NextSource closes in on Abu Dhabi plant funding
NEXTSOURCE CEO Hanré Rossouw said his company wouldn’t jump “head first” into building its proposed battery anode factory in Abu Dhabi given geopolitical tensions in the Middle…
NextSource approves anode battery plant in Abu Dhabi
NEXTSOURCE Materials, a graphite development firm in Madagascar, is to press on with the development of downstream processing facilities in Abu Dhabi. The Toronto-listed firm…
Rossouw to make NextSource ‘Xstrata of battery metals’
CHINA dominates huge portions of the mining supply chain for electric batteries. In copper, for instance, a key element for all electric vehicles (EVs), it controls less than 10%…
Has the music stopped for Sibanye-Stillwater?
A MEMORABLE commentary by the ex-CFO of former miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum graphically described in 2021 how the platinum group metals (PGM) market felt like “the early stages…
Northam Platinum dangles prospect of Styldrift expansion if RBPlat bid succeeds
NORTHAM Platinum Holdings has dangled the incentive of developing Royal Bafokeng Platinum’s (RBPlat’s) mineral resources quicker than current management envisaged if shareholders…
Implats sticks by R90 per share cash portion of RBPlat bid despite target’s final dividend
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) confirmed the cash portion of its offer for Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) would be unaffected by the R5,35/share final dividend announced by RBPlat…
RBPlat’s Phiri delivers spectacular attack on RBH for selling “heritage” to Northam Platinum
STEVE Phiri used his last presentation as CEO of Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) to deliver a spectacular attack on the firm’s former shareholder, Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH)…
Royal Bafokeng Holdings accepted Northam bid without consulting RBPlat, says CFO
ROYAL Bafokeng Holdings (RBH) elected to accept Northam Platinum’s R17bn bid for its 32.8% stake in Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) without consulting the platinum group metal…