South Africa’s ports — ranked among the world’s worst — are improving and State-owned operator Transnet will fix them within the next 12 to 14 months, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said. The new multi-party...
The UK Royal Mint has unveiled a new factory that processes e-waste to produce gold, which it is marketing as a more sustainable gold recovery method. The company aims to process up to 4 000 t/y of printed circuit boards at the 3 700 m2 site. The...
Ukraine’s largest coking coal producer, PrJSC Pokrovske Coal (Donetsk region), part of the Metinvest Group under Metinvest-Pokrovske Coal, is preparing to launch a new coalface with 1.5 million tonnes of coal reserves. According to the company, the 2nd northern...
Tanzania has agreed to pay $90-million in settlement of an International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) dispute with Indiana Resources. The dispute was the subject of arbitration at the ICSID, which is a division of the World Bank. Indiana is the...
Petra Diamonds has decided to postpone its August/September tender to support steps taken by major producers to restrict supply in the current weaker demand environment. The rough diamond parcels from its South African operations that would...
