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The Joburg township where outlaws make the rules

t’s dangerous‚ often fatal‚ but illegal underground gold mining is pretty much all that sustains the economy of Lindelane‚ a sprawling township of tin shacks and shebeens near Benoni‚ to the east of Johannesburg.

Ciaran Ryan | March 2, 2017 | 3:00 am

Northam Platinum buys Eland mine from Glencore

Northam Platinum’s strategy of buying additional mines, as its strives to become a 1-million ounce a year platinum group metals producer, netted it Glencore’s Eland Platinum mine for R175m cash.

Business Day | February 26, 2017 | 5:52 pm

Mining exploration spending drops to 11-year low

Miners and explorers are only spending a third of what they did four years ago – and proportion of greenfield exploration are at record lows.

Frik Els | February 23, 2017 | 4:11 pm

Toyota’s new technology a blow for platinum, palladium price

World's top carmaker says first vehicles using new catalyst technology that reduces PGM loads by 20% will leave assembly line later this year.

Frik Els | February 22, 2017 | 1:10 pm

Anglo American not selling assets any more as it returns to profit

The world's number five diversified miner posted its first annual net profit in five years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 22, 2017 | 3:10 am

These 10 companies spend most looking for gold, copper

Majors and juniors swap roles in $7 billion a year mining exploration sector

Frik Els | February 15, 2017 | 9:09 am

These are just 15 ways in which graphene could reshape the world

Everybody seems to love Graphene, the one-atom-thick sheets of carbon that aren't just super flexible, harder than diamond, and stronger than steel, but are also able to conduct electricity better than copper.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 7, 2017 | 4:00 am

South African judge clears path for Ivanhoe Mines’ Platreef mine development

Judge revoked an interim order that prevented the company from relocating graves present at its Platreef platinum group metals mine, in Limpopo Province.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2017 | 9:18 am

Moon Express ready for first private lunar trip after raising another $20M

The private space exploration firm has enough money to hit the moon by the end of 2017.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 31, 2017 | 8:11 am

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Implats restarts drilling at Sunday Lake following NAP deal

Palladium steadies with UBS flagging ‘sweet spot’ for hot metal

Palladium tops $2,500 an ounce in biggest one-day surge since 2008

Sibanye cuts fewer jobs than planned in Marikana restructuring

Ivanhoe accelerates feasibility study for Platreef palladium project

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