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Manganese battery opportunity highlighted by US grant to South32’s Hermosa project 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd September 2024 The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being... →
Statement on the cabinet meeting of Wednesday, September 18, 2024
20th September 2024 ISSUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT ECONOMY →
Stronger-than-ever feasibility thumbs up for R18bn platinum group metals project in Limpopo
By: Martin Creamer 16th September 2024 The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on... →
Cluster mining model promising steady-state advantage for Copper 360
By: Martin Creamer 13th September 2024 Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is... →
African Rainbow Minerals wants to maximise the equity it has in Harmony Gold
By: Martin Creamer 6th September 2024 The global market is going through a very challenging time right now, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe noted... →
Africa’s multiple transitions
By: Saliem Fakir 6th September 2024 The issue of transitions in Africa is not singular; rather, the continent is experiencing multiple, convergent transitions. Addressing the energy... →
Mega gold producer, copper aspirant Harmony flags cost-offsetting silver, uranium value
By: Martin Creamer 5th September 2024 Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Harmony, which has 74 years of mining experience in South Africa and two decades in Papua New Guinea (PNG), is... →
DRC is the world’s largest producer of cobalt – how control by local elites can shape the global battery industry
5th September 2024 The mineral-rich Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is often portrayed as a victim of exploitation by China, the US and Europe in their... →
