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Battery manganese project begins in Mpumalanga, orders placed for long-lead items 
By: Martin Creamer 1st October 2024 Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate... →
100 days since election 2024: turning optimism into action for growth and jobs
30th September 2024 100 days ago, the DA faced a choice: leave South Africa to the EFF and MK, with all the economic and social destruction that would bring, or enter... →
The International Economic Implications of a Second Trump Presidency
27th September 2024 The paper explores policies promoted by former president and now candidate Donald Trump that would potentially affect the global economy. We focus... →
African Rainbow Minerals crowns grade as king, declares war on reef waste on PGMs front 
By: Martin Creamer 26th September 2024 Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of... →
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Plans by African governments to raise money on China's domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads... →
SA: Cyril Ramaphosa: Address by South Africa's President, at the Global Leaders Network event on maternal and child health, New York (24/09/2024)
25th September 2024 This 79th Session of the UN General Assembly is an opportunity to accelerate the actions needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals... →
Manganese battery opportunity highlighted by US grant to South32’s Hermosa project
By: Martin Creamer 23rd September 2024 The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being... →
Govt must strengthen healthcare delivery, infrastructure amid Mpox outbreak – Ramaphosa
By: Thabi Shomolekae 23rd September 2024 President Cyril Ramaphosa said government must enhance its surveillance systems and strengthen healthcare delivery and infrastructure, noting that... →
