South Africa is still "elephant country" and needs to boost exploration in the Northern Cape's highly prospective Namaqua metamorphic geological province in particular, says PGM Management MD Gerhard Meintjes.

South African multisector consulting company Taye Consulting has teamed up with Polish drill bits and mining equipment supplier Niuw Glinik.

TSX-V- and Aim-listed Altus Strategies has completed a strategic review process, undertaken by independent consultants Mining Plus, on the company’s 97%-owned Bikoula iron project, in Cameroon.

South Africa has traditionally been a net importer of energy, but a relatively new clean technology could be pivotal in helping South Africa become an exporter and dramatically cut the country’s carbon emissions, says Rand Merchant Bank (RMB).

Top Indian government officials are debating whether to set a goal to zero out its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an ambitious target that would require overhauling its coal-dependent economy.

According to the statistics released by the international stainless steel Forum (ISSF) on March 15, the global crude stainless steel output in 2020 will total 50.892 million tons, down about 2.5% from 52.218 million tons in the previous year.

Merafe and Glencore's ferrochrome export business in South Africa has encountered major problems - the utilization rate of the railway and port facilities managed by Transnet, the South African state-owned transport company, is sometimes as low as 40%.

The energy arm of iron-ore major Fortescue, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and a subsidiary of Prumo Logistica S.A, Porto do Açu Operações S.A. (Port of Açu), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to assess the opportunity to develop hydrogen-base...