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PGM PRODUCERS: Sibanye files court papers to oppose application to halt R5.2bn Lonmin merger

JOHANNESBURG – Sibanye-Stillwater on Thursday filed court papers to oppose an application by a Rustenburg community to halt Sibanye's R5.2-billion acquisition of platinum mining company, Lonmin.

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EMISSIONS: Kia counts on electric-car push to meet CO2 target in Europe

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Europe Auto News

Kia will leverage full-electric vehicles to reach European CO2 emissions reduction targets in 2020 and 2021 but the brand has developed contingency plans in case sales are insufficient.

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COBALT: Volvo Cars, China in first blockchain project for recycled cobalt

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: COBALT
  • Source: Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Volvo Cars, owned by China’s Geely [GEELY.UL], has produced the first cars containing recycled cobalt mapped using a blockchain, and has joined a separate project to monitor cobalt from Democratic Republic of Congo, Volvo said.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Norilsk Nickel Group Announces H1 of 2019

PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel, the largest palladium and refined nickel producer in the world, announced preliminary consolidated production results for the second quarter and the first half of 2019.

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ESKOM: Eskom to increase electricity tariffs by 80% to recoup financial losses

  • Date: 02-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: The South African

Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power utility, is looking to drastically increase electricity tariffs in an attempt to offset dismal financial losses incurred during the 2018/19 financial year.

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LITHIUM: Albemarle revises Australian Wodgina joint venture as lithium market sags

  • Date: 01-08-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Reuters

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Albemarle Corp, the world’s largest lithium producer, has revised a deal to buy into Australia’s Mineral Resources Ltd’s Wodgina mine to cut spending on the deal and better cope with a slump in the lithium market.

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LITHIUM: Australia's Altura Mining inks lithium supply deal with Chinese battery maker

  • Date: 01-08-19
  • Category: LITHIUM
  • Source: Reuters

Lithium miner Altura Mining Ltd said on Thursday it has signed an agreement to supply lithium to Chinese battery maker Guangdong Weihua Corp, amid a decline in prices for the product.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Tharisa confident of delivery on 'Vision 2020' project as Vulcan plant gets go ahead

  • Date: 01-08-19
  • Category: PGM PRODUCERS
  • Source: Pro Active Investors

Tharisa’s (LON:THS) first half of 2019 saw a 9.3% reduction in mining. Correspondingly, there was a 12% drop in production volumes for platinum group metals (PGMs) to 67,600 ounces while chrome output was down 16% to 614,100 tonnes.

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