes for the K.Hill manganese oxide project, in Botswana. The company has also completed a three-hole diamond drilling... →
Jupiter reports lower interim profit from manganese subsidiary
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th October 2021 ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has declared an interim dividend of $0.005 apiece for the six months ended August 31. The company posted an interim profit after tax of $27-million, compared with an interim profit of $29-million posted for the six months ended August 31, 2020. →
Incentive needed for smaller end of stock exchange to survive – Miller 
By: Martin Creamer 18th October 2021 An incentive is needed for the listing of companies on the smaller end of the stock exchange, which is facing an existential crisis, said AmaranthCX director and owner Paul Miller on Monday. Reacting to the groundswell of headlines about delistings and lack of listings on the Johannesburg Stock... →
Using the world’s first green steel to make a dump truck
By: Bloomberg 18th October 2021 The world’s steelmakers need a makeover. Their industry is one of the dirtiest, and it’s blamed for about 7% of global carbon emissions. The biggest producers essentially rely on the same manufacturing processes they used a century ago, and now they face a reckoning. With the planet’s viability... →
Hydrogen fuel cell has inexhaustible future, says Fortescue’s Andrew Forrest
By: Martin Creamer 15th October 2021 The hydrogen fuel cell has an inexhaustible future as a means of maintaining the planet’s high standard of living, said Fortescue Metals Group chairperson Andrew Forrest during a global online symposium this week. “Our little planet’s cooking, the world’s impatient and there’s any amount of... →
Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh (left) and Fortescue Metals Group chairperson Andrew Forrest (right)
BHP and POSCO look at green steel
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th October 2021 Major BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korean steel giant POSCO to jointly explore greenhouse gas emissions reduction technologies in integrated steelmaking. As part of the MoU, the parties intend to undertake pilot and plant trials to lower carbon in the steelmaking... →
Fire reported at Flinders' mine
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th October 2021 Junior Flinders Mines has reported a fire at its Pilbara iron-ore project. The company on Friday said it had been informed by project manager BBI Group of a fire on the tenements, but noted that there had been no damage to equipment or facilities, and that now injuries had been reported on site,... →
Rio adjusts production expectations following tough quarter
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th October 2021 Mining major Rio Tinto has seen production declines across its portfolio of commodities during the three months to September, and has adjusted some of its targets for 2021. “It has been another difficult quarter operationally and despite improving versus the prior quarter, we recognise the... →
South Africa needs to ramp up critical minerals exploration as world decarbonises - study
By: Terence Creamer 13th October 2021 The South African mining sector can remain internationally competitive and support socioeconomic development only if it drives decarbonisation and adapts to the global shift in commodity demand towards minerals used in green sectors such as renewable electricity and electric vehicles (EVs), a new... →
Tharisa achieves record quarterly output
By: Creamer Media Reporter 12th October 2021 Platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome concentrate producer Tharisa reports that its Tharisa mine, in the North West, achieved its highest production ever during the quarter ended September 30. Platinum group metals output for the quarter increased to 43 700 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium,... →
Iron-ore tumbles as China steel curbs are back in focus
By: Reuters 12th October 2021 Iron-ore futures were under pressure on Tuesday, with the Singapore benchmark retreating nearly 7% after a four-day rally and Dalian contracts erasing early gains, as investor focus shifted back to steel production controls in China. The steelmaking raw material's most-active November contract on... →
Vale, BHP JV Samarco obtains extended creditor protection
By: Reuters 12th October 2021 Brazilian miner Samarco Mineracao, an iron-ore joint-venture between Vale and BHP, obtained an extension of its stay period for additional 180 days, according to a court decision on Saturday reviewed by Reuters. The company had requested an extension of its protection against creditors in order... →
Iron-ore jumps again on better mill margins, output expectations
By: Bloomberg 11th October 2021 Iron-ore futures extended gains as improved rebar margins at Chinese steel mills buoyed demand prospects. Prices jumped 10% in Singapore, taking the raw material’s surge since a low in September to about 50%. Investors are continuing to weigh China’s autumn demand against a power crisis that has... →
Bidding process initiated for Ngqura manganese export terminal
By: Terence Creamer 11th October 2021 The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for service providers able to offer a technical solution for a proposed greenfields manganese export terminal at the deep-water Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape. The CDC has been appointed as the implementing agent... →
Mining boom papering over serious structural issues – Nedbank's Mpofu
By: Martin Creamer 11th October 2021 South Africa’s current mining boom is papering over some very serious structural issues that underlie the mining industry as a whole. “Chief amongst those is the slowdown if not disappearance of investment in future capacity, a trend we’ve been seeing for the past ten years,” said Nedbank mining... →
Cadence sees ‘clear path’ to production for former Anglo iron-ore mine
By: Mariaan Webb 11th October 2021 The share price of Cadence Minerals surged 35% in London on Monday morning as the company announced a financing agreement that will unlock investment in the Amapa iron-ore project, in Brazil. Cadence has received bank credit committee approval for the secured bank creditors to execute a... →
Freehill starts mining in Chile
By: Esmarie Iannucci 11th October 2021 Phase 1 mining operations have started at the Yerbas Buenas magnetite project, in Chile, ASX-listed Freehill Mining reported on Monday. The company noted that first ore sales from the project are scheduled for January. →
Exploration key to keeping South Africa on right side of future – investors
By: Martin Creamer 11th October 2021 Exploration is key to keeping South Africa on the right side of the future-facing metals scenario, the Joburg Indaba heard last week from potential investors. During a panel discussion on mining sector prospects covered by Mining Weekly, the heads of international investment companies commented... →
Form top left clockwise are Fiona Perrott-Humphrey, Olivia Markham, Brett Beatty, Bernard Swanepoel and Mick McMullen.
The world needs Simandou iron-ore, Rio Tinto CEO says
By: Reuters 8th October 2021 The world needs Guinea's massive Simandou iron-ore deposit to be developed, Rio Tinto's chief executive said on Thursday, despite uncertainty in Guinea after last month's coup. "There is, of course, a bit of uncertainty about Guinea at this point in time, but fundamentally nothing has changed;... →
Vale says spin-off of base metals unit no longer planned
By: Reuters 7th October 2021 The chief executive of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA said on Thursday the company has stopped looking into a spin-off for its base metal division, a longstanding plan of the company. "We are not talking about a spin off yet. The problem here is the size of the business," said Eduardo... →
Vale says judge restores operating license at Onca Puma mine
By: Reuters 7th October 2021 Brazilian miner Vale said on Thursday that a judge had restored the operating license at its Onca Puma nickel mine in the state of Para and that mining activity had resumed. The company said on Monday that a state agency had suspended its operating license due to an alleged non-compliance with... →
Anglo progressing with decarbonisation, sustainability endeavours – Cutifani
By: Donna Slater 7th October 2021 Diversified major Anglo American continues to take steps to usher in hydrogen-powered machinery, as well as to roll out renewable energy at its global operations as a means of improving its sustainability, CE Mark Cutifani said during a Financial Times Mining Summit on October 7. He pointed out... →
South Africa’s exploration investment lowest since democracy began, Joburg Indaba hears
By: Martin Creamer 7th October 2021 South Africa’s mining industry is at its lowest level of exploration investment since democracy began in 1994, the Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday. “Never have we spent less – and this is a pity because significant promises were made about an exploration plan for the country,” Joburg Indaba... →
Transnet building pipeline of transactions for private sector participation
By: Terence Creamer 7th October 2021 Transnet CEO Portia Derby says the State-owned group received a “fantastic” response to its two recent requests for information (RFIs) for private participation at the ports of Durban and Ngqura and that several other private sector participation (PSP) transactions are under development. The... →
Fortescue buys 60% stake in Dutch-based renewable energy firm
By: Reuters 7th October 2021 Fortescue Metals Group's green energy unit said on Thursday it bought a 60% stake in Dutch-based renewable firm High yield Energy Technologies (HyET) Group in a bid to cut costs and boost green energy production. Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) is part of Fortescue Metals' plan to become the... →
Mining continues to drive Aus economy in August
By: Esmarie Iannucci 7th October 2021 New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has again highlighted the importance of resources to the Australian economy, with a trade surplus of more than A$15-million reported in August. Australia exported some A$33.9-billion of mineral, metal and energy commodities which accounted for... →
South Flank unveiled
By: Esmarie Iannucci 7th October 2021 The ribbon has officially been cut at diversified miner BHP’s $3.6-billion South Flank iron-ore mine, in the Pilbara. South Flank is an 80-million tonnes a year operation, and will be the most technically advanced high quality iron-ore mine in Western Australia. Together with the existing Mining... →
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