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PGM PRODUCERS: Northam buys a further R997.5m worth of Zambezi shares
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: PGM PRODUCERS
- Source: Mining Weekly
Precious metals miner Northam Platinum has reached an agreement to acquire additional Zambezi shares for R997.5-million, following which Northam will hold 22.94% of all Zambezi shares.
View full storySOUTH AFRICA: NUM member shot dead in Marikana as Platinum Belt tensions heat up
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: SOUTH AFRICA
- Source: Daily Maverick
Kaizer Lungisa Madiba, a member of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Sibanye-Stillwater employee, was shot and killed on Friday morning in Marikana, by unknown assailants, NUM has confirmed. This suggests tensions are rising again on the Platinum Belt.
View full storyPGM PRODUCERS: Implats reports a 53.88% drop in platinum production
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: PGM PRODUCERS
- Source: IOL
DURBAN – Impala Platinum (Implats) has reported a 53.88 percent decline in production in refined platinum from its own mines to 83 000 ounces, down from 180 000 ounces compared to the same quarter last year, negatively impacted by a mill failure at Mimosa and scheduled maintenance and metallurgical challenges at Two Rivers.
View full storyPGM PROJECTS: Arctic Palladium’s delegation studies Nornickel’s experience to organize work in Arctic
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: PGM PROJECTS
- Source: Tass
CHITA, November 1. /TASS/. A delegation of the Arctic Palladium Company, which Nornickel and Russian Platinum have organized for implementation of a new project in the Norilsk industrial district, visited the Bystrinsky Mining and Processing Plant (a part of Nornickel) in the Trans-Baikal Region’s south-east. The Bystrinsky plant is Nornickel’s most advance asset, the plant’s press service told TASS on Friday.
View full storySOUTH AFRICA: Confusion over platinum wage talks and murder on the Platinum Belt
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: SOUTH AFRICA
- Source: Daily Maverick
There is more confusion than clarity as wage talks in the crucial platinum mining sector approach a tipping point. In the case of Amplats, the sides are very close, with sources saying NUM and Uasa have accepted its latest offer in principle. But Amcu is keeping its cards close to its chest. And a NUM member has just been gunned down.
View full storyWAGE NEGOTIATIONS: Test for AMCU’s ‘A Team’ as platinum dispute moves ominously towards strike ballot
- Date: 01-11-19
- Category: WAGE NEGOTIATIONS
- Source: Mining MX
THE requirement for unions to run a secret ballot requiring majority support before declaring a strike recently became law in South Africa.
View full storyAUTO SALES: China's auto market could shrink about 8% this year: industry official
- Date: 31-10-19
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: Reuters
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Auto sales in China may skid to 26 million this year, a drop of around 8%, a senior industry executive warned, as the world’s largest auto market braces for a second year of contraction amid slowing economic growth and tighter vehicle emissions standards.
View full storyNORNICKEL: Russia's Norilsk Nickel boosts Q3 output
- Date: 31-10-19
- Category: NORNICKEL
- Source: Mining Journal
Norilsk Nickel boosted nickel production by 7% quarter on quarter in Q3 as its Harjavalta refinery in Finland ramped up after maintenance in Q2.
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