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Exxaro boosting small business, education, post-mining economies, farming ventures
By: Martin Creamer 13th March 2025 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... →
EU, S Africa hold first summit since 2018 as US ties unravel
By: Bloomberg 13th March 2025 The European Union and South Africa are holding their first summit since 2018, the latest step toward shoring up a shaky relationship in a world... →
SA: Enoch Godongwana: Address by Finance Minister: 2025 Budget Speech, Parliament, Cape Town (12/03/2025)
13th March 2025 The delay has stimulated an unprecedented level of public debate about the difficult policy trade-offs we, as a nation, face. A vital debate about... →
Seasoned campaigner Ben Magara to assume Exxaro CEO role from April 1 
By: Martin Creamer 13th March 2025 Mining veteran Bennetor (Ben) Magara has been appointed as the new incoming CEO of Exxaro Resources, effective from April 1. Magara, a mining... →
Transnet urged to use Budget Facility for Infrastructure to fund project partnerships
By: Terence Creamer 12th March 2025 While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that additional guarantees will be considered to refinance Transnet’s maturing debt and its capital... →
NUM worried about ‘possible bloodbath of job losses’ on multiple fronts
By: Darren Parker 12th March 2025 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel,... →
‘Very promising’ narrow-reef boring technology nearing rollout stage, ARM reports 
By: Martin Creamer 12th March 2025 The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal (PGM) grades, lower unit costs, enhance... →
Committee bemoans lack of govt communication amid AMSA longs wind-down
By: Marleny Arnoldi 10th March 2025 As talks intensified earlier this year between primary steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and government to mitigate the impacts of... →