‘Trump doesn’t need our minerals’: Gwede’s gaffe

Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman is unimpressed by Mantashe’s outburst and his plan to review mining legislation

09 February 2025 - 00:00 By CHRIS BARRON

Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, one of the world’s leading precious metals producers, says Gwede Mantashe’s “ill-advised” threat to withhold minerals from the US could trigger a retaliatory response from President Donald Trump...

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