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Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s 2025 headline earnings soar 281%, R3.7bn dividend declared
20th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The 2025 headline earnings per share of Sibanye-Stillwater soared by 285% and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) came within a hair’s breadth of trebling with a 189% increase of just under R38-billion, the... 


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Hudbay awarded expansion permits in Canada while gearing up for US sanction decision
Updated 29 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian base metals miner Hudbay Minerals has received key permit amendments for the New Ingerbelle expansion at its Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia, Canada, while gearing up for a... 


Discovery Silver makes new board appointment
Updated 1 hour 3 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals company Discovery Silver on Friday announced the appointment of Lee Hodgkinson to its board of directors. Hodgkinson has more than 25 years of experience as a partner in public... 


 Minerals 260 and Franco-Nevada strike A$220m Bullabulling funding deal
Minerals 260 and Franco-Nevada strike A$220m Bullabulling funding deal
Updated 1 hour 18 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Minerals 260 has sealed a A$220-million financing package with royalty major Franco-Nevada to accelerate and derisk the development of the 4.5-million-ounce Billabulling gold project in... 


AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon
AngloGold's Beatty District 'exploration thesis' advances into major US gold development
Updated 1 hour 48 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

What began only a few years ago as an “ambitious exploration thesis” in Nevada’s Beatty Mining District has evolved into one of the largest and most significant greenfield gold discoveries of the... 


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LunR to acquire $670m life-of-mine silver stream on Fruta del Norte
Updated 2 hours 54 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed LunR Royalties has struck a binding agreement with Lundin Gold to acquire a life-of-mine silver stream on the Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine in Ecuador for about $670-million. As... 


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NWU centre awarded Phase 2 of the South African Circular Minerals and Metals Initiative
NWU centre awarded Phase 2 of the South African Circular Minerals and Metals Initiative
20th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI) has awarded Phase 2 of the South African Circular Minerals and Metals Initiative to North West University’s (NWU’s) Centre for... 


Trafigura and Kamoa Copper copper anode shipment
Trafigura, Kamoa Copper undertake maiden copper anode sale, Lobito Corridor slashes transport time
20th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Metals trader Trafigura and TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa Copper business in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has successfully completed its first sale of low-carbon copper anodes, which is... 


Mineral Resources swings to interim profit on stronger Onslow output, lithium rebound
Mineral Resources swings to interim profit on stronger Onslow output, lithium rebound
20th February 2026 By: Reuters

Australia’s Mineral Resources reported stronger‑than‑expected interim earnings on Friday, buoyed by steady nameplate‑capacity output from its flagship Onslow Iron project and a rebound in lithium... 


Century's Iceland aluminium smelter to return sooner than expected
20th February 2026 By: Reuters

US aluminium producer Century Aluminum said on Thursday that repairs would allow the shuttered capacity at its Grundartangi smelter in Iceland to restart by the end of April, around six months... 


Imerys freezes UK lithium project to focus on France
20th February 2026 By: Reuters

Imerys has frozen its project to develop lithium production in Britain to focus on a more advanced venture in France, the minerals group said on Thursday. The Imerys British Lithium project in... 


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Newmont flags mismanagement at NGM, sends default notice to Barrick
Newmont flags mismanagement at NGM, sends default notice to Barrick
20th February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold major Newmont has escalated tensions with joint venture (JV) partner Barrick Mining, issuing a notice of default under their Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) agreement after alleging mismanagement at... 


Unicorn Mineral Resources reports increased copper recovery in glycine leaching tests
20th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Unicorn Mineral Resources has announced further positive results from the glycine leaching tests on the tailings samples from the Klein Aub copper mine, in Namibia, which the company... 


Oriole completes maiden drilling programme at Cameroon target
20th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Oriole Resources has provided an update on the Mbe gold project, in Cameroon, where it has completed a maiden 3 000 m diamond drilling programme at the MB01-N target. The programme,... 


Nutrien expects higher potash demand despite tough conditions for farmers
Nutrien expects higher potash demand despite tough conditions for farmers
20th February 2026 By: Reuters

op world potash producer Nutrien expects increased demand for the crop nutrient in 2026 despite farmers cutting back on phosphate fertilizer and facing low returns. On its fourth-quarter financial... 


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Perseus posts $185.5m interim after-tax profit, increases dividend
20th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Perseus Mining has reported material improvements across all key financial metrics including revenue, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), profit... 


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Magazine round up | 20 February 2026
Magazine round up | 20 February 2026

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

BILATERAL TRADE: South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market for more South African products and facilitating Chinese investment into South Africa. The China-Africa Economic Partnership Agreement was signed in Beijing, China, on February 6 by South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau and his counterpart from the People’s Republic of China, Minister Wang Wentao.
BILATERAL TRADE

South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market to more South African products and facilitating Chinese... 

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Eskom’s concerning powerline zig-zag must be quickly reversed

Eskom and the Electricity Ministry should be advised by the Cabinet to sit at the knee of their national transport cousin Transnet to learn just how positive public-private collaboration can be for... 

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Moral hazard

There is currently a marked difference between how Eskom and Transnet are being assessed against their respective reform milestones. While the State electricity producer is being adjudged,... 

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Nicolaas Jonker, CEO of Jonker Kontrakteur
Nicolaas Jonker

This week we profile Nicolaas Jonker, CEO of Jonker Kontrakteurs, a multidisciplinary civil construction and mining-services company specialising in underground safety innovation, patented... 

TRANSMISSION TUSSLE: Organised business won a major victory when President Cyril Ramaphosa intervened to roll back an Eskom unbundling plan approved by the Department of Electricity and Energy in December. In his State of the Nation Address, he said the new State-owned Transmission System Operator must own the grid assets, which Eskom wanted retained by a subsidiary, and set a three-month deadline for coming up with a solution.
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Organised business has expressed strong reservations about an Eskom unbundling plan approved by the Department of Electricity and Energy in December. It contends that the decision not to transfer... 

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