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ESKOM: Eskom death spiral of debt continues

  • Date: 18-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: My Broadband

Eskom “urgently” needs to borrow R10 billion to pay for a clean energy project, or face penalties on its World Bank loan, stated the City Press.

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ZIMBABWE: Top miners bail out troubled Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company

  • Date: 18-08-19
  • Category: ZIMBABWE
  • Source: The Standard

Zimbabwe’s top three platinum miners are said to have helped settle the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) $10 million part payment to the South African electricity supplier Eskom last month, sources have revealed.

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ESKOM: World Bank flags Eskom project

  • Date: 18-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: City Press

Eskom will urgently have to find about R10 billion for a new mega construction project to avoid severe penalties on it’s World Bank loan for its two mega-construction flops – Medupi and Kusile.

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PGM PROJECTS: PTM financial engineering may suggest Implats keen on building Waterberg project

PLATINUM Group Metals (PTM) last week unveiled a new major recapitalisation programme in which it will raise capital through new share issues, including one with its South African partner, and enter into a $20m credit facility.

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ESKOM: SA allocates Eskom extra R59bn over two years

  • Date: 17-08-19
  • Category: ESKOM
  • Source: Howe Business Daily

South Africa will give ailing state-owned power utility Eskom an additional R59 billion spread over two years, according to a copy of a special appropriations bill seen by Bloomberg.

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PGM PRODUCERS: Ivanhoe Mines Completes Strategic Equity Investment of C$612 Million (US$459 million) from China-Based CITIC Metal

Additional C$67 million (US$50 million) received from Zijin Mining through the exercise of its anti-dilution rights. Ivanhoe positioned to fully fund its share of capital costs to bring the Kakula Copper Mine to commercial production. CITIC Metal's Vice President Manfu Ma joins Ivanhoe Board

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SOUTH AFRICA: Mathunjwa wants traditional authority to take mines

Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) president Joseph Mathunjwa has urged the Bapo Ba Mogale Traditional Authority to expropriate the land on which Sibanye’s Marikana mines are on.

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PLATINUM: High platinum imports mystify industry

  • Date: 16-08-19
  • Category: PLATINUM
  • Source: The Asian Age

The domestic platinum jewellery market has been growing by around 25-30 per cent year-on-year. A sudden spurt in the imports of platinum has left the industry intrigued. In the past two months, platinum imports have gone up by almost four times compared to the same period last year.

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