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            <title>Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to $300-billion for AI infrastructure expansion and hydrogen production is also being increased in China faster than anywhere else, World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) CEO Trevor Raymond reported on Thursday, July 16.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Northam unveils world’s deepest raise-bored PGM shaft</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent, integrated primary platinum-group metals (PGMs) producer Northam Platinum has officially opened Zondereinde No 3 Shaft, the world's deepest raise-bored PGMs personnel and materials shaft at 1 382 m vertical and 4.8 m in diameter. Zondereinde is an established, conventional underground mine on the northern end of the western limb of the Bushveld Complex.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Valterra Platinum expects its headline earnings and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended June 30 to increase by more than 1 388% year-on-year. In a trading statement, the company reports that headline earnings are expected to be between R18.5-billion and R22.2-billion, compared with the R1.2-billon reported for the six months to June 30, 2025. HEPS are expected to be between R70.47 and R84.56, compared with the HEPS of R4.73 reported for the first half of the 2025 financial year.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Botswana says Anglo picks De Beers buyer, weighs options for &quot;optimal structure&quot;</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Anglo American has chosen a preferred buyer for its stake in diamond producer De Beers, with Botswana weighing whether to exercise its right of first refusal either on its own, with Anglo's chosen bidder, or alongside a third party, a government official said on Friday. Anglo put De Beers, one of the world's leading diamond companies with operations and exploration spanning Botswana, Namibia, Angola, South Africa and Canada, up for sale in May 2024 as part of a broader restructuring prompted by falling diamond prices and the growing popularity of synthetic diamonds.]]></description>
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            <title>Operation PROSPER deals heavy blow to illicit mining, organised crime</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In a massive nationwide crackdown, the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have intensified joint, multi-disciplinary efforts under Operation PROSPER. The high-density operations targeted illegal mining, organised syndicates, and gang violence, resulting in the arrest of 1 149 suspects and the seizure of 25 illegal firearms along with 238 rounds of ammunition.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>UASA concludes successful negotiation of wage agreement at Kopanong Gold</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Labour union UASA says it has concluded a favourable two-year wage agreement at gold mining company Kopanong gold mine, located between the North West and Free State provinces. The union says the agreement applies to permanent Category 4 to 8 employees, including miners, artisans and officials, and key provisions of the agreement include a salary increase of R1 000 a month in both the first and second year for surface and underground employees, and a 5% increase on the standard rate of pay in the first and second year for miners and artisans.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Ramaphosa highlights importance of collaboration during South Africa-Namibia Binational Commission</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Given the shared geology and geographical proximity between South Africa and Namibia, there is a compelling case for closer collaboration in exploration, infrastructure development, skills development and investment promotion. This was noted by President Cyril Ramaphosa during the fourth session of the South Africa-Namibia Binational Commission (BNC) on July 17, co-chaired by Ramaphosa and Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Innovatively expanding infrastructure to accommodate diverse value chains likely to boost ...</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Uganda, in 2015, worked with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to build roads in the eastern DRC, which enabled goods manufactured in Uganda to be exported to this region, benefitting Uganda and the DRC. During the second day of the Manufacturing Indaba, in Johannesburg, on July 15, natural resource development organisation Uganda Chamber of Energy and Minerals CEO Humphrey Asiimwe cited this as an example of the benefits of African countries not focusing solely on their own needs, but also considering how they could support their neighbours and trade partners through the auspices of regional bodies.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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