Impala Rustenburg donated a range of healthcare equipment that included first aid kits, stretchers and first aid training manuals, to 38 schools in 15 communities in November last year, as part of their ongoing efforts to support the communities within which they operate.

The resources sector creates problems for itself from the first drill hole to production by not acquiring the right data at the right time, says IMDEX chief geoscientist Dave Lawie.

New research from Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has found that mining businesses expect to invest a considerable portion of their IT budgets into the Internet of Things (IoT) in the next three years, while the sector’s leading investors are already seeing tangible benefits, such as improved health and safety and staff productivity.

Buoyed by the high rand PGM basket price, Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) has posted a 328% increase in headline earnings and declared a record interim dividend of R10 per share on a strong production, safety and sales performance.

Tirupati Graphite plc, the fully integrated, revenue generating, specialist graphite producer and graphene developer with operations in Madagascar and India, has successfully completed trials and tests for the manufacture of battery grade spherical graphite (SPG), used in the anode of lithium-ion batteries (LiB), in tandem with a globally recognised German manufacturer of spheroidisation and micronisation equipment, achieving significant results in the end SPG product.