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BHP moves into greener shipping amid cleaner transport ventures intensifying globally 
By: Martin Creamer 2nd July 2025 In fewer than three years, major Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed mining giant BHP will be shipping ore from Australia to Asia in a... →
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
By: Martin Creamer 1st July 2025 South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation,... →
Political agreements alone won’t heal Sierra Leone’s social divide
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 2nd June 2025 Constitutional and legal reforms are needed to address divisions rooted in the over-centralisation of power and resources. Despite a veneer of... →
South Africa arbiter proposes more pay to avoid logistics strike
By: Bloomberg 21st May 2025 A third-party arbiter proposed a higher wage offer to South Africa’s State-owned ports and rail company and its unions in a bid to stave off a... →
Menar hopeful US-SA trade relations will be normalised soon to avoid dual adversity
By: Martin Creamer 13th May 2025 Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are... →
Working group has been established to extend ferrochrome's horizon, Minister reports
By: Martin Creamer 22nd April 2025 A working group with industry has been established to improve the operating environment for long-term sustainability of South Africa’s ferrochrome... →
Back to the future? 
By: Terence Creamer 11th April 2025 There’s some concern that government is delaying the inevitable, after more support was extended to ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to facilitate... →
Budgets and tariffs
10th April 2025 The vote on the Fiscal Framework was 194 for and 182 against, thus a slim majority of only 12. However, 24 members of Parliament (MPs) did not... →
