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            <title>$870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The construction of the first phase of the Nyanza Light Metals plant to advance ilmenite up the value curve in the form of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment has begun at the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. Nyanza CEO Donovan Chimhandamba confirmed this to Mining Weekly on Thursday, June 25 at the Coatings for Africa show in the Sandton Convention Centre, where Nyanza is exhibiting. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video interview.)]]></description>
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            <title>Mintek spells out how it can add value to South Africa’s PGM mining industry</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek on Friday, June 26 spelt out how it can add value to South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) industry. At its corporate head office auditorium at 200 Malibongwe Drive in Randburg, Mintek showcased its latest services, research capabilities and innovations that are relevant to PGMs, which are overwhelmingly hosted in South Africa. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>Exciting gigawatt-scale projects across Africa, SLR reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To combat climate change, the world needs green molecules in addition to green electrons. “If we look how the economy is carbonised, an electron can only decarbonise between 60% to 70% of the economy,” SLR Consulting Power Sector Lead Middle East and Africa Stuart Heather-Clark points out.]]></description>
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            <category> Breaking News</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has announced that the Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters will be restarted, following the conclusion of the detailed terms and conditions of negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom. The NPAs, Glencore Marafe said, gave full effect to the 62c/kWh tariff, which had been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for both the venture and for Samacor Chrome.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Iron-ore heads for seventh weekly loss on swelling inventory, falling steel demand</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Iron-ore prices fell on Friday and were headed for a seventh straight weekly loss, weighed down by swelling portside inventory and faltering steel consumption in top consumer China, as well as falling global freight rates.

By 04:04 GMT, the most-traded iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) slipped 1.15% to 733.5 yuan ($107.83) a ton, declining 1.7% so far this week.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has called for public comment on revised draft rules for electricity trading as part of a second round of consultations after Eskom raised objections to an initial draft published in November 2025. In a statement, Nersa said the updated draft rules had been significantly expanded and revised to incorporate stakeholder comments that were made during the initial consultation process.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As demand for critical minerals continues to increase globally, the need to explore for and identify mineral resources quicker than before has mounted, raising the need for integrated decision-making data. Despite increased demand, the market is still risk averse in terms of exploration.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Platinum group metals miner Wesizwe Platinum will embark on a phased restart of operations at its Bakubung mine, in the North West, from next week, subject to the conclusion of a memorandum of agreement currently under discussion with the recognised trade unions and employee representatives. Operations at the mine were halted for a three-week period, from June 3, to enable Wesizwe to facilitate meaningful engagement during a consultation process with employees and labour unions on the proposed retrenchments at the mine.]]></description>
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