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Khwelamet, platinum demand, high gold price make headlines
Khwelamet, platinum demand, high gold price make headlines
8th August 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Khwelamet’s ferromanganese revival; the demand outlook for South Africa’s platinum uplifted by China and Toyota’s hydrogen project; and geopolitics... 


An image of Transnet group CE Michelle Phillips and South32 HMM operations VP Barry Bezuidenhout
Transnet, Hotazel Manganese Mines sign 10-year export agreement
7th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

State-owned Transnet and Hotazel Manganese Mines (HMM), a joint venture operated by a wholly-owned subsidiary of South32, have signed a ten-year contract under the third phase of the Manganese... 


EXSA-Seriti Green deal opens way for 155 MW Mpumalanga wind project
EXSA-Seriti Green deal opens way for 155 MW Mpumalanga wind project
7th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A 155 MW Mpumalanga wind energy project has reached financial close, following the signing of a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Seriti Green and licensed energy trader Energy... 


Aterian awarded three new licences in the Kalahari Copperbelt
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Aterian has announced a significant expansion of its high-potential copper and silver exploration portfolio following the award of three new prospecting licences in the world-renowned... 


Bank of Zambia governor Dr Denny Kalyalya
Bank of Zambia renews gold purchase contract with First Quantum Minerals
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following a tender, the Bank of Zambia (BOZ) has extended metals miner First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM’s) contract to supply the central bank with refined gold for the next three years, building on a... 


BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso
BLSA, Busa urge Eskom to cease legal action against awarded electricity trading licences
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) have called on the South African government to urgently intervene to protect the national energy reform programme in... 


Allied Gold reports strong second-quarter gold production
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Allied Gold Corporation has produced 91 017 oz of gold in the three months ended June 30 in line with expectations and 8.3% higher quarter-on-quarter.   The good production figures,... 


Perseus makes solid progress on Nyanzaga construction
7th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Perseus Mining says it is making solid progress at the Nyanzaga gold project, in Tanzania, as bulk earthworks continue to lay the foundation for future infrastructure. The company says... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
Khwelamet ferromanganese revival will begin minute Eskom gives feasible power rate
7th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The minute that Eskom gives Khwelamet an economically feasible power price, the refurbishing of two of the four furnaces at the dormant former Metalloys plant in Meyerton will begin and take six to... 


Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion George
Commission calls for inclusive dialogue on the NDC to enhance climate action
6th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) held a Special Commission Working Session with Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dion George on August 5 to receive an update on the draft... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Glencore identifies major cost savings opportunities in half-year review
6th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

During the first half of this year, diversified mining and marketing group Glencore continued to optimise the business and position it for further value accretive growth, CEO Gary Nagle reported on... 


Africa’s critical minerals key to clean-energy drive, AFC says
6th August 2025 By: Bloomberg

Africa’s role in the global pivot toward cleaner sources of energy should focus on increasing the supply of critical minerals needed to make the transition, rather than on reducing its own... 


Lindian, Iluka enter binding offtake agreement for rare earth concentrate from Malawi
6th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Iluka Resources has entered into a binding loan term sheet and a full-form offtake agreement with ASX-listed Lindian Resources for the long-term supply of rare earth concentrate from... 


An image of Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer at project Roan
Jubilee progressing Zambia strategy
6th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has reported significant progress across its Zambia portfolio, which has in place all the assets the company needs to maintain the momentum on its copper... 


Barrick Mining Corporation's Hemlo mine, in Canada
Barrick Gold reaches ‘safe closure’ of 13 tailings sites, aims to close five more soon
6th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

NYSE- and TSX-listed gold miner Barrick Mining Corporation has fulfilled its commitment to provide disclosure on its tailings facilities, in accordance with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings... 


Kefi executive chairperson Harry Anagnostaras-Adams
Kefi completes early works for Tulu Kapi
6th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

After inspections by the relevant independent certifiers, Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper has completed the required early works to enable full project development at its Tulu Kapi gold project, in... 


Kodal's Bougouni mine site
Kodal readies Bougouni site for first exports of stockpiled spodumene concentrate
6th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

While Aim-listed Kodal Minerals continues to finalise the requirements for an export permit in Mali, large stockpiles of spodumene concentrate are mounting on site at its Bougouni lithium project.... 


Matthew Crawford says senior miners must step up gold exploration.
Gold Fields exec calls on majors to ‘lean in’ on gold exploration
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold Fields greenfields exploration VP Matthew Crawford has called on major gold companies to play a greater role in early-stage discovery, saying the burden of exploration is increasingly being... 


Platinum bars produced by Impala Platinum in South Africa
Platinum crunch comes to a head as US, China snap up metal
6th August 2025 By: Bloomberg

A years-long supply crunch in platinum has come to a head, with banks scrambling for dwindling stocks in London as buyers in China and the US hoover up much of the available metal. The market... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
6th August 2025

This week: De Beers is well positioned to thrive as market recovers, Anglo believes; Valterra Platinum upping flood defence, envisaging underground trucking, hailing IRMA and, TAKRAF marks 300... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe, Sibanye-Stillwater clash over US minerals plan
6th August 2025 By: Bloomberg

A proposal by South Africa’s biggest mining company and other business leaders advising President Cyril Ramaphosa on how to offer the US access to Africa’s critical minerals angered the nation’s... 


Sanbrado in Burkina Faso
West African Resources targets 500 000 oz/y by 2029
6th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner West African Resources is aiming to become a sustainable 500 000 oz/y producer by 2029, underpinned by strong operational performance from its Sanbrado and Kiaka operations in Burkina... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
US lashing out because it is a declining empire – Mantashe
5th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has said the 30% tariffs imposed on South African exports to the US are a form of death throes aggression, alleging that it is a desperate... 


Mine alongside solar PV facility
Pan African signs ten-year renewable supply deal with NOA Trading
5th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Gold producer Pan African Resources has signed a ten-year renewables supply agreement with licensed electricity trader NOA Group Trading for 10% of its total yearly electricity load of 112 GWh. The... 


Columbus Steel plant
New CEO appointed for Anglo American-backed green steel venture PeroCycle
5th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Anglo American-backed industrial decarbonisation venture PeroCycle has appointed Grant Budge CEO. This coincides with the opening of a £4-million seed round to fund pilot deployment of PeroCycle’s... 


The Bimha PGMs mine in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe platinum miners owed millions in unpaid export earnings
5th August 2025 By: Reuters

Zimbabwe's platinum miners are owed millions of dollars in unpaid exports income under the government's foreign currency retention rules, the mining chamber has said, hurting operations in a sector... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Mantashe wants all diamond producers to contribute towards collective diamond marketing efforts
5th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

After attending a high-level Ministerial roundtable in Luanda, Angola, in June, Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has proposed that South African diamond producers contribute... 


An image of the Oyu Tolgoi project
Rio Tinto reports progress in achieving global tailings management standard conformance
5th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Diversified miner Rio Tinto chief technical officer Mark Davies says the group has worked hard over the past five years to bring its tailings facilities into conformance with the Global Industry... 


Bauxite mined in Guinea
Guinea revokes Emirates Global Aluminium's mining concession, statement says
5th August 2025 By: Reuters

Guinea has revoked the bauxite concession awarded to a subsidiary of Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) and transferred it to a newly created state-backed firm, citing violations of its mining code,... 


Askari complete technical due diligence at Ethiopia project
5th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Askari Metals has completed technical due diligence on the Nejo gold and copper project, in Ethiopia, a key condition precedent for settlement of the acquisition, subject to shareholder... 


Lotus receives ESIA certificate for Kayelekera mine
5th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Lotus Resources’ 85%-owned subsidiary Lotus (Africa), the owner of the Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, has received the environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA)... 


Kansanshi copper mine, in Zambia
First Quantum secures long-term capital through gold streaming agreement
5th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals has entered into a gold streaming agreement with RGLD Gold, with First Quantum to receive a $1-billion upfront cash payment in exchange for gold deliveries... 


Toyota and China’s Shudao Investment  to build a hydrogen fuel cell plant in Chengdu.
Demand outlook for South Africa’s platinum uplifted by China-Toyota hydrogen project
5th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A development that is improving the demand outlook for South African platinum group metals (PGMs) is the announcement of a joint venture (JV) between Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation and China’s... 


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