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Northam Platinum opened the world's deepest raise-bored PGM shaft at the Zondereinde mine. Image supplied.

World’s deepest raise-bored PGM shaft opens at Northam’s Zondereinde mine

Wouter Jordaan, partner and principal environmental scientist at SRK Consulting – and also a director of SRK Consulting Congo

Decarbonisation is key to DRC mining as carbon tax loomsSRK Consulting

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De Beers announces 2-year pause at SA’s largest diamond producer

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President Cyril Ramaphosa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa attend a EU-South Africa summit, ahead of the G20 Summit, which was held from 22 to 23 November 2025 in Johannesburg. Image credit: Reuters/Yves Herman

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Nellie Peyton 14 Nov 2025

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