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ZIOC chairperson Clifford Elphick
Zanaga executes share lock-in agreements with major shareholders
29th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC) has announced that, following a request from a potential investor engaged in ZIOC's strategic partner process, lock-in agreements have been signed between... 


Rawlinson resigns as Andrada director
29th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim- and OTCQB-listed critical metals producer Andrada Mining has announced that Michael Rawlinson has resigned as a director of the company to focus on other professional commitments. "On behalf... 


Eskom group executive for generation Bheki Nxumalo
Fraught Eskom build programme completed as Kusile Unit 6 enters commercial operation
29th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Unit 6 at Kusile power station has officially entered into commercial operation, which Eskom says marks the end of its multi-decade build programme – one which experienced well-publicised delays,... 


Orion's Prieska mine underground
Orion Minerals appoints experienced project director at Prieska
29th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE- and ASX-listed base metals miner Orion Minerals has appointed Johan van Dyk project director, in support of the operational-readiness activities currently under way at the company’s Prieska... 


Black Rock to kick off early works at Mahenge graphite project
29th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Black Rock Mining will commence early works at its Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania after raising A$10-million in a recent equity placement. The programme, which will start in... 


Kavango CEO Ben Turney
Kavango celebrates listing on Zimbabwe’s VFEX
26th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Metals exploration and gold production company Kavango Resources celebrated its listing on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), in Zimbabwe, becoming the seventeenth company to join the... 


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Aldoro confirms Namibian project as elite rare earth resource by global standards
26th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Aldoro Resources has reported an increase in the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 85%-owned Kameelburg rare earths project, in Namibia, by 85% to 520-million tonnes of inferred... 


Wesizwe’s core project is the Bakubung platinum mine in South Africa
Wesizwe expects to report widened losses
26th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum has informed shareholders that it expects to report a loss a share of between 12.78c and 12.94c for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing a widening on the loss... 


Diamond sale fails in Botswana as buyers refuse to pay up
Diamond sale fails in Botswana as buyers refuse to pay up
26th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Botswana didn’t sell any diamonds in an unprecedented ad-hoc auction as buyers refused to pay high enough prices, as the global industry continues to grapple with one of its deepest-ever crises.... 


Heraeus Business Line Hydrogen Systems head Dr Philipp Walter with Shanghai laboratory professionals Weiwen Dong and Mike Li.
Key platinum-boosting hydrogen labs will go live in China next month, Heraeus reports
26th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Key hydrogen systems laboratories will go live next month in China, where rapid growth is reported in the platinum-catalysed proton exchange membrane (PEM) green hydrogen technology that is poised... 


The Shell Mining View 2025 webinar brought together mining leaders, financiers and policy experts to unpack South Africa’s shifting mining landscape
SA mining weighs innovation, policy shifts and sustainability during webinar
26th September 2025

South Africa’s mining industry remains a cornerstone of the economy, but it is entering a period of accelerated transition, with stakeholders urging greater policy certainty, technological... 


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Medical demand for platinum, Rainbow Rare Earths and Zambian cassava make headlines
26th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing demand for platinum in the medical technology sector; the advances being made by Rainbow Rare Earths at its Phalaborwa rare earth element... 


PGI conference speakers and management team
Advantages of platinum highlighted during jewellery trade show
26th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

An international panel of jewellery experts highlighted platinum’s present and distinct advantages of price and technical brilliance at the Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong 2025 trade show.... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa says electricity package for ferrochrome smelters to include ‘significant concessions’
26th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed that government is finalising an electricity package for the ferrochrome sector that goes beyond the negotiated pricing agreement... 


gemstone sorting
Gemfields posts $24.6m half-year loss as revenue falls, operations disrupted
26th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Gemstone producer Gemfields has reported a sharp downturn in financial performance for the six months ended June 30, posting a net loss of $24.6-million compared with a profit of $13.7-million in... 


Emeralds recovered from Gravelotte mine
Gem Resources ends first half on solid financial, strategic footing
26th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In his first address as executive chairperson of gemstone mining company Gem Resources, Louis Ching says the group now has the operational progress, strengthened financial position and strategic... 


Diamonds produced in Botswana
Botswana economy suffers steep contraction in Q2 on diamond sector woes
26th September 2025 By: Reuters

Botswana's economic output fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a steep decline in output from its key diamond industry, data from the statistics agency showed on Friday. Gross domestic... 


bp service station
Clean energy trajectory increasingly influenced by geopolitical fragmentation – bp
26th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global energy company bp has added to its latest ‘Energy Outlook’ publication a section on important current issues influencing the global energy system, such as geopolitical fragmentation and the... 


Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser says the Gold Road acquisition is a 'logical, low risk opportunity to further improve the quality of its portfolio'.
Gold Fields completes Gold Road deal, offloads Northern Star stake for A$1.1bn
26th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

South Africa-headquartered Gold Fields has cleared the last major conditions in its A$3.3-billion takeover of Australia's Gold Road Resources, after shareholders voted in favour of the deal and the... 


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Market launch and unbundling progress will send powerful reform signals
26th September 2025

Having been established in late 2022 at the height of South Africa’s electricity crisis, the Energy Council of South Africa’s initial focus was almost singular: partner with government and Eskom to... 


Blencowe confirms high-grade graphite extensions at Orom-Cross
25th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed Blencowe Resources has announced that the first assay results from its Stage 7 drilling programme at the Orom-Cross graphite project, in northern Uganda, confirm significant... 


Kazera’s Deep Blue Minerals confirms plant performance, secures high-yield diamond block
25th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global investment company Kazera Global has reported that its subsidiary Deep Blue Minerals (DBM) has completed the first full-scale test run of its new diamond recovery plant in Alexander Bay, in... 


The Kelvin power station
Nature loss could cut mining, power earnings by a quarter, Barclays finds
25th September 2025 By: Reuters

 Company earnings could fall by as much as 25% over five years due to nature degradation, Barclays said, as rising input costs and operational disruptions driven by policy changes and worsening... 


MC Mining makes interim CEO permanent
25th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE- and ASX-listed MC Mining has announced the permanent appointment of Yi (Christine) He as its MD and CEO, with effect from October 1. She has been serving as interim MD and CEO since July 1,... 


Oscillate revises acquisition terms for Kalahari Copper
25th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mid-cap copper and future metals developer Oscillate has signed updated, nonbinding heads of terms to acquire the full share capital of Kalahari Copper, replacing an earlier agreement announced in... 


underground at a Petra Diamonds operation
Petra extends refinance agreement deadline with lender to Sept 29
25th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Petra Diamonds has advised that another extension is required to finalise terms of a commitment agreement with a senior secured bank lender in respect of a refinancing endeavour.... 


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Perseus advances resettlement, foundational construction at Nyanzaga
25th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining continues to make solid progress with building the Nyanzaga gold mine, in Tanzania. Some of the latest highlights include the Ngoma town bypass road having been... 


Gold Fields exits Galiano Gold stake in C$151m deal
25th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold major Gold Fields has divested its entire holding in Toronto-listed Galiano Gold, selling 50.47-million common shares in a C$151.4-million transaction. The shares, representing about 19.5% of... 


Goldman Sachs downgrades copper supply forecast after Grasberg mine disruption
Goldman Sachs downgrades copper supply forecast after Grasberg mine disruption
25th September 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs lowered on Thursday its global copper mine supply forecast for 2025 and 2026 following a disruption at Indonesia's Grasberg, the world's second-largest copper mine. The incident,... 


Platinum needed in pacemakers.
Medical demand for platinum forecast to reach new high this year
25th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The demand for platinum in medical technology is on its way to reaching a 320 000 oz high point this year amid growth being at a consistent 3% compound annual growth rate since 2013 and 4% more... 


Canyon secures A$215m funding to fast-track Cameroon bauxite project
Canyon secures A$215m funding to fast-track Cameroon bauxite project
25th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Canyon Resources on Thursday announced a strategic funding package of about A$215-million to accelerate development of its Minim Martap bauxite project in Cameroon. The package... 


Angola's diamond miner Endiama seeks minority stake in De Beers
Angola's diamond miner Endiama seeks minority stake in De Beers
25th September 2025 By: Reuters

Angola's state diamond company Endiama has bid for a minority stake in Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers, the African country's Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas said on... 


Congo sticking to cobalt export quotas, keen to boost processing
Congo sticking to cobalt export quotas, keen to boost processing
25th September 2025 By: Reuters

Democratic Republic of Congo will stick to its recently announced quota system for cobalt exports, with revisions only possible in the long term if the government sees them as necessary, the... 


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