December 10, 2019 Palladium tops $1,900 as South Africa power cuts fuel supply woe Palladium may “pause at $1,900 given some technical resistance, but overall the price could go higher.”
December 10, 2019 South African mines grind to halt as floods worsen power crisis Sector is experiencing the largest power blackouts in more than a decade.
December 2, 2019 Friedland regains control over large chunk of Ivanhoe shares Friedland previously pledged 25m shares in Vancouver-based company to a bank.
November 28, 2019 Tharisa’s profits dive 83% as output declines Pretax profit fell to $11.2 million for the year ended Sept. 30, from $65.0 million a year earlier.
November 27, 2019 Anglo CEO urges South Africa to upgrade rail, ports to boost mining The government must tackle unresolved issues in the mining charter and “bring stability” to Eskom.
November 26, 2019 Zimbabwe miners appeal to minister over power supply failure Zesa Holdings has broken its promise to “ring-fence” supplies to miners.
November 22, 2019 Platinum catch-22 prevents miners tapping the hottest metals South African miners face a conundrum: increasing palladium and rhodium output to take advantage of soaring prices risks depressing the already fragile market for sister metal platinum.
November 15, 2019 South Africa’s platinum mining firms, top union end ‘titanic battle’ as they seal wage deal The deal comes as a relief to the sector, where officials were fearful of a repeat of a five-month platinum strike in 2014-2015 which crippled production and hurt the economy.
November 13, 2019 Zimbabwe to enforce “use it or lose it” policy for mining assets Zimbabwe will vigorously enforce a policy to force companies to develop their mining assets and not keep the land for speculative purposes.
November 12, 2019 South Africa’s AMCU mining union seals platinum wage deals South Africa's biggest platinum mining union has sealed wage agreements with Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum, and Sibanye-Stillwater.
Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown Congo launched its first batch of traceable artisanal cobalt in November. December 24, 2025 | 08:42 am
