Until a few years ago solar panels were a rare sight in South Africa, largely limited to the roofs of a few affluent households. This is changing rapidly, driven by three factors: the worldwide drive towards renewable energy, a highly strained local electricit...

ASX-listed Botswana Metals has lodged three extension applications with the Botswana Department of Mines for prospecting licenses at its Maibele North nickel project.

[Ferro-Alloys.com]Tharisa, one of the largest chrome ore producers in South Africa, increased its chrome ore output by 3.4% year-over-year in 2015 to 1.122 million tonnes, compared to 1.085 million tonnes in 2014, making a third year exceeding 1 million tonnes...

South African company Portnex International has signed a five-year deal with Zimasco, and thanks to that agreement three chrome smelting furnaces which were shut down early this year will be reopened.

<> Silicon Metal = The price of silicon metal in China stopped declining, which led to the anticipation of a price fall which occurred in the former half of December having no result but with the only price hike being stopped. However, many of market participa...

Embattled manganese miner OM Holdings (OMH) has called in administrators for its subsidiary OM Manganese (OMM),

ESKOM has confirmed the sale of electricity to Zimbabwe but denied that the power supply agreement with its Zimbabwean counterpart, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa), is secret.

Ferro-chrome producer International Ferro Metals (IFM) subsidiaries have started legal proceedings against Anglo American Platinum subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines (RPM), which has terminated a chrome ore supply agreement.