South Africa mines lobby urges caution on minerals export tax A more than six-fold increase in electricity prices since 2008 and erratic power supply have negatively affected local processing. Bloomberg News | July 24, 2024 | 7:19 am
Deep-sea miner TMC plans to be ready to apply for licence The Metals Company said current draft rules provide them with legal cover to submit an application at any time. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 24, 2024 | 5:43 am
Amplats says on track to demerge in 2025, plans secondary London listing Amplats also said it had cut some 3,700 jobs to reduce spending ahead of the demerger. Reuters | July 22, 2024 | 6:55 am
Video: Junior market dominated by ‘the lame, the halt and the blind,’ says Rule Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource speculator Rick Rule. Northern Miner Staff | July 19, 2024 | 12:30 pm
Nornickel weighs projects in new top market China Nornickel executives held talks with potential Chinese partners this month and signed about 10 memorandums of understanding, Bloomberg sources say. Bloomberg News | July 18, 2024 | 11:52 am
Anglo’s sale of De Beers hindered by diamond market state Anglo American has warned of more production cuts at De Beers due to reduced spending by Chinese consumers prolonging the market downturn. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 18, 2024 | 4:33 am
Ramp Metals surges on Sprott backing for Saskatchewan project Ramp compares its project with the eye structure of the Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper mine in Western Australia. Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | July 17, 2024 | 10:02 am
Nornickel to restart furnace at key smelter in early August Nornickel will re-launch one of the two furnaces at its flagship Nadezhda Smelter in early August. Reuters | July 12, 2024 | 7:08 am
Sibanye-Stillwater hit by cyberattack, says mining business unaffected Smelter operations in Columbus, Ohio were impacted after its automated systems all went down. Staff Writer | July 11, 2024 | 9:40 am
