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Lucara sells world’s second-largest diamond for $53 million

London-based Graff Diamonds paid nearly $47,777 per carat

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 26, 2017 | 9:34 am

Johnson Matthey to invest 200m pounds in battery material technology

The specialty chemicals company said the overall market "could be (worth) more than $30 billion (in) sales when battery electric vehicle penetration increases to around 10 percent.

Reuters | September 22, 2017 | 11:14 am

Indian billionaire Agarwal to be Anglo American’s top shareholder

He intends to buy as much as 1.5 billion pounds (about$2 billion) worth of additional Anglo American shares.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 20, 2017 | 10:14 am

Palladium price consensus forecasts point to end of the rally

Speculative frenzy not entirely supported by fundamentals.

Frik Els | September 18, 2017 | 1:52 pm

About 2,500 jobs on the line at Impala Platinum’s Rustenburg operations

The miner warned further reductions could be in store at those operations, which employ 31,000 people.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2017 | 5:18 am

S.African miner Lonmin says licence not at risk after ministry warning

The South African mines ministry has told platinum miner Lonmin that it failed to meet some of its social and labour obligations, the producer said on Tuesday, but added it did not think its operating licence was in jeopardy.

Reuters | September 14, 2017 | 11:34 am

S.Africa mining minister will not say contested charter is law – Chamber of Mines

Mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane had pledged in writing to a court that he would not publicly say changes to an industry charter were "law" until a judicial challenge has been completed.

Reuters | September 14, 2017 | 1:54 am

South Africa’s chamber of mines says sector “in crisis”

South Africa holds the world's biggest reserves of platinum, chrome and manganese, but investment in the sector has dropped in each of the past two years as a result of increasing legal uncertainty and labour disputes.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 8, 2017 | 6:52 am

South Africa’s manufacturing, mining output disappoint as economy limps

Official figures released on Thursday signall a bad start for the second half of the year with business confidence at its lowest in more than three decades.

Reuters | September 7, 2017 | 7:00 am

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