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The South African High Commission at South Africa House in London's Trafalgar Square has closed without notice after decades of neglect left it uninhabitable, with intermittent water supply, broken heating and façade decay cited. The Democratic Alliance says repairs will cost nearly R70-million and blames International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola, noting a similar year-long closure at South Africa's embassy in The Hague; the Auditor-General's 2024/25 report had already flagged mismanaged foreign assets rendering properties "uninhabitable".
South African scientist inducted into Royal SocietyNRF board member Professor Glenda Gray travelled to London to be formally admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society, joining more than 90 researchers elected in May 2026 for contributions spanning vaccine research to mathematics. Gray, a paediatrician recognised for HIV prevention and COVID-19 vaccine research, holds appointments at Wits and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Citi joins London's bullion clearing networkCiti has become the fifth bank admitted to London Precious Metals Clearing Limited, gaining Loco London settlement services for gold, silver, platinum and palladium alongside HSBC, ICBC Standard Bank, JPMorgan and UBS. It is the first addition in a decade to the group underpinning London's roughly $160-billion-a-day bullion market.
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The DA has on Thursday fiercely condemned the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) following the sudden, unannounced closure of the South African High Commission to the UK...
Citi has become the fifth bank to clear transactions in London's over-the-counter gold market, the world's largest bullion trading centre, in a major expansion of its precious metals business, the...
Johannesburg- and London-listed gemstone miner Gemfields has informed shareholders that Sean Gilbertson will, by mutual agreement with the board, step down as CEO and as a director of the company...
Newly minted BHP CEO Brandon Craig faces a crowded in-tray as he takes mining's top job on July 1, from threatened iron ore strikes and ballooning costs to a potential uranium push and a febrile...
Professional services and management consulting firm Turner & Townsend has highlighted that a combination of a rise in demand for premium, highly amenitised Grade A office space and a shortfall in...
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices could rise further in significant volatility than experienced so far during the Iran war if supply disruptions coalesce with hot weather in Asia and European...
The strong ongoing investment demand for platinum is broadening to the minor platinum group metals (PGMs) such as ruthenium and iridium, SFA (Oxford) CEO Henk de Hoop pointed out on Wednesday June...
Europe-based global major aerospace group Airbus has announced the successful first flight of the world’s longest-ranged airliner, the A350-1000ULR. This has been developed at the specific request...
Nigeria's 650 000 bbl/d Dangote oil refinery has a large surplus of jet fuel and can supply the product all over the world, CE David Bird said on Tuesday. With demand on the African continent lower...
Barrick Mining, one of the world's leading gold miners, is weighing a possible London listing for its African business, with a potential all-share transaction with UK-listed Endeavour Mining seen...
The Soweto Cluster definitive feasibility study (DFS) is on track for completion this month, Pan African Resources reported on Monday, June 1 in an operational update ahead of its financial year...
South Africa's Valterra Platinum has managed to maintain healthy inventory levels of critical operational inputs, such as diesel and lubricants, despite uncertainty created by the US-Israeli war on...
The risk of a protracted US-Iran conflict, the accelerating regionalisation of PGM markets, alongside the launch of platinum and palladium futures on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, represents...
Central bank demand for gold has been stronger than previously estimated and is likely to pick up again into 2026, Goldman Sachs said on Friday, after revising its model to account for gaps in...
Emerald mining company Kagem Mining, which is a subsidiary of Johannesburg- and London-listed Gemfields, has donated cutting and polishing equipment to the Gemstone Processing and Lapidary Training...
LONDON – Emirates Global Aluminium is sticking with its investment plans to increase production and recycling of the metal despite the Iran war, the company's chief marketing officer said on...
Aluminium prices are expected to be above $4 000 per metric ton between the third quarter of 2026 and the second quarter of 2027 due to a market deficit caused mainly by the Iran war, an analyst...
Johannesburg- and London-listed metals and mining company Tharisa has signed a five-year contract with underground mining contractor Cementation Africa for the execution of the underground mining...
The traditional global rules-based order is actively being reshaped, with arbitration being pulled into the front lines, and over time, geopolitics, not just the rule of law, determining how...
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