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Day two of the twentieth annual McCloskey Southern African Coal Conference opened here on Friday with carbon emission reduction being highlighted as one of the coal industry’s key challenges....
JSE- and LSE-listed Gemfields has reported total auction revenues of $196-million for the year ended December 31, and a net debt position of $80.5-million – before auction receivables of...
Safe-haven demand due to geopolitical uncertainties and concerns over global economic growth amid US President Donald Trump's tariff plans have hoisted gold prices to a record high, once again...
When the Department of Transport (DoT) launched the Vala Zonke pothole reporting and repair programme nationwide in August 2022, it was widely seen as a positive sign of government’s taking...
While market conditions and certain geopolitical shifts may influence the short-term outlook for some of its initiatives, ASX-listed Jupiter Mine’s five-year strategy remains solid and well-aligned...
Australia- and London-listed gold producer Resolute Mining says 2024 had been one of its strongest years from an operational and cash generation point of view, with operations at the Syama mine, in...
The Energy Regulator, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) highest decision-making body, has granted Eskom a 12.74% tariff increase for implementation on April 1. The...
LSE- and TSX-listed gold producer Endeavour Mining has reported its highest-ever dividend to shareholders for the second half of 2024, amounting to $140-million or $0.57 a share. This brings the...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Richards Bay Coal Terminal's confidence that coal exports can go up to 81-million tons; the role platinum is playing in anti-cancer; and Implats's deal...
Existing economic reforms now in motion have the potential to lift South Africa’s economic growth rate to 3.5% a year by 2029, South Africa Presidency Project Management Office director Sikhulekile...
Manganese producer and exporter Manganese Metal Company (MMC) has entered into an energy supply agreement with integrated energy utility NOA Group to secure an estimated 70% of its electricity from...
Heavy mineral sands producer Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) has signed a third power purchase agreement (PPA) which brings its total agreed renewable energy power arrangements to 500 MW. The latest...
Tanzania signed a $2.15-billion deal with two Chinese firms to construct a railway linking its main port of Dar es Salaam to a nickel mine in neighboring Burundi. Tanzania Railways Corp awarded the...
Despite reporting lower production from own sources for most of the commodities it mines for the 2024 financial year, diversified miner Glencore CEO Gary Nagle says output was in line with...
The suspensive conditions to transactions between ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals’ New Okiep Exploration Company (NOE) and New Okiep Mining Company (NOM) and historically disadvantaged South...
With an emphasis on continuous research and development, global technology company ABB is piloting new developments for its high-power stationary fast-charging solution, the eMine FastCharge – a...
India has been emerging as a bright spot for the cut and polished diamonds amidst a slowdown in key markets such as the US and China, Amit Pratihari, managing director, De Beers India told Reuters...
On the eve of the highly-anticipated announcement of Eskom’s tariffs for the coming three years, the Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) has warned that tariff increases will fail to improve the...
ASX-listed Lotus Resources has signed another term sheet for uranium octoxide (U3O8) sales with North American utility PSEG Nuclear, a subsidiary of Public Sector Enterprise Group – a diversified...
A new approach to leadership in the mining and metals sector will be key to navigating challenges, such as volatile supply chains and potential metal shortages, this year, with organisations that...
The board of specialist graphite producer Tirupati Graphite has decided to remove Shishir Poddar as a director of the company, with immediate effect. He remains suspended as co-CEO, pending further...
ASX-listed Perseus Mining has reported strong production, cash flow and growth for the second quarter of its 2025 financial year, resulting in a cash and bullion balance of $704-million as at...
London-listed Gem Diamonds, which owns and operates the Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, recovered 24 461 ct of diamonds in the fourth quarter of 2024, taking full-year production to 105 012 ct. Although...
The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has launched a digital database for gold bars to improve transparency in the precious metals market, expecting all LBMA-accredited refineries to come...
Canadian junior Montero Mining and Exploration said on Tuesday that it had finalised the distribution of its $27-million settlement with litigation funder Omni Bridgeway over the expropriation of...
Diversified miner Anglo American has concluded the sale of its 33.3% minority interest in Jellinbah Group, a joint venture (JV) that owns a 70% interest in the Jellinbah East and Lake Vermont...
TSX-listed copper miner First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has handed over a complete aerial geological survey of the Copperbelt to the Zambian government. The survey, which was handed over to Zambia’s...
Platinum group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly in South Africa, are playing a crucial anti-cancer role as well as making a significant overall PGM contribution to the pharmaceutical...
ASX-listed Canyon Resources' major shareholder, Eagle Eye Asset Holdings (EEA), has agreed to underwrite the full debt requirements to finance the purchase of 22 locomotives and 550 wagons and the...
Africa-focused mining and development company Marula Mining says it has signed a number of agreements for the supply and delivery of manganese ores to its 80%-owned Kilifi processing plant, in...
Botswana’s President Duma Boko, who swept to power in October elections, said his government has reached a diamond extraction and sales agreement with De Beers that will bring certainty to the...
Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold Corp says the joint venture Kibali gold mine, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) achieved an improved performance in the last quarter of 2024, culminating...
NYSE-listed Wabtec Corporation has been awarded a $248-million order for Evolution Series ES43ACmi locomotives and services from Winning Consortium Simandou, to support the latter's rail operations...
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