Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium subsidiary has partnered with the Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) to... 

This week: Golden City being put back on gold map by exciting new West Wits gold project; and, Thungela highlights innovation, talent, sustainability in coal processing at Coal Africa 2025  

Operations have started at the giant Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea, marking a historic milestone for Africa’s largest greenfield mine and infrastructure development. At a ceremony held at... 

JSE-listed Mantengu’s 70%-owned subsidiary Blue Ridge Platinum has entered into a life-of-mine chrome concentrate supply agreement with Monteagle International. In terms of the supply agreement,... 

In the three months to September 30, the free cash flow of AngloGold Ashanti rose 141% year-on-year to a record $920-million as continued cost discipline helped to capture the benefits of a higher... 

Aim-listed Shuka Minerals has received an initial tranche of $300 000 from its financing partner Gathoni Muchai Investments (GMI) under an increased loan facility for the financing of Shuka’s... 

Aim-listed Ironveld has reported that Daemaneng Minerals has made significant strides in preparing Ironveld's joint venture dense media separation- (DMS-) grade magnetite processing facility, in... 

In the three months to September 30, the Africa region of Barrick Mining Corporation delivered the largest quarter-on-quarter increase of all the Barrick regions. Moreover, the costs of the Africa... 

Guinea will fast-track the development of alumina refineries and iron-ore pellet plants to end decades of raw ore exports, its mines minister told reporters, as the country prepares for the first... 

Botswana is working on acquiring a majority stake in De Beers, President Duma Boko said on Monday, after Angola announced a rival bid to control the giant diamond company. Botswana, which owns 15%... 

Australia's corporate regulator said on Tuesday it has sued AVZ Minerals and two of its directors, alleging the miner failed to disclose an escalating legal dispute with the Democratic Republic of... 

The strong gold price, which increased by 40% to average $3 434/oz, combined with higher production, resulted in a 52% increase in revenue and a significant uplift in free cash flow for... 

ASX-listed West Wits Mining has issued 100.39-million unlisted options to Absa Bank – acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division – to settle fees of R7.66-million payable to Absa... 

London-listed Switch Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with financial services company Xcelsior Capital Advisors. Xcelsior provides financing to producers of critical metals and... 

Chemicals and mining explosives company AECI unveiled trinitrotoluene- (TNT-) and pentaerythritol tetranitrate- (PETN-) free booster technology at the European Federation of Explosives conference,... 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has advised shareholders that there are ongoing discussions among the directors of mining company Assmang, who have been appointed by ARM and Assore South... 

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 

Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Monday reported record quarterly cash flow and earnings for the third quarter of 2025, driven by higher gold production, lower costs and strong commodity prices. The... 

Chemicals group Omnia Holdings says it delivered a strong performance from its core mining and agriculture segments for the six months ended September 30, reflecting growth across diversified... 

South African precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater has agreed to pay $215-million to funds managed by Appian Capital Advisory to settle a legal dispute over the failed acquisition of... 

South Africa’s inland coal market faces a critical need for reform, with inconsistencies in supply, declining coal quality and logistical bottlenecks threatening the reliability of the fuel that... 

South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) CEO Dr Titus Mathe has called for the re-establishment of research capacity in South Africa’s academic institutions to support... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on... 

Aim-listed Andrada Mining, a critical raw materials producer with mining and exploration assets in Namibia, has published its Sustainability Report for the financial year ended February 29. The... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has scolded South Africa’s coal industry for remaining largely silent during national debates over the country’s energy future, saying its... 

Despite reports of unrest in several cities in Cameroon following the re-election of President Paul Biya, ASX-listed Canyon Resources has continued to progress the development of its Minim Martap... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Galiano Gold, which owns a 90% interest in the Asanko gold mine (AGM), in Ghana, achieved the targeted improvements in volumes of material mined and overall throughput in the... 

A strong renewed thrust is under way for the creation of a platinum group metals (PGM) commodities exchange in South Africa to take advantage of South Africa's massive PGMs endowment at a time when... 

Vedanta Resources has launched CopperTech Metals, a US-domiciled company that will own and operate Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), connecting America’s critical mineral needs with Zambia’s... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the exciting new West Wits gold project; the Pilgrim’s Rest gold plant project that is accelerating; and Sibanye-Stillwater's gold and platinum group... 

The mining ministers of Botswana and Angola held talks in Botswana's capital on Friday on cooperation in the diamond sector, as the two Southern African countries seek to take control of Anglo... 

Jonathan Oppenheimer, scion of the family that built Anglo American and De Beers into global mining powerhouses, urged the South African government to “get out of the way” of entrepreneurs. While...