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Glencore’s Rustenburg ferrochrome smelter remains idled 
By: Martin Creamer 30th April 2024 Pending an improved price and cost environment, Glencore said in its first-quarter 2024 production report on Tuesday that its Rustenburg... →
LHWP tunnel closure won’t have significant impact on water supplies, assures DWS
By: Natasha Odendaal 26th April 2024 The upcoming six-month closure of the Lesotho Highlands tunnel, from October 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025, for scheduled maintenance is not expected... →
Can South Africa turn around 30 years of real economy underperformance? 
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2024 In this essay, Terence Creamer reflects on the factors that have shaped South Africa’s real-economy sectors of manufacturing, mining and... →
South Africa well placed to benefit from huge green hydrogen outlook, attendees hear
By: Martin Creamer 11th April 2024 Green hydrogen has a massive potential future and South Africa is very well positioned to produce it, attendees of the Hydrogen Economy Discussion... →
Unions, industry prepare for ‘tough’ talks as metals, engineering negotiations set to get under way
By: Darren Parker 9th April 2024 Trade unions and industry associations expect negotiations at the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), which are set to... →
South Africa’s crucial water supplies from Lesotho: what the six-month shutdown means for industry, farming and residents
8th April 2024 The main water supply to South Africa’s economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country’s breadbasket in the Free... →
Ferrochrome benchmark price settles higher
By: Martin Creamer 25th March 2024 The European benchmark ferrochrome price for the second quarter of this year has been settled at $1.52/lb, 5.6% up on the first three months of... →
Mavuso urges public-private collaboration to mitigate looming natural gas cliff
By: Marleny Arnoldi 4th March 2024 Once again policy inaction and government’s inability to commit to large-scale investment will lead to a new blow to energy availability in the... →
