PGM price hike helps Amplats to share earnings lift despite operational headwinds
ANGLO American Platinum (Amplats) will announce a 49% and 69% year-on-year increase in share earnings when it reports its full-year earnings on February 22.
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Implats to post fourfold lift in interim earnings as PGM basket price heads north
IMPALA Platinum (Implats) will post more than a fourfold increase in interim headline share earnings of between 1,812 to 1,899 cents, the company said in a trading update today. Interim headline share earnings for the previous financial year were 436 cents.
Read MoreFossil fuel pollution causes one in five premature deaths globally: study
LONDON (Reuters) – Pollution from fossil fuels causes one in five premature deaths globally, suggesting the health impacts of burning coal, oil and natural gas may be far higher than previously thought, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Read MoreVolkswagen explores flying cars in China
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen is conducting a feasibility study in China about flying cars, Europe’s biggest automaker said on Tuesday, joining a growing number of companies looking into the potential technology.
Read MoreHonda raises full-year profit forecast helped by car sales rebound, cost cuts
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co on Tuesday hiked its full-year operating profit forecast 23% to 520 billion yen as demand in China and elsewhere gained momentum and it trimmed costs.
Read MoreHonda and Nissan to sell a quarter of a million fewer cars because of chip shortage
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s second and third largest automakers, Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, will sell a combined 250,000 fewer cars in the current financial year as a global shortage in semiconductor chips hits production.
Read MoreSA exploration policy in need of radical rethink after spend slumps to 20-year low
EXPLORATION in South Africa’s mining sector sank to a near 20-year ebb in 2020, said BusinessLive citing data published by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Read MoreTrudeau eyes ‘leaps forward’ in integration with US on EVs, critical minerals
Canada and the United States can collaborate more closely on manufacturing electric vehicles and on supplying critical minerals needed to make batteries for cars and other clean technologies, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.
Read MoreChinese regulators call in Tesla over customer complaints
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese government officials have met representatives from U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Inc over reports from consumers about battery fires, unexpected acceleration and failures in over-the-air software updates, a regulator said on Monday.
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