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Vodacom reaches 100% renewable electricity purchasing goal

1 day ago | miningweekly.com | Natasha Odendaal

Telecommunications giant Vodacom Group has reached a major decarbonisation milestone – it now procures 100% of its purchased electricity from renewable sources.
High costs, rising investment hit 2024 profits of top 40 global mining companies

2 days ago | miningweekly.com | Natasha Odendaal

Globally, the mining sector – except the gold industry – had a challenging 2024, with declining revenues and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) as the industry grappled with rising costs and tightening margins. During 2024, revenue, excluding trading, declined to $689-billion, from $697-billion in 2023, while Ebitda decreased 5% to $193-billion, from $204-billion in 2023, and net profit remained at $92-billion.
Speakers mull geopolitical considerations for mining industry

3 days ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

The second day of the London Indaba kicked off with an opening keynote session delivered by British diplomat Lord Mark Sedwill, during which he pondered some broad considerations for the mining industry and its stakeholders in the current geopolitical climate.
Valterra Platinum bullish about platinum outlook

4 days ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

Valterra Platinum, previously Anglo America Platinum (Amplats), is confident about the future of the platinum group metals (PGMs) market and confident that the newly demerged company is well positioned to capitalise on opportunities that it has identified, as these materialise. The was highlighted by CEO Craig Miller, speaking during the first day of the London Indaba, being held this week.
WFDB lauds Luanda Accord

4 days ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

Association the World Federation of Diamond Bourses has expressed its full support for the Luanda Accord, the agreement reached among major diamond-producing countries and trading centres to fund the promotion of natural diamonds. The agreement was reached during a meeting held in Luanda, Angola, last week. All the signing parties have agreed to contribute 1% of the yearly revenue they generate from rough diamonds to the Natural Diamond Council’s promotion budget.
Caledonia reports above-expectation drilling results at Zimbabwe mine

5 days ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

Zimbabwe-focused Caledonia Mining has reported further encouraging high-grade results from the ongoing resource expansion drill programme at its 64%-owned Blanket mine. Results from 6 976 m of underground drilling from January 2024 to the end of April indicate that the existing Blanket and Eroica orebodies at the mine have grades and widths which are generally better than expected, while the Lima orebody is shown to continue below 22 level (750 m).
Everjoy Ngomamiti appointed Kavango mining operations GM

5 days ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

He joins Kavango from dual-listed Barrick Mining Corporation, where he was mining manager at that company’s flagship Bulyanhulu gold mine, in Tanzania. During his time at Bulyanhulu, he led teams responsible for operations, cost control, technical strategy and major capital projects and boasted a record of mine expansion and innovation.
WPIC outlines investment cases for platinum as structural deficit persists

1 week ago | miningweekly.com | Tasneem Bulbulia

Supply is continuing to lag demand in the platinum market, leading to a structural deficit, and this presents a compelling investment case, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) research director Edward Sterck says. The platinum market is expected to record its third successive shortfall this year, at 966 000 oz. This follows deficits of 992 000 oz and 896 000 oz in 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Shipping containers used as gantry support

1 week ago | miningweekly.com | Natasha Odendaal

A one-off “shipping container” crane is currently under manufacture for mine maintenance by overhead crane and hoist manufacturer Condra’s authorised agent, Lynx Supply and Services, in Tanzania. The design of the 5 t double-girder crane makes use of two 12 m delivery containers, positioned exactly 9.8 m apart with bolt rails on their tops, as gantry support, after the hoist, crab, girders, end-carriages and other components have been unpacked for assembly.
Automotive policy roll-out, affordable mobility top list of priorities for new AAAM CEO

1 week ago | miningweekly.com | Irma Venter

The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers’ (AAAM’s) new CEO, Victoria Backhaus-Jerling, says she has four main priorities for her tenure at the industry body. Before her appointment on March 1 – taking over from Dave Coffey –Backhaus-Jerling served as South African project office head for the German automotive industry association (VDA) for almost five years.