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Starlink owner Elon Musk & President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa to offer Musk Starlink deal before Trump meeting

Updated 4 hours ago

South Africa’s government plans to offer Elon Musk a workaround of local Black ownership laws for his Starlink internet service to operate in the country, aiming to ease tensions with both the... 


China gold imports surge to 11-month high despite record prices

China gold imports surge to 11-month high despite record prices

Updated 5 hours ago

China imported the most gold in nearly a year last month despite record prices, after heightened demand for the precious metal prompted the central bank to ease restrictions on bullion inflows.... 


Gold edges lower as haven demand from Moody’s downgrade fades

Updated 6 hours ago

Gold edged lower as the haven-demand boost from Moody’s Ratings downgrade of the US faded, and attention turned back to the easing of trade tensions between the two largest economies. Bullion... 


Russia says China’s Zijin agrees to keep Siberian zinc mine open

Russia says China’s Zijin agrees to keep Siberian zinc mine open

20th May 2025

Russia’s Tuva region said it has agreed with Zijin Mining Group to keep the Kyzyl-Tashtyg zinc mine working after sanctions prompted the Chinese company to weigh suspending operations. Zijin’s... 


The offices of the African Space Agency

Africa establishes a space agency to close its climate data gap

20th May 2025

Africa has established the continent’s first space agency to boost Earth observation and data sharing at a time when a more hostile global context is limiting the availability of climate and... 


Africa with country flags

African Central Banks to join emerging market peers easing rates

19th May 2025

Central banks in key African economies are getting set to line up with other emerging-markets in coming weeks and cut interest rates where inflation pressures are seen abating, or stay on guard... 


UAE’s EGA to build US aluminum plant touted by Trump next year

UAE’s EGA to build US aluminum plant touted by Trump next year

19th May 2025

Emirates Global Aluminium plans to start building a $4-billion plant in Oklahoma next year as Donald Trump pushes for massive investments from oil-rich Gulf states to avoid his tariffs. The plant... 


Australia’s richest woman doubles US stocks bet to $2.5bn

16th May 2025

Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart poured hundreds of millions of dollars into broad market-tracking funds during the first three months of the year, boosting holdings of US equities as... 


Transnet Train

Transnet is running out of cash, Moody’s warns

16th May 2025

South Africa’s State-owned transport and logistics company, Transnet, will run out of money for operations and debt-servicing within three months unless it gets a government bailout, according to... 


DA leader John Steenhuisen

Steenhuisen lauds new Budget as ‘credible’

16th May 2025

The head of South Africa’s second-biggest political party said talks about the nation’s revamped budget are “are going very, very well,” a signal that the coalition government is resolving... 


Chinese gold miner Chifeng scours globe for takeover targets

Chinese gold miner Chifeng scours globe for takeover targets

16th May 2025

A major Chinese gold producer is scouting for acquisition opportunities around the world, although the recent price volatility driven by global trade turmoil means it’s not rushing to secure... 


Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo

Deputy Finance Minister sees Budget 3.0 as done deal

15th May 2025

South Africa’s deputy finance minister said next week’s national budget is set to secure approval from lawmakers, after two previous iterations were scrapped because of disagreements within the... 


Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo

Rand surges after South Africa flags inflation-target change

15th May 2025

The rand surged to its strongest level against the dollar in two months and government bond yields fell after South Africa’s deputy finance minister said an announcement on the country’s... 


China’s glut of coal locks market in vicious cycle of decline

China’s glut of coal locks market in vicious cycle of decline

15th May 2025

Chinese coal prices remain locked in a downward spiral due to a persistent glut of the fuel, according to the country’s top industry group. The optimism that’s taken hold in the wake of China’s... 


A farm in South Africa

South Africa’s Land Bank in talks to raise as much as $1bn

15th May 2025

A State-owned South African bank that finances farmers is in talks with funders to raise as much as $1-billion as it recovers from a default five years ago. The Land & Agricultural Development Bank... 


Johannesburg

Johannesburg’s ‘decay’ strains South Africa’s ruling coalition

15th May 2025

South Africa’s biggest parties are at odds over the governance of the country’s largest city, putting further strain on a tenuous national coalition. The Democratic Alliance (DA) governs the... 


Timothy Hodgson

‘Bulldog’ ex-Goldman banker answers Carney’s call to fix Canada resources sector

15th May 2025

The first time Timothy Hodgson was asked by Mark Carney to come to Ottawa, he left behind an investment banking career at Goldman Sachs Group that had seen him climb the ranks to lead its Canadian... 


Iron-ore bounces back to six-week high on trade-war truce hopes

14th May 2025

Iron-ore rose as trade tensions eased, spurring optimism across a metals market that has been hit especially hard by global growth worries. Futures of the steel-making ingredient reached a... 


Soldiers training

NATO is sketching out plan to meet Trump call for 5% of GDP on defence

14th May 2025

NATO allies have started cobbling together an agreement to significantly boost defense spending in a way that may assuage US President Donald Trump’s demand to spend 5% of economic output on the... 


Port of Durban

Transnet, union in talks to avoid strike

14th May 2025

The biggest labour union at South Africa’s State-owned port and rail company are starting final talks with a third-party arbitrator to resolve a wage dispute and stave off a potential strike by... 


Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne

Carney puts ex-Goldman banker, Quebec loyalist in key jobs

14th May 2025

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled his new economic team, keeping longtime politician François-Philippe Champagne as finance minister and placing former Goldman Sachs banker Timothy... 


Rough diamonds being sorted

De Beers secretly sells discounted diamonds to selected traders

13th May 2025

De Beers has been quietly selling rough diamonds at sharply marked-down prices to a small handful of customers, in a highly unusual move that’s fuelling tensions across an industry already mired in... 


The front of a Nissan vehicle

Nissan skips profit guidance, shuts factories as crisis deepens

13th May 2025

Nissan Motor Co withheld its annual profit guidance and said it will shut production plants as the carmaker struggles with the combined headwinds of surging restructuring costs and the fallout of... 


Gold holds heavy loss as markets latch onto US-China optimism

Gold holds heavy loss as markets latch onto US-China optimism

13th May 2025

Gold steadied after a sharp selloff as a major de-escalation in US-China trade tensions hurt demand for havens. Bullion traded near $3 237 an ounce — after losing 2.7% on Monday — with investors... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa

Ramaphosa says Trump’s Afrikaner refugee programme is misguided

12th May 2025

Dozens of White Afrikaners are scheduled to arrive in the US on Monday, the first beneficiaries of a controversial resettlement programme instigated by President Donald Trump that his South African... 


Petrol station

South African suppliers truck fuel as pipeline fees spike

12th May 2025

South African fuel suppliers are looking to utilise trucks to transport the commodity inland as the cost of using the nation’s main pipeline operated by Transnet surges. The National Energy... 


Peru’s emergency mining ban to cost $200m in lost gold output

Peru’s emergency mining ban to cost $200m in lost gold output

12th May 2025

Peruvian gold output is expected to be significantly dented in the coming month due to a mining ban in a northern region of the country that’s seen an up-tick in criminal activity culminating in... 


eSwatini flag

Eswatini plans $275m wealth fund

12th May 2025

The southern African Kingdom of Eswatini plans to start a sovereign wealth fund of around 5-billion emalangeni ($275-million) this year to help channel money into areas including manufacturing and... 


Guinea moves to cancel mining rights of non-compliant companies

9th May 2025

Guinea’s transitional President General Mamadi Doumbouya instructed his government to withdraw permits and concessions from mining companies that don’t respect their legal commitments to the... 


The Transnet logo

South African port union plans more talks to end wage dispute

9th May 2025

The main labour union at South Africa’s state port and rail company said it will continue talks next week aimed at resolving a wage dispute and averting a potential strike. Negotiations will take... 


BHP-backed SolGold turns to speedier mine plan to woo investors

BHP-backed SolGold turns to speedier mine plan to woo investors

9th May 2025

SolGold, an Ecuador-focused firm backed by some of the biggest names in mining, is working on options to start production at its flagship project three or four years ahead of previous plans. The... 


Ukrainian Parliament ratifies natural resources deal with US

Ukrainian Parliament ratifies natural resources deal with US

8th May 2025

Ukraine’s parliament ratified a deal with the US over access to the country’s natural resources, lending its full support to attempts by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to improve ties with Donald... 


JSE logo

South African stocks see renewed interest from foreign investors

8th May 2025

The longest streak of inflows into South Africa’s equity market in more than two years signals a pickup in foreign demand as investors look for alternatives to US stocks. Non-residents have been... 


Iron-ore falls as China steel body says output curbs under way

Iron-ore falls as China steel body says output curbs under way

8th May 2025

Iron-ore fell as China’s top steel association confirmed that output curbs were under way, and long-awaited PBOC rate cuts failed to deliver a sustained lift in sentiment. Futures fell as much as... 


Trump’s copper tariff probe is expected soon, industry group says

Trump’s copper tariff probe is expected soon, industry group says

7th May 2025

US authorities are expected to decide on copper tariffs well before a year-end deadline, according to a trade group. President Donald Trump in February directed the US Commerce Department to open... 


Red Dog zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil

Red Dog zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil

7th May 2025

The owner of the world’s largest zinc mine is in discussions to reroute output of the US operation away from China due to the trade war between Washington and Beijing, according to people familiar... 


Power lines

Zambia regulator approves $270m Congo transmission link

6th May 2025

Zambia’s energy regulator approved the construction of a high-voltage transmission line to link its copper rich North-Western province to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The $270-million... 


Mining murders show Peru’s struggles with an illegal gold rush

Mining murders show Peru’s struggles with an illegal gold rush

6th May 2025

The bodies of 13 workers at a Peruvian gold mine were discovered over the weekend as criminal groups step up a wave of terror over control of the precious metal in the country’s northern... 


Anthony Albanese

Albanese landslide offers rare chance to fix Australia’s economy

5th May 2025

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shocked Australia by securing an historic win in Saturday’s election. Now the question is whether he’ll use that mandate to push through tough measures to overhaul... 


Trump’s push for deep-sea metals clashes with UN ocean treaty

2nd May 2025

President Donald Trump first set his sights on Canada and Greenland’s mineral resources. Now he’s eyeing the global seabed that holds vast troves of critical metals for green technologies but is... 


Robert McEwen

McEwen sees gold equities boom on metal’s bull run to $5 000

2nd May 2025

Bullion’s record-breaking run will attract investors back to gold mining stocks, leading to “explosive” performance in shares of producers of the precious metal, according to Canadian mining... 


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