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Power Metal raises £1m to accelerate exploration
By: Schalk Burger Updated 2 hours 25 minutes ago Aim-listed metals exploration and development company Power Metal Resources has raised £1-million to accelerate exploration across its portfolio of projects and to commercialise select project interests. The funds raised will increase the available working capital (cash and listed financial... →
Minerals Council regrets delay of 2018 Mining Charter review 
By: Martin Creamer Updated 2 hours 41 minutes ago Minerals Council South Africa on Monday expressed regret that the finalisation of the review of the contested elements of the 2018 Mining Charter had been delayed following a judgement of the full bench of the High Court in Pretoria ordering that a number of other parties be joined to the action.... →
Minerals Council South Africa.
Reopening of economies boosting metals prices
By: Marleny Arnoldi 3rd July 2020 Since lockdown measures have started to ease around the world to contain Covid-19, ratings and research agency Standard & Poor’s Global (S&P Global) says the reopening of economies, combined with monetary stimulus by banks and governments, has allowed industrial metal prices to rise. However,... →
Covid kills 13 mineworkers, no foreigners back at work 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Thirteen mineworkers have now succumbed to the coronavirus, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Of the 13 who have died, seven were employed in platinum mining in North West province, which has the most cases at 1 413... →
Hydrogen-powered aviation preparing for takeoff – study
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2020 Hydrogen as an energy source will play a key role in transforming aviation into a zero-carbon/climate-neutral system over the next few decades, an independent study states in estimating that the first short-range hydrogen-powered demonstrator could be developed by 2028 if sufficient investments... →
Platinum group metals in pole position to benefit from global decarbonisation thrust
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2020 Platinum group metals are in pole position to benefit from the fast-growing global decarbonisation momentum, Mining Weekly can today report. A multiplicity of global announcements are emerging daily that inextricably link platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cells as well as platinum-catalysed... →
Jervois commences high-prospect drilling programme in Uganda
By: Donna Slater 26th June 2020 TSX-listed nickel and copper miner and explorer Jervois Mining is planning to drill at its Kilembe area properties in western Uganda, to test a target with high-grade copper/gold rock chip samples and a coincidental gold in soil anomaly. The CC target is undrilled and contains some of the... →
SA Inc must act now to take ownership of battery metals value chain – Bushveld
By: Martin Creamer 26th June 2020 Bold action is needed by South Africa Inc to take ownership of the significant potential share of the global battery metals market open to it, says Bushveld Minerals CEO Fortune Mojapelo. Speaking to Mining Weekly following this week’s presentation by the company of solid 2019 financial results... →
Mincor to raise A$60m for Kambalda works
By: Esmarie Iannucci 25th June 2020 ASX-listed Mincor Resources will raise A$60-million through a share placement and a share purchase plan (SPP) to fund exploration at its Kambalda projects, in Western Australia. Mincor on Thursday announced that it would raise up to A$50-million through a two-tranche fully underwritten share... →
Amur outlines strategy for Kun-Manie BFS
By: Creamer Media Reporter 24th June 2020 Base metals explorer and developer Amur Minerals on Wednesday outlined its strategy to fund the bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its Kun-Manie nickel/copper sulphide project, in the far east of Russia. The company would execute a “tried and proven” funding strategy, board adviser Adam Habib... →
LME to examine floor reopening after easing of UK lockdown
By: Reuters 24th June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) will examine whether the easing of social-distancing restrictions in England from July 4 will apply to its open-outcry floor, which has been closed for three months. The 143-year-old exchange temporarily closed the floor - the last open-outcry floor in Europe - on... →
Chevron inks gas deal with Nickel West
By: Esmarie Iannucci 24th June 2020 US energy major Chevron has struck a domestic gas sales agreement with mining major BHP’s Nickel West division for the delivery of natural gas from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone domestic gas facility. Starting in July, Chevron would supply BHP Nickel West with a total of 22 Petajoules (PJ) of... →
Vale to sell stake in nickel producer to Indonesia's Inalum
By: Reuters 22nd June 2020 Brazil iron-ore miner Vale said on Friday in a securities filing that its Canadian subsidiary had reached an agreement to sell a 20% stake in the nickel producer PT Vale Indonesia to state-controlled PT Indonesia Asahan (Inalum). Vale's Canadian subsidiary will receive $290-million for the sale,... →
Oz Minerals to acquire JV partner Cassini
By: Esmarie Iannucci 22nd June 2020 Copper/gold miner Oz Minerals has struck a scheme of arrangement with joint venture partner Cassini Resources that will give it full ownership of the West Musgrave project, in Western Australia. The two companies on Monday announced that Oz Minerals would acquire all the issued capital of... →
Glencore says will cooperate with investigation by Swiss
By: Martin Creamer 20th June 2020 Diversified mining company Glencore stated at the weekend that it would cooperate with an investigation opened into it by the office of the attorney general of Switzerland. Glencore stated in a release to Mining Weekly that it had been informed by the office of the attorney general that it had... →
Glencore head office.
BHP buys Norilsk tenements in WA
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th June 2020 Diversified miner BHP has struck a deal with the Australian arm of major Norilsk Nickel to acquire the Honeymoon Well nickel project, in Western Australia. The Honeymoon Well nickel project comprises the Honeymoon Well development project and a 50% interest in the Albion Downs North and Jericho... →
Voisey’s Bay to resume operations early next month
By: Mariaan Webb 18th June 2020 The Voisey’s Bay mine, in Labrador, Canada, is gearing up to resume operations, following a three-month shutdown associated with the Covid-19 outbreak. Brazil’s Vale announced on Thursday that it had moved from care and maintenance into a planned maintenance period at Voisey’s Bay as a first... →
Appian appoints Gonzales as operating chief
By: Simone Liedtke 17th June 2020 Investment adviser Appian Capital Advisory, which backs mining projects, has appointed mining industry executive Igor Gonzales as its new COO. Gonzales will manage the company’s technical team working across Appian’s portfolio, with direct oversight of the firm’s operating assets including... →
Nickel mine production to contract nearly 20% this year
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th June 2020 Research firm Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research expects nickel mine production to contract by 19.60% this year. In a report, it states that the mining and metals industry will be deeply impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic this year, as the situation continues to evolve and the... →
More border openings wanted for returning workers – Minerals Council
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2020 More border openings are wanted for returning foreign mineworkers. As of Thursday last week, not a single foreign mineworker had re-entered South Africa from neighbouring foreign countries. “Only a limited number of border posts are open,” Minerals Council South Africa environment, health and... →
240 000 miners back at work – Minerals Council South Africa
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 An estimated 240 000 miners are back at work on 385 large and small mines across South Africa, Minerals Council South Africa public affairs and transformation senior executive Tebello Chabana said on Thursday. Each and every one of these miners was screened on their return to work after lockdown... →
ICMM members record 287 fatalities in 2019
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2020 The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) on Thursday released the 2019 safety data of its company members, who reported 287 occupational fatalities, a marked increase from the 50 fatalities recorded in 2018 and 51 fatalities recorded in 2017. ICMM said in a media release to Mining... →
Global mining forum IGF puts forward sweeping employment reforms
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) on Wednesday put forward sweeping mining employment reforms in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has, it states, exposed weak points in the global labour market. IGF emerged from the 2002 World Summit... →
Sweeping mining reforms advocated in response to Covid-19.
Weekly Coal Index heralds vital new era of African pricing transparency
By: Martin Creamer 10th June 2020 Coal remains the dominant primary energy source for the production of electricity in South Africa. Even with high allocations for renewable energy in the latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2019, as well as the prospect of coal-plant decommissioning over the coming ten years, coal is still... →
Air will be cleaner when it leaves car engine than when it enters it – Hyundai
By: Martin Creamer 9th June 2020 Air will be cleaner when it leaves the engine of a new hydrogen fuel cell electric car than when it enters the engine of the car, Hyundai states in a double-page advertisement in the latest edition of The Economist. This ultra-clean-air automotive advance comes against the backdrop of government... →
Panoramic debt free
By: Esmarie Iannucci 9th June 2020 The share price of ASX-listed Panoramic Resources rose by nearly 11% on Tuesday after the company announced that it was now debt free. The company has told shareholders that subsidiary Savannah Nickel Mines had full repaid a A$25-million debt facility from Macquarie Bank, while the miner has... →
Woodmac predicts surge in nickel in sulphate demand
By: Esmarie Iannucci 8th June 2020 Demand for nickel in sulphate from the electric vehicle (EV) market is expected to reach some 800 000 t/y by 2035, while production is expected to rise from the 211 000 t produced in 2019 to peak at 450 000 t by 2027, says consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie (Woodmac). “Existing and would-be nickel... →
Boliden resumes 90% production at fire-hit Kevitsa
By: Creamer Media Reporter 5th June 2020 Swedish metals company Boliden has put up mobile crushing plants at the fire-hit concentrating plant at Kevitsa, in Finland, allowing production to resume at almost 90% of normal capacity. The company said post fire inspections were still ongoing and that the cause of the fire was yet to be... →
Nickel market to evolve as EVs, role-players and projects change
By: Donna Slater 5th June 2020 The international refined nickel production and trade market will evolve in the coming decade as China's large nickel deficit, driven by the electric vehicle (EV) success story, and Russia's slowly falling nickel surplus, driven by a thin project pipeline, opens opportunities for other producers,... →
Well positioned to weather storm – Standard Bank
By: Martin Creamer 4th June 2020 The Standard Bank is well positioned to weather the Covid-19 storm and remains determined to emerge from this crisis as a stronger Africa-focused financial services group, Standard Bank Group FD Dr Arno Daehnke said on Thursday. The capital and liquidity levels of Africa’s biggest lender by... →
Russia declares state of emergency over Nornickel's Arctic fuel spill
By: Bloomberg 4th June 2020 Russia declared a federal state of emergency in the Krasnoyarsk region as pollution from a diesel spill in the Arctic city of Norilsk drew comparisons with the Exxon Valdez accident off Alaska in 1989. The state of emergency was announced late Wednesday after being approved by President Vladimir... →
Mozambique streaks ahead with new e-government cadastre advance
By: Martin Creamer 3rd June 2020 While South Africa is still trundling along laboriously with a minerals cadastre system fraught with shortcomings, Mozambique has rocketed to the highest firmament of e-government licence processing, Mining Weekly can report. Mozambique first led the pack 17 years ago when, ironically, it latched... →
Atlantic Nickel's Santa Rita achieves strong performance
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 2nd June 2020 Nickel exploration, mining and beneficiation company Atlantic Nickel says its Santa Rita mine, in Brazil, remains operational, with limited disruptions to the supply chain as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mine completed its second and third shipments ahead of schedule and has produced... →
New solution for monitoring tailings dams
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2020 The tragic tailings dam breach in Brazil that killed more than 270 people has focused the world of mining on making tailings dams safe. Earlier this year, and environmental organisation Grid-Arendal launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities... →
Tailings dam.
Panoramic raises initial A$51.9m
By: Esmarie Iannucci 2nd June 2020 ASX-listed Panoramic Resources has completed the institutional component of its entitlement offer and an underwritten institutional placement, raising an initial A$51.9-million. Panoramic last week announced plans for a A$90-million capital raise to to de-risk the restart of its Savannah nickel... →
It’s official, the hottest party in the metals world is cancelled
By: Bloomberg 2nd June 2020 The London Metal Exchange (LME) has pulled the plug on the biggest annual gathering in the metals market, cancelling all its own events during October’s LME Week because of coronavirus concerns. From its origins as an annual gathering organised by the LME’s golf association, the week-long roster... →
Indonesia processing requests for deep-sea mining waste disposal
By: Reuters 1st June 2020 Indonesian authorities are considering two companies' requests to dispose mining waste into the ocean, a senior government official said on Sunday, at a time of heightened sensitivity about the environmental impact of mining. The requests come as mining waste management is increasingly... →
Sienna starts with third drill programme in Sweden
By: Marleny Arnoldi 1st June 2020 TSX-V-listed Sienna Resources has started a 1 000 m drill programme on its flagship Slättberg project, in Sweden. The project contains platinum-group metal (PGM), nickel and copper mineralisation that remains open at depth and along strike, as determined by Sienna’s two prior drilling campaigns... →
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