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Miningweb Weekly: Peter Major unpacks the metals shock – and where smart money goes next
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (472+ words) A wild week in global metals markets has rattled traders and investors alike....
Petrus Potgieter: The high cost of saving ferrochrome
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (513+ words) Key topics:SA ferrochrome smelters struggle due to high electricity costs vs China.Government plans R5.2bn subsidy to cut smelter electricity prices.State inter...
Miningweb: The Big Australian gives Orion a thumbs up, validates Lennox’s vision
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (521+ words) Key topics:BHP selects Orion for 2026 Xplor, backing Northern Cape copper potentialEquity-free US$500k grant signals strong validation from world's top minerOri For Orion Minerals, the junior miner that has been meticulously stitching together the copper districts of the Northern Cape…...
Miningweb: Pan African Resources strikes gold - production up 51%, debt vanishes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (424+ words) Key topics:Gold production jumps 51% as Pan African hits operational strideNet debt slashed, dividends rise amid record gold pricesEvander turnaround and tailin The group confirmed it is firmly on track to meet its full-year guidance of between 275,000oz and 292,000oz..The Cash…...
Valterra’s first year: A new name, a flooded mine, and a doubling of profits
1+ week, 3+ day ago (298+ words) Key topics:Valterra Platinum rebrand boosts investor optimism and clarity.Headline earnings expected to nearly double in 2025.Operational cuts, insurance, and w For Valterra Platinum'formerly known as Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)'the first full year under its new banner has…...
Miningweb Weekly: Mining’s surge, gold’s pause and the stocks investors are chasing now
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (465+ words) From copper overtaking gold to PGMs roaring back, Peter Major unpacks the forces driving mining's global outperformance....
Rob Hersov’s open letter to Madala Mantashe, destroyer of SA’s mining sector
3+ week, 3+ day ago (369+ words) Rob Hersov's open letter to Madala Mantashe, destroyer of SA's mining sector'BizNews Yet, as the world cries out for the very resources we have in abundance, South Africa is tragically, and intentionally, silencing its own potential.Mining is the "keystone…...
The Editor's Desk - Fri 9 Jan 2026: Musk’s Starlink battle, the Michael Burry interview, and a $260bn Mining merger
3+ week, 5+ day ago (448+ words) ...
FT: Glencore and Rio Tinto resume talks on $260bn mining megadeal
3+ week, 5+ day ago (377+ words) The stock was trading down 4.5 per cent on the Australian Securities Exchange.The recent combination of Anglo American and Canada's Teck Resources " a friendly deal done at zero premium " has put pressure on rivals such as BHP and Rio Tinto…...
BN Daybreak - Fri 9 Jan: Rio-Glencore Mega-Merger; Burry's market warning; Shapiro on fixing SA
3+ week, 5+ day ago (399+ words) ...