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Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Well-endowed South Africa has huge opportunity ‘right now’ to grow mining sector
1st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on... 


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Blue Gold eyes West Africa, LatAm deals after Nasdaq debut
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold mining firm Blue Gold said on Monday it was evaluating acquisition opportunities in West Africa and Latin America following a successful Nasdaq listing last week through a merger with... 


US, Indo-Pacific partners announce minerals initiative as Rubio hosts counterparts
US, Indo-Pacific partners announce minerals initiative as Rubio hosts counterparts
Updated 34 minutes ago By: Reuters

The United States announced the launch of a critical minerals initiative with Australia, India and Japan on Tuesday as part of efforts to counter China, although ties between the partners have been... 


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BHP signs charter deal for ammonia-fuelled bulk carriers
Updated 36 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified major BHP said on Wednesday it had signed contracts with China's COSCO Shipping Group to charter two ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, continuing efforts to decarbonise... 


VHM signs offtake framework with Mitsui for Goschen HMC supply
Updated 1 hour 3 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed VHM has signed a non-binding letter of interest (LoI) with Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co for the potential supply of 40% of the heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) production from its... 


GoldMining grants Australian Mines earn-in option on Brazilian project
Updated 1 hour 10 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and NYSE American-listed GoldMining has signed a binding term sheet with Australian Mines, giving the ASX-listed junior miner the right to earn up to an 80% interest in the Boa Vista gold... 


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Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
Updated 1 hour 29 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Santana Minerals on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, Matakanui Gold, had entered into a binding agreement to acquire Ardgour Station – a strategic landholding with competing land... 


While onsite operations are unaffected, transport of semi-processed copper from MMG's Las Bambas (pictured) and Hudbay's Constancia are said to be interrupted.
Peru copper transport disrupted as informal miners block roads
Updated 1 hour 48 minutes ago By: Bloomberg

Roadblocks by informal miners are disrupting transport of copper from some mines in Peru, including those owned by MMG and Hudbay Minerals, said people briefed on the matter. Artisanal miners are... 


Meeka pours first gold at Murchison on schedule
Meeka pours first gold at Murchison on schedule
Updated 2 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Meeka Metals has poured first gold at its Murchison gold project in Western Australia – just 12 months after breaking ground. Commissioning of the processing plant has been completed... 


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Vitol Group and Breakwall Capital have formed a credit fund targeting mining companies in the Americas, as competition among traders for copper and other metals contracts heats up. Valor Mining... 


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Chile's Codelco secures new lithium quota for SQM partnership
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Chile's State-run copper producer Codelco said on Tuesday it has secured regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, clearing one of the remaining hurdles to produce the battery metal through its... 


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An $88-million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on... 


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Chile speeds up permitting for mining, other investment projects
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Chile's congress approved long-awaited legislation to speed up the permitting process for investment projects in the country on Tuesday. The law was a key demand from the country's mining industry... 


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Railveyor chosen as preferred haulage solution at Santa Cruz copper project
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project, in Arizona, in the US. Ivanhoe Electric included... 


Updated PFS shows strong fundamentals for Santana’s New Zealand project
1st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Sanatana Minerals’ updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Bendigo-Ophir gold project, in New Zealand, has shown strong fiscal outcomes, with an after-tax net present value (NPV) of... 


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Bessent says US hopes to see China magnets flow at ‘faster rate’
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US is hopeful China will do more to ease the export of rare earth magnets after last month’s deal between the two countries, saying flows had still not... 


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Magazine round up | 27 June 2025
Magazine round up | 27 June 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

MORE SUPPORT: Struggling State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has been granted an additional R51-billion guarantee facility, having been granted a R47-billion guarantee in 2023. “Given Transnet’s debt redemptions over its five-year corporate plan period of R99.6-billion, the government has initiated a process to allocate additional guarantees to Transnet, to at least cover the entire redemptions over the corporate plan period,” Transport Minister Barbara Creecy said, indicating that details would be finalised by July 25.
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Struggling State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has been granted an additional R51-billion guarantee facility, having been granted a R47-billion guarantee in 2023. “Given Transnet’s debt... 

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South Africa has all the credentials to develop its own green hydrogen economy

South Africa has all the credentials to develop its own green hydrogen economy in South Africa for South Africa. That is being increasingly acknowledged at business and government level. Green... 

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Deadline looms

Memories of that ‘dim-the-lights’ Oval Office ambush have been enveloped in a fog of billionaire-bro brawls, immigrant raids and protests, the militarisation of law enforcement, vaccine-committee... 

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Sitho Mdlalose, CEO of telecommunications company Vodacom South Africa
Sitho Mdlalose

This week we profile Sitho Mdlalose, telecommunications company Vodacom South Africa CEO since 2022  

FACTS & STATS: While it is not certain whether the renowned American writer Mark Twain really said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”, the following quote is also often attributed to him: “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.” The pliability of South Africa’s own unemployment statistics is now under the spotlight after Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie questioned Statistics South Africa’s figures, despite these being based on a methodology that is far more orthodox than Fourie’s.
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While it is not certain whether the renowned American writer Mark Twain really said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics”, the following quote is also often attributed... 

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