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            <title>Global coal demand, supply set to remain at an all-time high in 2023</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global body the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects coal demand to remain at an all-time high this year. This follows after global coal demand reached an all-time high in 2022, rising above 8.3-billion tonnes, the IEA points out in its ‘Coal Market Update’ report for July 2023.]]></description>
            <author>Cameron Mackay</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The private sector is so far working with government on six of the ten energy crisis work streams, for which business raised R100-million to procure skills and expertise for donation on an arm's length basis to the Presidency, within which the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) is housed. Business for South Africa (B4SA) chairperson Martin Kingston expressed the view that it is technically possible to put an end to loadshedding by the end of 2024, which is the objective of the joint energy effort. The two other challenges being tackled are transportation and logistics, and crime and corruption.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome co-producer Tharisa, which on Tuesday reported considerably higher production in the 12 months to September 30, has achieved seven fatality-free years. “We continue to strive to be a zero-harm company,” said Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis.]]></description>
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            <title>Investment required to meet mining’s decarbonisation, power challenges – PwC</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s mining sector will be required to make major investments into alternative and renewable energy sources and energy planning to address the dual challenges of decarbonisation and reliable power supply, PwC said on Tuesday when it launched its SA Mine report, which highlights mining’s sterling 2022 financial performance of distributing R190-billion to shareholders, growing capital expenditure by 36% and paying 14% more in taxes. The statistic that less than 5% of the total energy consumed by South African mining in 2020 was sourced from renewables highlighted the big increase in green energy investment still needed. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The livelihoods initiative introduced by surface gold mining company DRDGold has to date attracted more than 8 000 direct participants at a time when boosting jobs and livelihoods in South Africa has never been more important The broad-based livelihoods (BBL) programme of the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company headed by CEO Niël Pretorius has been directed at communities on the East Rand and Far West Rand where DRDGold recovers gold from mine waste dumps.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Precious metals and green metals company Sibanye-Stillwater on Thursday declared a cash dividend of R3.9-billion for the six months to June 30. The Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Neal Froneman, reported a half-year profit R12.3-billion, the third highest six-month period profit achieved since the group's initial listing in 2013.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Surface gold mining company DRDGold on Wednesday announced its fifteenth consecutive financial year of dividend paying. For the year ended June 30, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed company, headed by CEO Niël Pretorius, declared a final dividend of 40c a share, totaling a distribution of 60c a share for the 12 months.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The percentage that Australia’s Queensland government will take from Anglo American in 2023 is set to rise from 48% to 59% at current prices, owing to Queensland dramatically increasing its royalty rates without consultation. Anglo American finance director Stephen Pearce decried this as having a significant impact on the competitiveness of Queensland as a destination for long-term investments, “especially as the change was introduced without any consultation with industry”. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Glencore’s ferrochrome production up on consistent smelter performance</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ferrochrome production, which is South Africa-based, rose 2% in the six months to June 30, reflecting consistent smelter performance, Glencore reported on Friday. Attributable ferrochrome production of 786 000 t was 13 000 t higher than in the first half of last year amid overall production being mixed period-over-period.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bushveld Minerals CEO Fortune Mojapelo on Friday described the London Aim-listed company that he leads as heading into a future that will be requiring a lot more vanadium for steel and energy. To meet emerging demand, Bushveld has positioned itself for broad-based involvement through its far-reaching vertical integration model.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Southern Palladium's listing on the JSE; Steenkampskraal's rare earths development; and Rocsole stressing the need for increased efficiency to cut carbon emissions and Kal Tire tackling mine tyre waste through the circular economy approach.  ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Coal miner New Hope lost some 20 354 working hours during the three months to April, owing to severe weather conditions and Covid-related labour shortages at its 80%-held Bengalla operations, in New South Wales.

New Hope on Thursday reported that coal production during the three months to April had declined by 27.7%, to 1 924 t, compared with the 2 660 t in the quarter ended January. In the year to date, coal production fell 23.9%, from 10 030 t to 7 628 t, compared with the previous corresponding period.]]></description>
            <author>Esmarie Iannucci</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Several reports published during Platinum Week indicate that in 2021, platinum jewellery consumed anywhere between 1.6-million ounces to two-million ounces of platinum, which makes it still the second demand source after automotive, coming in at around 25% of total platinum demand. Positive momentum for platinum jewellery is being maintained in the US, which shone like a star in 2021, and Japan, where platinum jewellery commands more than half of all jewellery sales.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[What the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) is forecasting for 2022 is a reduced but still large platinum surplus of 627 000 oz. But this surplus is extremely vulnerable to the issues the WPIC thinks may play out, particularly:]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The World Coal Association, and its member companies, are in favour of a just transition to a net zero future, World Coal Association chairperson July Ndlovu said on Thursday. In his keynote address to the Southern African Coal Conference, Ndlovu emphasised the sincerity of the association’s standing by stating that “we are not disingenuous when we say this. We are real people with families and communities. We also want the best for the future of our planet, people and economies.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The gross refined production of platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats declined by 6% to 2.35-million ounces in the nine months to March 31, when sales volumes of 2.38-million ounces were 4% lower than the prior comparable period. “The operating landscape continues to be challenging,” Implats CEO Nico Muller stated in a release on Friday.]]></description>
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            <title>Glencore guides higher full-year ferrochrome output with coal marking time</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore is guiding 3% higher ferrochrome performance for the whole of this year, with no change to its coal production guidance. Full-year guidance for nickel is also up by the same three percentage points but full-year 2022 zinc guidance has been reduced by 9% and copper guidance lowered by 3%.]]></description>
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            <title>President Ramaphosa to deliver keynote address at Mining Indaba 2022 </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver a keynote address at the 2022 Investing in African Mining Indaba, which takes place in Cape Town from May 9 to 12. The attendance of Ramaphosa, who will speak on Tuesday, May 10, signals the continued importance of mining to the South African economy as a cornerstone creator of value through investment, procurement, job creation and community investment, and its contribution to the fiscus, the Hyve event organisers stated in a release to Mining Weekly.]]></description>
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            <title>Metalicity extends takeover time for Nex Metals </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ASX-listed Metalicity has extended its takeover offer period for fellow listed Nex Metals Explorations from April 14 until the end of business on May 4.

Metalicity’s offer to Nex Metals shareholders is 4.81 Metalicity ordinary shares for every Nex Metals share on issue, valuing Nex Metals equity at A$12.8-million based on Metalicity’s closing share price on September 13.]]></description>
            <author>Esmarie Iannucci</author>
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            <title>Minerals Council ending century-long relationship with Johannesburg CBD</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Minerals Council South Africa has begun a new era by moving into modern premises in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and closing a century-long chapter in Johannesburg’s central business district (CBD). The historic Minerals Council building, on Hollard Street– which was constructed in 1921 – will be sold.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Growth outcomes inform approach to dividends ­as Northam digs in on RBPlat deal</title>
            <link>https://newsletter-mw.creamermedia.com/article/growth-outcomes-inform-approach-to-dividends-as-northam-digs-in-on-rbplat-deal-2022-03-31</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Growth outcomes will inform Northam Platinum’s approach to dividends, the platinum group metals (PGMs) company stated in reporting 60%-higher half-year headline earnings a share. Northam highlighted that it still had an option to acquire a further 3.29% in Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), which would take its holding to within a hair’s breadth of 38%.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Green hydrogen energy supply to local communities envisaged by Anglo</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The green hydrogen footprint being developed by Anglo American could be extended to provide low-cost and efficient energy to local communities. Anglo, which is advancing towards using green hydrogen to replace diesel in the huge haul truck it is building at Anglo American Platinum’s Mogalakwena mine in Limpopo, has presented a well-received strategy of spreading its hydrogen footprint in support of local people.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Simberi gets new outlook as Covid cases drop</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gold miner St Barbara has set a production target of between 25 000 oz and 30 000 oz for its Simberi operations, in Papua New Guinea, for 2022, saying the Covid-19 outbreak at the site was now under control.


The ASX-listed St Barbara in February withdrew its production guidance for the operation, saying the infection rates across the Tabar Island group have increased significantly, impacting the local communities and the Simberi workforce.]]></description>
            <author>Esmarie Iannucci</author>
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            <title>Cash-flush ferrochrome producer Merafe declares dividend on record profit</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The year 2021 was a year of recovery for the Glencore Merafe Pooling and Sharing Venture, both from a financial and operational perspective. JSE-listed Merafe, headed by CEO Zanele Matlala, reported on Tuesday that Improved economic activity had contributed to robust demand for ferrochrome, which, coupled with supply constraints, had resulted in a marked increase in prices.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>FERROCHROME</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Parliaments must act swiftly to reduce climate change – Mapisa-Nqakula</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Monday urged heads of the world's Parliaments gathering at the 144th plenary assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union to undertake all necessary efforts to deal with climate change through oversight and the constitutional powers of the institutions they lead. Mapisa-Nqakula stated that in South Africa, Parliament supported the government’s view, articulated by President Cyril Ramaphosa, on a green recovery for the country, and COP26's legislative prescripts of safeguarding the planet’s ecosystems by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and limiting global temperature increases.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2022 07:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Covid forces changes to Mt Peake plans </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ ASX-listed TNG has reached an agreement with ts long-term strategic engineering partner, German- based metallurgical engineering firm SMS group over a revised project execution strategy for the Mount Peake vanadium/titanium/iron project, in the Northern Territory.

TNG last year took the decision to move its proposed TIVAN processing facility from Darwin to a fully integrated single mining and processing operation at the Mount Peake, following a detailed assessment of alternative sites.]]></description>
            <author>Esmarie Iannucci</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 10:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Metals sector urged to seize South Africa’s beckoning Steel Master Plan opportunity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s historic metals sector employer organisation on Wednesday urged all the sector’s employer bodies to roll up their sleeves on May 19 and 20 and get their teeth into the Steel Master Plan, which is seen to have promising reindustrialisation elements. President Cyril Ramaphosa highlighted the Steel Master Plan in last month’s State of the Nation Address.]]></description>
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            <category>METALS AND ENGINEERING</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2022 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The platinum surplus in 2021 is forecast to reduce by 47% in 2022 as Covid-related and operational disruptions gradually settle, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) states in its Platinum Quarterly. Covering the fourth quarter of 2021, along with a full year review of 2021 and revised forecast for 2022, the WPIC's Platinum Quarterly states that Covid--related factors and operational disruptions played out particularly during the second half of 2021, having a huge impact on both the supply of and demand for platinum. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Platinum group metals company Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) on Tuesday delivered record production and earnings in the 12 months ended December 31. The RBPlat board has declared a gross cash final dividend of 535 c per share, equating to R1.5 billion. This is in addition to the interim dividend of R1.5 billion, declared in August 2021, bringing total capital returns for the year to R3.5-billion.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[As pressure mounts for the world to align meaningfully with the 1.5 °C global temperature rise scenario, decarbonisation is standing out as a key driver of metals and mining value. “This has strengthened our view that the mining industry now has a clear pathway towards long-term transformative demand, encapsulated by energy transition,” said Wood Mackenzie Metals and Mining Markets head Derryn Maade during the research company’s Future Facing Mined Commodities Forum webinar covered by Mining Weekly.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater in 2021 delivered another record financial performance, with revenue of R172.2-billion and adjusted earnings before interest taxation depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of R68.6-billion. Revenue was 35% higher than for 2020 and Ebitda 39% higher. Record profit attributable to shareholders of R33.1-billion and adjusted free cash flow of R37.4 billion underpinned increased returns to shareholders, with successful delivery of all other elements of the group's capital allocation framework exceeding expectations that were set at the beginning of the year.]]></description>
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