Sibanye-Stillwater, Harmony maintain inclusion in FTSE4Good Index Series

Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater has announced its continued inclusion, since 2016, as a constituent in the FTSE4Good Index Series, while gold miner Harmony Gold... 

DY6 accelerating Cameroon exploration with placement, CEO appointment

ASX-listed DY6 Metals has received firm commitments for a placement to raise $4.63-million to drive exploration activities at the company’s portfolio in Cameroon. Funds raised from the placement... 

TNPA unveils new multi-purpose vessel

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on July 7 unveiled a R120-million new locally built multi-purpose vessel, which the entity says is a crucial addition to its marine fleet at the Port of... 

Valterra Platinum bullish about platinum outlook

Valterra Platinum, previously Anglo America Platinum (Amplats), is confident about the future of the platinum group metals (PGMs) market and confident that the newly demerged company is well... 

Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 

Traka warns its stake in Guinea project at risk

ASX-listed Traka Resources has received a notice from its project partner Alamako Resources, purporting to terminate the partnership agreement entered into on April 18 relating to the exploration... 

Premier restarts Zulu lithium plant

Aim-listed Premier African Minerals has provided an update on the plant status and flotation plant test run at Zulu lithium and tantalum project, in Zimbabwe, following the installation of... 

Lexington’s South African subsidiary granted new prospecting right

Gold exploration and development company Lexington Gold’s South African subsidiary Reef Exploration has been granted a new consolidated prospecting right for the group’s Bothaville project in the... 

Kavango achieves encouraging drilling results at Bill’s Luck

The results from the latest high-grade gold intercepts from ongoing underground drilling at the Bill’s Luck gold mine, on the Hillside project, in Zimbabwe, are “highly encouraging”, London-listed... 

Central bank gold buying picked up in May

Central banks added a net 20 t to global gold reserves in May, an uptick from the previous month; however, the overall pace has moderated slightly, industry organisation the World Gold Council... 

Trading in Orion’s securities halted on ASX ahead of capital raise

Trading in the securities of dual-listed Orion Minerals on the ASX will be halted at the request of the company, pending a material announcement regarding a capital raising being undertaken by the... 

Capricorn’s KGP project delivers at upper end of guidance

ASX-listed Capricorn Metals’ Karlawinda gold project (KGP), in Western Australia, produced 32 216 oz of gold in the quarter ended June 30, taking gold production to 117 076 oz for the full... 

Australian Mines secures earn-in rights to Brazilian project

ASX-listed Australian Mines has entered into a legally binding term sheet with Cabral Resources, a subsidiary of TSX-listed GoldMining and Majestic D&M, to earn-into the Boa Vista gold project in... 

Argyle Resources’ partner files 21 mineral lode claims in Wyoming

Junior mineral exploration company Argyle Resources’ exploration partner Rangefront Mining Services has filed 21 mineral lode claims on the company’s behalf with the US Bureau of Land Management... 

Blue Lagoon’s Dome Mountain marks major steps towards production

Canadian publicly listed mining company Blue Lagoon Resources says it has made significant progress at its Dome Mountain gold project, in British Columbia, as it prepares to enter production in a... 

Ero Copper achieves commercial production at Brazilian operation

TSX-listed Ero Copper announces that the Tucumã operation, located in Pará State, Brazil, achieved commercial production, effective July 1. During the month of June, following the completion of... 

Kazera’s South African project continues to perform well

Aim-listed Kazera Global says operations at its Whale Head Minerals (WHM) heavy mineral sands (HMS) project, in South Africa, continue to progress well, with new processing infrastructure... 

International Lithium completes sale of noncore Irish assets

TSX-V- and FSE-listed International Lithium Corp (ILC) has completed the sale of all its interest in the Avalonia project, in Ireland, and in Blackstairs Lithium, the company that owns that... 

No objections lodged against Bengwenyama environmental authorisation

JSE- and ASX-listed Southern Palladium advises that the period has ended for affected parties to object to the recently granted environmental authorisation for a mining right and related... 

Updated PFS shows strong fundamentals for Santana’s New Zealand project

ASX-listed Santana 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... 

Kavango exercises option to acquire Nara project; receives $5m funding commitment

London-listed Kavango Resources has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the Nara gold project, in Zimbabwe. Kavango entered the option to acquire Nara in June 2023. 

Shuka secures increased loan financing as it progresses Zambia acquisition

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has entered into an agreement with its second-largest shareholder Gathoni Muchai Investments (GMI) to increase a loan facility to Shuka by £1.5-million. Along... 

Copper 360 experiences difficult year, but optimistic about the future

JSE-listed Copper 360’s financial results for the year ended February 28 show that the company, which is transitioning from exploration to production, had a difficult year and that it needs to... 

Babcock, Volvo showcase new gen machines to Southern African market

Engineering and plant services provider Babcock and machine industry company Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) on June 26 launched the new generation of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to... 

Speakers mull geopolitical considerations for mining industry

The second day of the London Indaba kicked off with an opening keynote session delivered by British diplomat Lord Mark Sedwill, during which he pondered some broad considerations for the mining... 

Valterra Platinum bullish about platinum outlook

Valterra Platinum, previously Anglo America Platinum (Amplats), is confident about the future of the platinum group metals (PGMs) market and confident that the newly demerged company is well... 

WFDB lauds Luanda Accord

Association the World Federation of Diamond Bourses has expressed its full support for the Luanda Accord, the agreement reached among major diamond-producing countries and trading centres to fund... 

JUWI, JA Solar sign solar panel deal for projects supplying power to Sasol, Air Liquide and Glencore

Renewable energy company JUWI Renewable Energies has signed two solar module supply agreements with JA Solar, a manufacturer of high-performance PV technology. The deal is for nearly 420 000 solar... 

Caledonia reports above-expectation drilling results at Zimbabwe mine

Zimbabwe-focused Caledonia Mining has reported further encouraging high-grade results from the ongoing resource expansion drill programme at its 64%-owned Blanket mine. Results from 6 976 m of... 

Everjoy Ngomamiti appointed Kavango mining operations GM

London-listed Kavango Resources has appointed Everjoy Ngomamiti as mining operations GM, effective immediately. He joins Kavango from dual-listed Barrick Mining Corporation, where he was mining... 

WPIC outlines investment cases for platinum as structural deficit persists

Supply is continuing to lag demand in the platinum market, leading to a structural deficit, and this presents a compelling investment case, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment... 

ZCCM’s earnings bolstered substantially by Mopani SEP transaction

Diversified mining investments and operations company ZCCM Investments Holdings’ earnings per share (EPS) for the year ended December 31, 2024, are expected to be about 1 077% higher year-on-year.... 

Gemfields’ Mozambique processing plant delayed

Gemstone miner Gemfields says final completion of its subsidiary Montepuez Ruby Mine’s (MRM’s) second processing plant (PP2), in Mozambique, has been delayed to September. The tailings belt... 

Redefine signs wheeling agreement with renewable-energy utility NOA

JSE-listed Property group Redefine Properties has signed a renewable energy supply agreement with integrated renewable energy utility NOA to support its decarbonisation efforts through wheeling,... 

Technology company nearing commercialisation of its hydrogen technology

Hydrogen technology company Hydrox Holdings is progressing the development of its pioneer Divergent-Electrode-Flow-Through (DEFT) hydrogen technology, a membrane-less electrolyser, with the company... 

Stellenbosch University launches biotechnology laboratory for startups

Stellenbosch University (SU) has announced the opening of the LaunchLab CERIBIO, a biotechnology laboratory for biotechnology startups. The initiative aims to accelerate the local biotechnology... 

Wesizwe shares suspended over delay in publishing financials, reports

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s shares have been suspended owing to its inability to publish its Audited Annual Financial Statements (AFS) and Integrated Annual Report (IAR) incorporating the notice... 

Harena makes board changes

Stephen Weir has joined the board of London-listed Harena Resources as a nonexecutive director with immediate effect. In conjunction with his appointment, Joe Belladonna will transition from his... 

South32 completes divestment of Metalloys smelter

Globally diversified metals and mining company South32’s subsidiary, Samancor Manganese, has completed the divestment of the Metalloys manganese alloy smelter to Menar Capital-owned entity... 

AngloGold Ashanti to sell Brazilian mine

Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to sell its interest in Mineração Serra Grande mine (MSG) in Goiás, Brazil, to mid-tier gold and copper producer Aura Minerals. The company will sell MSG to...