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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s Presidency has been advised to reduce dependency on imported fossil fuels as current events may alter the economics of alternative fuel sources such as green hydrogen and green ammonia, for the production of which South Africa enjoys competitive advantages, Business Day reported on Monday, April 13. Forming part of a summary of priority decisions is that there must be less reliance placed on imported fuels and great emphasis placed on energy independence.]]></description>
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            <title>Eskom confident of meeting winter demand, Minerals Council South Africa indicates</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amid the expectation of Eskom publishing its winter outlook later this month, the State-owned power utility has meanwhile expressed confidence that it will be able to meet electricity demand as South Africa heads into the winter season, Minerals Council South Africa indicates in an electricity update. The Minerals Council’s update notes, however, that Eskom’s energy availability factor (EAF) declined in March, when it averaged 66.8% compared with the higher 68.3% the month before.]]></description>
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            <title>KwaZulu-Natal mineral sands mine powered by new Limpopo solar</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The first megawatt-hours of green electricity have been successfully fed into South Africa’s national grid by a newly commissioned solar farm in Limpopo for supply  to a mining company in KwaZulu-Natal. The mine is Richards Bay Minerals, which is part of the Rio Tinto group, and the newly commissioned power plant is Bolobedu Solar Farm, which has been developed by international renewable energy company Voltalia and its empowerment partners.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa spelled out a detailed green hydrogen pursuit roadmap at the United Nations Industry Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference attended by 70 countries in Vienna on Wednesday, April 8, when South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) programme director: green hydrogen Rebecca Maserumule outlined the steps South Africa is taking to initiate first-mover green hydrogen project development. From a ...]]></description>
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            <title>More renewable power for South Africa’s platinum, iron-ore, diamond mines</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified mining major Anglo American and EDF have switched on more renewable energy in South Africa through their Envusa joint venture’s rapid back-to-back project execution model. The latest 140 MW Umsobomvu Wind Farm reached commercial operation date just weeks after Mooi Plaats Solar PV’s 240 MW brought 380 MW of the Koruson 2 cluster into commercial operation.]]></description>
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            <title>Laxity has left South Africans without the energy jobs platinum can provide</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The date was December 2011. The place was Durban. The occasion was an Anglo American media conference led by then Anglo CEO Cynthia Carroll. The topic was the opportunity to use Anglo’s platinum group metals (PGMs) to generate clean hydrogen power and sustain hundreds of thousands of South African jobs. A roundtable media discussion provided access to many PGM executives to answer questions. Carroll drew on an abundance of old and new research to champion the fuel cell’s cause at a function held by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the International Chamber of Commerce for the presidency of the United Nations climate change convention’s seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP 17).]]></description>
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            <title>Northern Cape can be South Africa’s next mining hub, says Minerals Council economist</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's Northern Cape province has the potential to unlock significant revenue from a revitalised and expanded mining sector, Minerals Council South Africa acting chief economist Bongani Motsa told a stakeholders’ collaboration session in Sandton ahead of the upcoming Northern Cape Investment and Jobs Conference 2026, which will be hosted in Kimberley from April 13 to 15. The Northern Cape, Motsa pointed out, has significant reserves of manganese and rare earth minerals which could catalyse economic growth in the province and South Africa as a whole.]]></description>
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            <title>Increasing renewable-energy use by African Rainbow Minerals</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) made progress toward its renewable-energy ambitions during the half-year, with construction of the 100 MW solar plant now complete and the project achieving over 1.2-million lost-time injury-free working hours. The long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) is expected to deliver energy supply security, and substantial environmental and financial benefits, including an estimated 30% reduction in ARM Platinum’s CO2 emissions and total savings of 4.8-million tonnes over the 20-year term.]]></description>
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            <title>Implats’ headline earnings up five-fold, R7bn free cash flow, dividend declared</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the six months to December 31, South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats generated 180% improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of R18.1-billion, a fivefold increase in headline earnings of R9.3-billion and recorded a free cash flow of R7-billion. Implats closed the period with an adjusted net cash balance of R12.1-billion and R28.8-billion in liquidity headroom. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Implats, headed by CEO Nico Muller, also reported a robust performance across its mining and processing assets, with operational delivery enabling Implats to benefit fully from the step-change in prevailing rand PGM pricing.]]></description>
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            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Consensus is broadening that robust platinum pricing will continue, Northam reports</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The broadening market consensus is that supply and demand fundamentals will continue to support robust pricing for platinum, and this, together with Northam Platinum’s  growth profile, places the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed platinum group metals (PGM) group in a strategically strong position, Northam CEO Paul Dunne highlighted during his presentation of record dividend interim financial results on Friday, February 27. Following the display of platinum gauze used to produce cardiac stents has an indication of the widespread use of this very special metal, Dunne reported that all three of Northam’s mines had performed well in the six months to December 31.]]></description>
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            <title>Turning wealth in ground into wealth for South Africa’s people is a must, says analyst</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa is at a pivotal juncture. It can choose to remain a supplier of raw commodities that enrich other countries or become a global leader in mineral‑based industries, says globally rated metals and mining analyst and portfolio manager, Shamim Mansoor, who spoke to Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview. By focusing on mineral-based beneficiation, South Africa can transform its economy and solve this country’s financial problems, Mansoor, who has her own consultancy business specialising in metals and mining, asserts. (Also  watch attached Creamer Media video).]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Copper 360 is mourning the loss of Jan Nelson, one of its founders and the driving force behind the JSE-listed company and several other mining companies ahead of that. Since September 2024, Nelson, who would have turned 56 on June 7 this year, mounted a courageous fight with cancer, meeting this journey with the same strength, dignity, and determination that defined his leadership and his life, Copper 360 reports on LinkedIn.]]></description>
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            <title>Sibanye-Stillwater secures more renewable energy in offtake agreement with NOA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Renewables company NOA has clinched yet another deal. Announced on Friday is NOA's conclusion of a 138 MW renewable energy power purchase agreement with precious metals mining major Sibanye-Stillwater, which follows NOA's renewables arrangements with DRDGOLD and Pan African Resources. This additional renewable-energy supply to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Sibanye-Stillwater from NOA, headed by CEO Karel Cornelissen, is expected to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 433 080 tCO₂e a year from 2028 onwards.]]></description>
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            <title>South Africa can learn from Finnish beneficiation model, Minerals Council says at Mining Indaba</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One of the countries South Africa can learn from when it comes to beneficiation is Finland, Minerals Council South Africa acting chief economist Bongani Motsa outlined on day-three of the Investing in African Mining Indaba on Wednesday. Speaking on a panel with Minerals Council senior executive environment, health, and legacies Shamini Harrington and Minerals Council senior executive public affairs and transformation Tebello Chabana, Motsa noted that Finland had pursued a deliberate strategy of mineral value addition, anchored in its National Mineral Strategy.]]></description>
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            <title>Looks like South African mining’s going to have great year, says Menar at Mining Indaba</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In general, if you look at the commodities produced in South Africa, we’re doing very well, and it looks like 2026 is going to be a great year. That’s the view of Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu, who spoke to Mining Weekly at the Investing in African Mining Indaba. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s mining sector remains constrained by regulatory and operational bottlenecks that need urgent attention to unlock full potential through the attraction of long-term and sustainable investment in exploration and mines. Mining and its direct suppliers support nearly 900 000 jobs and the livelihoods of 3.6-million South Africans.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Precious and green metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater has concluded a flexible renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy trader Etana Energy, involving the supply of 220 MW renewable electricity from a diversified portfolio of solar and wind generation projects for ten years. The agreement takes the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Sibanye-Stillwater closer to its goal of attaining carbon neutrality by 2040.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining and renewable-energy company Exxaro has reached financial close on R13-billion in new term refinancing facilities. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed company said on Thursday, February 5, that the refinancing had been carried out by a syndicate of nine local South African commercial banks, asset managers and international lenders and replaced existing R10-billion corporate facilities, which were scheduled to reach maturity in April.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new automation at Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in KwaZulu-Natal has begun with very efficient coal stacking and reclaiming processes that have millimetre accuracy. The stacker reclaimer, with no onboard operator, calculates the most productive way to stack coal while operators oversee the process safely from a central control room.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed surface gold mining company DRDGOLD has, through its wholly owned Ergo subsidiary, disposed of its 100% interest in Stellar Energy Solutions to NOA Group Assets for R147.5-million cash. Headed by CEO Karel Cornelissen, NOA is a South African renewable energy independent power producer, aggregator and energy trader, with a trading licence from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed South32 is targeting the copper-dominant Arctic project in the Ambler mining district of north-western Alaska with its Canada-based 50:50 joint venture (JV) exploration and development partner Trilogy Metals. &#34;During the quarter, our Ambler Metals joint venture approved a $35-million work programme to advance the high-grade Arctic polymetallic deposit and test exploration targets within this underexplored, regional land package in Alaska,&#34; South32 CEO Graham Kerr disclosed in the diversified mining company’s latest quarterly report released on Thursday, January 22.]]></description>
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            <title>Significant new platinum-linked green hydrogen advances sweeping across UAE and US</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positioned green hydrogen at the centre of Africa’s big energy opportunity – and then on Wednesday in the US, speakers at the Washington-based Fuel Cell &#38; Hydrogen Energy Association webinar heralded expanded tax-benefit business structures through America's' Master Limited Partnerships as the harbingers of new sought-after US hydrogen expansion. Master Limited Partnerships are business structures that have been used for many years to build out capital intensive infrastructure. In discussion with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the sustainability event, Ramaphosa emphasised the extent to which Africa’s superior sunshine, strong wind corridors, powerful river systems, and critical minerals place the continent in a distinctive position to lead the world in green hydrogen production.]]></description>
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            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
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            <title>Platinum research head notes demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving demand for precious metals as fiat currency alternatives.  “Whilst gold is the primary focus as a monetary asset, demand is so strong that there is significant spillover into the other precious metals, supporting broad-based price increases. This trend looks unlikely to abate through 2026]]></description>
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            <title>South32, Eskom jointly exploring post-2031 power options for Hillside Aluminium</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different energy levers that can potentially be pulled. The current power agreement of South Africa’s aluminium smelter at Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal extends to 2031, which is providing useful time to scrutinise power options during a period when various studies are also being done regarding the changing nature of the South African electricity transmission grid as well as more renewables coming online.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – It is difficult to know where to start when doing an obituary on Brian Gilbertson, who passed away at the age of 82 in his bed at home in South Africa surrounded by family on Wednesday, December 17, after a long period of illness. His legendary lifetime of leadership had him hallowed in the South African Mining Hall of Fame and presented the Brigadier Stokes Memorial Award of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for his “outstanding and unique contribution to the South African Mining Industry over a long period”.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bank of America Global Research yesterday reported that the US has lost three-quarters of its aluminium smelters, China has capped its aluminium production, US consumers are now having to pay the full 50% tariff, there is uncertainty about what is happening with the aluminium smelter in Mozambique, and the biggest aluminium production increases are coming out of Indonesia, where, in many instances, it is Chinese operators who are doing the additional smelting. ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Many countries are still pursuing the development of platinum- and iridium-using green hydrogen infrastructure, including China where green hydrogen features in the latest Five-Year Plan to 2030. The globally active Heraeus adds in its 2026 forecast just out that a return to demand growth in the hydrogen sector is anticipated, though it is not yet clear how much this will impact the iridium market, which the Hanau-based company expects to trade at between $3 800/oz and $5 150/oz in 2026.]]></description>
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