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Zambia's mining cadastre system
New mining cadastre registers first 37 rightholders in Western Cape
Updated 1 hour 23 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

South Africa’s mining cadastre is taking shape, with 37 rightholders having registered with the system in the Western Cape as part of its Phase 1 rollout, Department of Mineral and Petroleum... 


Toubani secures A$395m funding to build next West African gold producer
Updated 1 hour 26 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Toubani Resources on Friday announced what it described as a "company-defining" A$395-million funding package to fully finance the construction of its flagship Kobada gold project in... 


A gold nugget on dollar bills
Gold's record run creates new rulebooks for investors
Updated 1 hour 45 minutes ago By: Reuters

Investors are testing well-established views about gold, which is surging to new records, as an AI-driven stocks rally and red-hot bitcoin force a rethink of what's driving one of the world's... 


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PIC raises shareholding in Sibanye-Stillwater to above 20%
Updated 2 hours 24 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South African State-owned asset management firm the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has, in aggregate, acquired a further interest in the ordinary shares of multinational miner... 


Australia's Firefinch abandoned Morila in 2022.
US-based Flagship Gold signs deal to revive Mali's Morila mine
Updated 5 hours ago By: Reuters

New York-based Flagship Gold Corp has signed a partnership agreement with Mali's state-owned miner to restart production at the Morila gold mine, the first US investment under the military-led... 


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Valterra Platinum already exploring Mogalakwena’s underground potential
10th October 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

In the wake of separating its assets from former parent company Anglo American, platinum group metals (PGMs) mining company Valterra Platinum is setting the stage to further develop one of its most... 


woman's hand placing diamond on small pedestal
DBCM calls on diamond industry to back Luanda Accord
9th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Diamond producer De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) chairperson Barend Petersen has urged the South African diamond industry to support the Luanda Accord, a new initiative requiring diamond... 


Exxaro Resources CEO Ben Magara
Magara reflects on return as Exxaro CEO, discusses diversification strategy
9th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Reflecting on his return as CEO of Exxaro Resources, Ben Magara discussed the group’s diversification strategy at this year’s Joburg Indaba, highlighting the “next dawn” at the company. In a... 


Raw copper
Copper hits $11 000/t for first time since May 2024
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

Copper prices hit $11 000 per metric ton on Thursday, a level not seen in over 16 months, as widespread disruption at mines sparks fears of a shortage of supply and attracts speculative inflows.... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
South Africa urged to revive ferroalloy smelters, replace ideology with pragmatism
9th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

At this week’s Joburg Indaba, South Africa was urged to get its many idled ferroalloy smelters working again and to replace ideology with pragmatism in mining. Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu called on... 


Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips
Transnet confirms attachment order for parts required to return CRRC locomotives to service
9th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips has expressed optimism that some locomotives that have been standing idle for years amid a long-running dispute with the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation... 


Feriel Zerouki
Zerouki resigns as De Beers chief trade, industry officer
9th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Feriel Zerouki will step down as De Beers chief trade and industry officer and member of the executive committee at the end of October. She joined De Beers in 2005 and has played a central role in... 


A gold bar produced in the DRC
Congo to start building gold reserves as price surges, central bank governor says
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo will start building gold reserves to bolster its currency and lift its economy, the central bank governor said, joining a rush in Africa and elsewhere to stockpile... 


Gold ingots
South African gold producers see bright future amid soaring prices
9th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

With the gold price having surged above $4 000/oz for the first time ever on October 8, South African gold producers are becoming bullish about their prospects in a sector that has been described... 


A copper mine owned by First Quantum Minerals
Zambia’s record copper mining output meets a red-hot market
9th October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Zambia is poised for record copper production this year, bolstering its standing as a key global supplier just as prices surge and demand is set to grow. A wave of accidents and disruptions at... 


Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter
Exploration-driven mining revival would reignite industrialisation
9th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Rather than focusing narrowly on minerals beneficiation, South African policymakers have been urged to pay much closer attention to reigniting and expanding the market for the country’s already... 


Gold bars
Gold takes a breather after safe-haven demand fuels record run
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

Gold took a breather from a record run on Thursday, as investors booked profits a day after bullion breached the $4 000 level for the first time ever on economic and geopolitical uncertainties and... 


Speakers who participated in Creamer Media's latest webinar on tailings management and land rehabilitation
Speakers explore evolving tailings management landscape
9th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

There have been considerable changes in the approach to tailings management over the past 30 years or so, with learnings from previous global disasters informing new legislation, engendering... 


A cobalt mining operation in the DRC
Congo to tie cobalt export quotas to three-year company data, sources say
9th October 2025 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo will allocate annual cobalt export quotas based on companies' production and shipment data for the previous three years, three sources familiar with the matter told... 


Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne.
Promote growth, transformation together, Minerals Council South Africa urges
8th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Growth of the mining industry and the transformation of the economy are inextricably intertwined but need a stable, predictable regulatory environment that promotes both together, Minerals Council... 


The Elandspruit mine
Salungano narrows operating loss as it works to turn around business
8th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Salungano Group says the 2024 financial year was a defining period for the company, marked by intense operational and financial headwinds that tested the resilience of the business. “It... 


Bakubung mine shaft at sunset
Wesizwe accelerates underground operations with key projects ahead of schedule
8th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum has reported significant progress in the ramp-up of its underground mining operations at the Bakubung platinum mine, in the North West province, with key infrastructure... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad (right) with Joburg Indaba chairperson Bernard Swanepoel.
Anglo committed to investing R600m in junior exploration fund, Joburg Indaba hears
8th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

On day one of the Joburg Indaba, Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad revealed commitment to invest R600-million in South Africa’s junior exploration fund as part of the Anglo Teck deal. Wanblad... 


An image of the Driefontein mine
Wage talks at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold division have deadlocked
8th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Trade unions Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) are in dispute with Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold division, noting in a statement that... 


An image of the Bissie tin project
Alphamin raises full-year production guidance
8th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Alphamin Resources’ contained tin production for the third quarter was 5 190 t, up 26% from the previous quarter’s 4 106 t, the company points out in an operational update for the... 


kenmare moma
Kenmare starts commissioning of upgraded plant to unlock Nataka orezone at Moma
8th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

LSE- and ISE-listed titanium minerals and zircon producer Kenmare Resources has successfully completed a major upgrade of its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) A at the Moma titanium minerals mine in... 


man at materials conveyor
Global materials sector contracts but profitability holds firm amid shift to gold, copper, aluminium – McKinsey
8th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

The global materials industry saw revenues decline in 2024, with metals and mining contracting by 6% to about $3-trillion, even as profitability remained strong and profit pools continued to shift... 


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Epiroc secures large order for mining equipment, digital solutions in Ghana
8th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mining and infrastructure industries productivity and sustainability partner Epiroc has won a large order for mining equipment and digital solutions from Asante Gold for a gold mine in Ghana.... 


Gaza has been affected by conflict between Hamas and Israel
Gold's rush to record heights propelled by global anxieties
8th October 2025 By: Reuters

Anxieties over global geopolitical and economic risks are the biggest drivers pushing gold's 53% surge this year to a record over $4 000/oz, with analysts seeing little to halt the surge. The... 


Gold builds on historic rally, soars past $4 000/oz for first time
Gold builds on historic rally, soars past $4 000/oz for first time
8th October 2025 By: Reuters

Gold smashed through $4 000 an ounce to hit a record high on Wednesday, driven by investors seeking safety from mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside expectations of further... 


WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
WTO downgrades global trade growth forecast to 0.5% for next year
7th October 2025 By: Reuters

The World Trade Organization (WTO) sharply lowered its 2026 forecast for global merchandise trade volume growth to 0.5% on Tuesday, citing expected delayed impacts from US President Donald Trump's... 


Lapon signs operations agreement with Daemaneng
7th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Ironveld’s 74%-owned subsidiary Lapon Mining has entered into a binding mining operations agreement with South African mining and contracting company Daemaneng Minerals, which will... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart
Springbok solar PV project reaches commercial operation – Sibanye-Stillwater
7th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater has reported that the Springbok solar PV project, in South Africa’s Free State province, has achieved commercial operation. The... 


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