The MiningWrap BriefNo. 28
Glencore-Merafe to restart Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters
The week in African mining — 25 June 2026.
1Manganese & ChromeGlencore-Merafe to restart Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smeltersThe Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture will restart its Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters after finalising the detailed terms of a 62c/kWh electricity agreement with Eskom.
2ExplorationGIADEC signs €300m Danieli deal for Ghanaian aluminium foil plantGhana's GIADEC has signed a €300m memorandum of understanding with Italy's Danieli to build an aluminium foil rolling plant in Tema, capable of producing up to 45,000 tonnes a year.
3MarketsRecord number of central banks plan to keep buying gold, WGC survey findsThe World Gold Council's 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey drew a record 76 responses, with 89% of reserve managers expecting global gold holdings to keep increasing.
4Energy & InfrastructureSwakop Uranium and NamWater launch second desalination plant for Husab mineSwakop Uranium and NamWater have launched a joint venture to build Namibia's second desalination plant, a N$2.1bn facility supplying 20 million m3 a year to the Husab uranium mine and Erongo communities.
5PGMSibanye-Stillwater sets out R20bn of projects to hold PGM output steady to 2035Sibanye-Stillwater has outlined R20bn of projects to keep a million ounces a year of underground PGM output going until 2050 and to sustain 1.5Moz a year to 2035, with optional growth to 1.8Moz.