Discovery targets mining with 24-hour renewables plan
DISCOVERY Green has signed several mining companies to a renewable power offering that targets 90% of their electricity needs. A mix of wind, solar and batteries can help meet…
SA power pricing shake-up set for public comment
SOUTH Africa is proposing its biggest overhaul of electricity pricing policy in almost two decades, with reforms designed to give commercial and industrial customers greater…
Mantashe reiterates tailings concerns after Samancor incident
Mines Minister Gwede Mantashe says tailings dams are a mining issue and must be treated as part of mining operations, not as a water issue. Mantashe visited Samancor Dikwena…
Minerals Department to inspect Samancor tailings spill
MINES Minister Gwede Mantashe is expected at Samancor Chrome’s Dikwena operation near Brits on Monday after a tailings storage facility failure last week sent sludge spilling…
Merafe’s new power tariff ‘not a silver bullet’, warns Glencore
MERAFE Resources’ new 62c/kWh electricity tariff will help its ferrochrome business compete with Chinese producers, but it will not put the smelting business in a strong…
The furnaces that could relight SA’s industrial ambition
MENAR Group, an unlisted coal producer, says it can double mineral exports from its South African mines and projects and create 800 jobs through new ferromanganese production.…
Chrome ore proves more profitable than ferrochrome for Merafe
MERAFE Resources is a far more profitable chrome ore miner than producer of ferrochrome based on its interim trading statement published on the JSE Stock Exchange News Service.…
Eskom chief warns against rigid coal shutdown plan
ESKOM boss Dan Marokane has pushed back against locking South Africa into hard deadlines for shutting down its coal plants, News24 reports. The online publication quoted Marokane…
Mining tariff relief awaits new Eskom pricing policy
THE possible extension of electricity tariff discounts to sectors of the South African mining industry other than the ferrochrome producers will have to wait until after…
South32-Alcoa deal exposes beneficiation myth
THERE are few words in South African economic policy more seductive than “beneficiation”. It has everything: moral uplift, industrial ambition, a pleasingly muscular rhythm and…
How long before miners call on Eskom for their rebates?
ESKOM will invite the attention of its mining clients in yet stronger terms if it agrees to cut its tariff for Transalloys, the manganese smelting business currently heading for…
BEE’s gaming problem, not racism, is driving a backlash
AT the Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference in Sandton last month, trade, industry & competition minister Parks Tau addressed the criticism that broad-based BEE (BBBEE) has…
Exxaro export coal prices surge amid Middle East conflict
EXPORT thermal coal markets improved in the first half of 2026, said Exxaro Resources, with the Johannesburg miner saying prices increased to as much as $124/t – a 35% lift –…
South32 looking at “various options” with Mozal stake
SOUTH32 said on Monday it was considering its options with respect to its 63.7% stake in the Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique amid speculation South Africa’s Industrial…
The coal miner that looks cheap until you read the small print
COAL mining group Salungano, which was long in limbo, is finally making money again – it’s just that it owes R2.2bn in mine closure costs it has no way to fund, and not many…
Eskom launches renewable energy unit
ESKOM Holdings has formally entered South Africa’s renewable energy market with the launch of Eskom Green, said News24 on Tuesday. The publication described Eskom Green as a…
Afrimat is a victim of failed industrial policy in SA
AFRIMAT is one of those companies that is surviving despite the chaos of industrial policy. But how long can these companies remain afloat? Afrimat’s recently published full-year…
Nersa tariff saves jobs at Glencore ferrochrome smelters
AFTER months of uncertainty, the threat of job losses has been lifted from employees at the ferrochrome smelters of Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture. This was after South Africa’s…
Merafe’s Eskom deal: Government needs it more
THE Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture’s proposed 62c per kWh electricity tariff deal with Eskom, far below the standard tariff of around 234c per kWh, could determine whether its…
Exxaro Resources is breaking from its iron shackles
THERE has always been a tight correlation between the share prices of Exxaro and Kumba Iron Ore. That’s because Exxaro’s 20% stake in Kumba subsidiary Sishen Iron Ore Company…