South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner
Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023.
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Likely output of the red metal will peak at some 7.14 million tonnes in 2030, two years later than anticipated.
Mali industrial gold production rises 4.4% to 66.2 tonnes in 2022
Barrick Gold remains the country's biggest producer with output reaching 23 tonnes last year.
South Africa’s RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022
The terminal saw an average of 18 trains a day in 2022, against a capacity of 32 a day.
Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project
Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez.
Cochilco raises 2023 copper price forecast to $3.85/lb
Cochilco also pegged its estimated 2024 copper price at an average of $3.65 a pound.
LME expands nickel committee to help improve contract, dwindling volumes
Nickel volumes on the LME crashed 28% last year from 2021.
Panama won’t allow First Quantum to expand copper mine operations
"The company has asked for more surface to operate and we have said no," said the deputy environment minister Diana Laguna.
SRK Consulting SA names new managing director
Andrew van Zyl to manage the South African arm of the global SRK network.
