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Zimbabwe lithium exporters seek tax delay until 2027
Zimbabwe lithium exporters seek tax delay until 2027
21st May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Miners in Zimbabwe are urging the government to defer an export tax on lithium concentrate until plants that will refine the battery material into higher-value products in the country come online.... 


Sovereign signs power supply MoU
21st May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (ESCOM) to ensure the long-term supply of electricity... 


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George Roach to step down as Premier CEO, director
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Premier African Minerals and George Roach have agreed to mutually terminate his consultancy agreement as both the CEO and a director, in accordance with the terms of the consultancy... 


Advanced geophysical interpretation identifies high-priority drill targets at URU’s South African project
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mineral exploration and development company URU Metals announces that the results of an advanced geophysical interpretation over its flagship Zeb nickel project, in South Africa, conducted by... 


SMM executive chairperson Enock Mathebula and SMM CEO Graham Soden
Steenkampskraal mine initiates site refurbishment, on-site laboratory construction
21st May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Rare earth minerals miner Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine (SMM) has launched a new phase of its development, with the start of construction on a new on-site laboratory and a comprehensive... 


An image of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Council welcomes launch of Critical Minerals Strategy, new Bill
21st May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industry body the Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed the launch of the country’s Critical Minerals Strategy and the gazetting of the Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRDB) for public... 


A Transnet port operation
South Africa arbiter proposes more pay to avoid logistics strike
21st May 2025 By: Bloomberg

A third-party arbiter proposed a higher wage offer to South Africa’s State-owned ports and rail company and its unions in a bid to stave off a potential strike by thousands of logistics workers.... 


A copper and cobalt mine in the DRC
China's CMOC calls on Congo to lift cobalt export ban, sources say
21st May 2025 By: Reuters

China's CMOC Group, the world's top cobalt mining company, called on Democratic Republic of Congo last week to lift a ban on exports of the battery metal, which is currently due to expire next... 


Australia's FIRB approves Gold Road-Gold Fields deal
Australia's FIRB approves Gold Road-Gold Fields deal
21st May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Australian Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) has approved South Africa-based miner Gold Fields' A$3.7-billion acquisition of the Australian mining company Gold Road Resources. The FIRB... 


Arrow, Volt request ASX suspension amid Guinea licence uncertainty
21st May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed exploration companies Arrow Minerals and Volt Resources have requested the voluntary suspension of their shares from trading, pending an announcement related to their tenements in... 


The Kakula mine forms part of the Kamoa-Kakula complex. Pictured is the operation's smelter.
Ivanhoe suspends underground mining at Kakula following seismic activity
20th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has temporarily suspended underground mining operations at the Kakula mine, part of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following... 


Hot commissioning of Bakubung processing plant under way – Wesizwe
20th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Hot commissioning of the processing plant at JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s Bakubung project has started, as plant rectification works remain on track. The company in June 2023 announced delays to... 


Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe
Platinum, manganese, iron-ore, coal, chrome ore deemed ‘high-critical minerals’ for South Africa
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for various reasons, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR’s) Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy has identified platinum,... 


How platinum is used in fuel cell electric vehicles.
New technology uses sound to recover 92% of platinum from hydrogen fuel cell stacks
20th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

New technology, which uses sound to recover 92% of platinum from hydrogen fuel cell stacks, is emerging from Johnson Matthey, a company which, interestingly, has a long-standing South African... 


Renergen’s JSE share price surges on buyout offer
20th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Gas and energy company Renergen’s share price on the JSE surged by more than 78% on May 20, after the company and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes announced that ASP Isotopes... 


Giyani ships battery-grade manganese to potential offtakers
20th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Giyani Metals has made the first shipment of high-purity manganese oxide (HPMO) samples, from its demonstration plant in Johannesburg, to multiple potential offtakers for testing and... 


Union mine with lightning
Amplats issues further details on demerger, name change process
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has issued further detail on how its name change to Valterra Platinum will play out over the coming weeks. At the general... 


An image of the Pilala stone
Grizzly emerald auction generates $24.8m in revenue
20th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Rough emerald producer Grizzly Mining generated revenue of $24.8-million from its latest international emerald auction held in Dubai, in May. The auction included medium- to high-grade rough... 


A truck delivering coal to a power station
South Africa still committed to coal, and to upgrading the national grid
20th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Tuesday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to coal-based energy. He was delivering the keynote address at the Enlit Africa... 


An informal mining area in the DRC
US-led peace talks could boost Rwandan processing of Congo minerals, sources say
20th May 2025 By: Reuters

Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum and tin, which Kinshasa has long accused neighbouring Rwanda of illegally exploiting, could be exported legitimately to Rwanda for processing under the... 


Gold edges lower as haven demand from Moody’s downgrade fades
20th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold edged lower as the haven-demand boost from Moody’s Ratings downgrade of the US faded, and attention turned back to the easing of trade tensions between the two largest economies. Bullion... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Africa, including South Africa, must be allowed to exploit its resources – Ramokgopa
20th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa, including South Africa, had to be able to fulfil its developmental potential. So highlighted South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote address on... 


Southern Palladium MD Johan Odendaal
Southern Palladium gets environmental authorisation for underground mining at Bengwenyama
20th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted environmental authorisation for an underground mining right and related infrastructural activities to ASX- and... 


Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi
Sasol slashes emission-reduction capex but insists 30% target remains intact
20th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has announced a dramatic 70% cut to the capital expenditure (capex) budget associated with its greenhouse-gas emission reduction roadmap to 2030, while still... 


Kodal cites positive relationship with Mali govt as it awaits export permit
19th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals has criticised recent media reports for inaccurately suggesting that exports of spodumene concentrate from its flagship Bougouni lithium... 


Canyon shareholder to invest further $24.5m for bauxite project development
19th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Canyon Resources has received notice that a major shareholder Eagle Eye Asset Holdings (EEA) intends to exercise 350-million options, providing a $24.5-million investment in Canyon for... 


Tharisa mine
Tharisa warns of lower interim earnings
19th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South African- and London-listed Tharisa expects its basic earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended March 31 to be between $0.02 and $0.03 a share. This is a decrease of 76.6% to 84.3%... 


An image showing the Longonjo mine
Main construction under way at Pensana’s Angola project
19th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Pensana announces that, following Angolan sovereign wealth fund Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)’s deployment of $25-million mine finance, main construction activities have begun on... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum jewellery, investment strong in China, platinum bar sales launched on TikTok
19th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A leading branded jewellery retailer in Beijing is including platinum investment bars in its offering amid platinum bar sales being launched on TikTok for the first time by a World Platinum... 


Lindian says Guinea projects unaffected by licence cancellations; Volt and Arrow in trading halt
Lindian says Guinea projects unaffected by licence cancellations; Volt and Arrow in trading halt
19th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Lindian Resources on Monday confirmed that its bauxite assets in Guinea have not been impacted by the military government’s reported cancellation of 51 mining licences. The company said... 


Gold bars
Gold players keep faith despite trade truce-induced correction
19th May 2025 By: Reuters

Gold prices have fallen almost 10% from a record high just above $3 500/oz in April as a de-escalation in US-China trade tensions punctured momentum, but analysts are sticking with a bullish... 


An image showing Hydrox's DEFT test unit
Hydrox nearing commercialisation of hydrogen technology, opportunities abound for saving curtailed energy
19th May 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


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World Diamond Council applauds breakthrough on broader conflict diamond definition
16th May 2025 By: Darren Parker

The World Diamond Council (WDC) has praised the progress made towards expanding the Kimberley Process (KP) definition of conflict diamonds, after what it said was “a successful week of open and... 


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