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In Wednesday's preliminary results report, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle hails 2025 as a year of significant progress, marked by a strong operational performance, continued portfolio optimisation and...
Copper 360 is mourning the loss of Jan Nelson, one of its founders and the driving force behind the JSE-listed company and several other mining companies ahead of that. Since September 2024,...
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South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that, with effect from March 1, its service to the Angolan capital city of Luanda will be operated to and from the new Dr Agostinho...
The Lion Smelter in Steelpoort, Limpopo, achieved its first ferrochrome production tap on February 16, following the successful recommissioning of 50% of its operating capacity, says natural...
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The Energy and Water Sector Education and Training Authority (EWSETA) has welcomed the €2-million investment received from the EU to advance demand-driven skills development linked to South...
JSE-listed chemicals and energy company Sasol says nonexecutive director Katherine Harper has tendered her resignation for personal reasons, which the board accepted on February 16. “On behalf of...
South Africa's official unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 of a percentage point to 31.4% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with the unemployment rate of 31.9% in the third quarter,...
Renewable energy company BluEnergy Trading – a subsidiary of JSE-listed Blu Label Unlimited – has been granted a multi-year energy trading licence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa....
Nigeria's Dangote Group has signed a $400-million equipment deal with China's Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to speed up the expansion of its oil refinery toward a planned 1.4-million barrels...
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