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Bridge in Tasmania
Aveng posts R1.1bn attributable loss but green shoots ahead in new financial year
19th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed engineering contractor Aveng has reported an attributable loss of A$92.3-million, or R1.1-billion, for the financial year ended June 30, owing to A$98.5-million worth of losses recorded... 


Firering gains full control of Atex, Alliance projects as Ricca withdraws
19th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed emerging quicklime producer and critical minerals explorer Firering Strategic Minerals has confirmed that it has received a formal notice of withdrawal from Ricca Resources in respect of... 


northam platinum mine
Mining cost inflation, lower prices cause Northam profits to slump 25% despite record sales
19th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Northam Holdings has reported a 25.5% year-on-year decline in operating profit to R3.6-billion for the year ended June 30, as rising mining cost inflation and... 


The Solidarity logo
Solidarity calls for decisive intervention amid possible Beeshoek mine closure
19th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Trade union Solidarity says it will demand decisive intervention during the proposed consultation on retrenchments after iron-ore producer Assmang issued a notice, highlighting the possible closure... 


silver grain
Heraeus says gold prices holding steady, silver enjoys ETF activity
19th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Refinery services provider Heraeus says in its latest precious metals appraisal that gold will not be subject to US import tariffs that have been imposed on various countries, and that gold prices... 


A stockpile of coal
South African artisanal miners want stake in critical minerals boom
19th August 2025 By: Reuters

In South Africa's coal heartland, grey smog hangs over parts of the Mpumalanga province like a thick blanket, while miners descend underground to chip away at the black rock. One of them is Mooi... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Eskom says 291 MW renewables offtake scheme tailored to decarbonisation needs of large customers
19th August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom says its recently published request for proposals (RFP) inviting large power users to bid for 291 MW of solar PV capacity that the State-owned entity is aiming to introduce in phases from the... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle says the RIGI framework is a key catalyst to attract major foreign investment to Argentina.
Glencore weighs $13.5bn copper spend in Argentina as RIGI transforms investment climate
19th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Commodities major Glencore has applied to bring two of its flagship Argentine copper projects under President Javier Milei’s new Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI), seeking to unlock... 


Gold bars
UBS raises gold target price for end-March 2026 by $100 to $3 600/oz
19th August 2025 By: Reuters

UBS on Monday raised its gold target price for end-March 2026 by $100 to $3 600 per ounce as persistent US macroeconomic risks, de-dollarization trends, and strong investment demand — especially... 


Uranium octoxide
GoviEx to merge with Tombador to form Atomic Eagle
18th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Mineral resource company GoviEx Uranium has signed an agreement with ASX-listed Tombador Iron to carry out a reverse takeover. The deal will see GoviEx shareholders become the majority owners of a... 


Minerals Council CEO Mzila Mthenjane
Minerals Council will continue to engage DMPR on Mineral Resources Development Bill
18th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Minerals Council South Africa has said it will continue to engage extensively with the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) on the Mineral Resources Development Bill (MRDB) to... 


Altona submits proposal to US for funding of Moz project study
18th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following a recent policy shift, London-listed Altona Rare Earths has reported that the US Government has re-engaged with the company on the possibility of providing funding support for the... 


Thor Explorations announces high-grade mineralisation intersections at Nigeria project
18th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Minerals exploration and mining company Thor Explorations has announced further positive results from an advanced diamond drilling programme at its Segilola gold mine, in Nigeria, which is... 


WWF SA calls for responsible, sustainable mining to be top of G20 agenda
18th August 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Local environmental and conservation organisation the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF SA) says the issue of the sustainable development of a transition minerals industry should be on... 


MAC Copper clears final regulatory hurdle in Harmony takeover
MAC Copper clears final regulatory hurdle in Harmony takeover
18th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NYSE- and ASX-listed MAC Copper said on Monday that Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) had cleared Harmony Gold Mining Company’s proposed acquisition of the company, satisfying all... 


Thungela CEO July Ndlovu
Thungela lifts South African output, but soft coal prices remain a challenge
18th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed coal miner Thungela Resources has reported good growth in production from its South African operations for the six months ended June 30, but softer coal prices weighed on its financial... 


CrossBoundary 16 MW solar farm for QIT Madagascar Minerals mine.
Mining energy supplier secures $40m from Denmark to fund greener Africa
18th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining energy supplier CrossBoundary has secured a $40-million investment from Impact Fund Denmark to expand its portfolio of clean energy projects across Africa. The investment supports... 


Lexington expands conceptual study scope in South Africa, completes diamond drilling at US project
18th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Lexington Gold has reported that the scope of a conceptual-level study of the Jelani Resources joint venture (JV) project, in South Africa, by Bara Consulting has been expanded to... 


An image of the Prieska copper/zinc mine
Orion raises A$1.93m, with strong South African investor support
18th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals’ share purchase plan (SPP), which closed on August 12, has raised A$1.93-million, or about R22.2-million. Under the SPP, each eligible shareholder was entitled to... 


Kavango encouraged by Botswana exploration progress
18th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Kavango Resources is encouraged by a recently completed ground geophysical programme at the company’s Karakubis copper project, in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB), part of its 6... 


Gold bars
Uganda targets higher exports with first large-scale gold mine
18th August 2025 By: Reuters

Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250-million Chinese-owned project in the country's east that will also refine the bullion to 99.9% purity, according to a statement from... 


South Africa's ARM to buy more shares in Canadian copper miner
16th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has signed a subscription agreement to buy 25.78-million common shares in Canadian company Surge Copper Corp at a price of C$0.175 a share, for a... 


The Makhado pit
MC Mining starts openpit mining at Makhado
15th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

Australia- and Johannesburg-listed MC Mining has started openpit mining at its flagship Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal project, in Limpopo. An associated coal handling and preparation plant... 


An image of wind turbines at the Ummbila Emoyeni project
Electricity Minister lauds Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni renewable-energy project
15th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on August 14 visited Seriti Green’s flagship Ummbila Emoyeni renewable-energy project in Mpumalanga, highlighting it as an exemplar for the... 


The Lion Ferrochrome Smelter.
Ferrochrome: In my view, we’re fairly close to possible solution – Glencore Alloys CEO
15th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

“We are, in my view, fairly close to a possible solution,” Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard said during Merafe Resources question time earlier this week amid South Africa going all out to prevent... 


Gruyere mine, in Australia
Gold Road confirms shareholders will vote on takeover by Gold Fields in Sept
15th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Gold Road Resources has confirmed that a scheme booklet related to an entity of Gold Fields acquiring all of Gold Road’s shares has been registered with the Australian Securities and... 


Sibanye-Stillwater's Stillwater mine in the US
Sibanye-Stillwater to report rebound in interim HEPS
15th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Multinational mining at metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater expects to report headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between $0.098 and $0.109, or between 180c and 200c in rand terms, for the... 


Master Drilling expects over 450% increase in interim EPS
15th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Master Drilling says it expects its earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended June 30 to be between 212c and 219.50c, compared with the EPS of 37.50c for the six months ended... 


Altona confirms fluorspar in gallium samples from Monte Muambe
15th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has reported that it has received partial mineralogy and geochemistry results of gallium samples from the Monte Muambe rare earths and gallium project, in... 


Water in a glass
Zambia assures public water is safe after mine-pollution spill
15th August 2025 By: Bloomberg

The Zambian government sought to calm public concerns about pollution levels after a study found that the damage done by a disaster at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in February was much larger... 


Iron-ore stockpiles
Iron-ore set for weekly decline on China's weakening property demand
15th August 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures slipped on Friday, on track for a weekly loss, as property demand in China weakened. The most-traded January iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1... 


Rare earth oxides
China warns western companies against stockpiling rare earths, FT reports
15th August 2025 By: Reuters

China is warning western companies against stockpiling rare earths or risk even greater shortages, as Beijing tightly controls supply of the metals that are vital for electric vehicles and other... 


Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer
Ferrochrome demand, carbon emissions in steelmaking, SA economic opportunities make headlines
15th August 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tells us why despite ferrochrome demand being up, South Africa’s production has fallen; how Kumba Iron Ore is helping to lessen carbon emissions in global... 


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