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Akobo surpasses August gold target amid operational upgrades
11th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Scandinavian gold producer Akobo Minerals has produced about 7 kg of doré gold at its Ethiopian operations in August, exceeding its minimum target of 5 kg, despite heavy rain and challenging site... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'
11th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The demand for platinum as an investment product is currently “extremely strong”.. “We’re seeing Chinese consumers who are looking for hard assets that are also liquid. With the increase in the... 


Giyani's demo plant
Giyani appoints interim executive chair, as FitzRoy steps down
11th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals Corp has appointed Nigel Robinson as interim executive chairperson, succeeding Charles FitzRoy who is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Robinson was... 


Stats SA principal survey statistician Juan-Pierre Terblanche
South Africa’s mining output up 4.4% y/y in July
11th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that mining production increased by 4.4% year-on-year in July. Iron-ore and platinum-group metals (PGMs) were the most significant positive... 


Nacala Corridor
Japan’s $7bn Nacala Corridor initiative boosts Sovereign Metals’ Kasiya project
11th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has announced that the government of Japan has launched a dedicated investment initiative targeting the Nacala Corridor infrastructure, significantly strengthening the... 


Kenmare continues with upgrades to WCP A
11th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Kenmare Resources has started to connect the two new dredges and the new feed preparation unit to its Wet Concentrator Plant (WCP) A, in northern Mozambique. COO Ben Baxter notes in a... 


chrome smelting
Rising nationalism, global rivalry demands adaptation by already struggling ferroalloy sector
11th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Within an increasingly complex, multipolar and fragmented global system, critical materials, including ferroalloys, are becoming an economic priority, an energy and climate policy consideration and... 


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OMV launches new milling facility in Mpumalanga
10th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aggregate supplier OMV on September 9 launched its new Valkenburgh milling facility at its plant in Witbank, Mpumalanga. The company’s Witbank’s site was previously a storage and trans fill... 


Jan Nelson
Nelson resigns from Copper 360 board
10th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Northern Cape-focused copper miner Copper 360 has informed its shareholders that Jan Nelson has resigned from the company's board of directors with effect from September 9. Chairperson Rupert Smith... 


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Nersa apologises for R54bn tariff error
10th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s energy regulator apologised for a R54-billion error in calculating electricity tariffs, a mistake that will be passed on to consumers. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa,... 


Kavango raises £2.2m to fast-track Zimbabwe gold projects
10th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

LSE- and VFEX-listed Kavango Resources has raised £2.2-million through the issue of more than 227.7-million new ordinary shares in the capital of the company at a price per share of 1p by way of a... 


Pan African FD Marileen Kok and Pan African CEO Cobus Loots.
Year of records for booming Pan African as eyes turn to promising Soweto gold project
10th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Financial year 2025 has been a year of records for South African gold mining company Pan African Resources, which on Wednesday reported record profits, record headline earnings, record proposed... 


ILC moves to acquire Namibia’s Karibib project in C$975 000 option deal
10th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

Canadian mineral exploration and development company International Lithium Corp (ILC) has obtained an option to buy all shares of Lepidico Mauritius, a holding company for lithium and specialty... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
10th September 2025

This week: Africa must unite or lose leverage in global resource power play, warns BloombergNEF and, Zimile unveils new brand identity, establishing innovation and energy business units 


Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
10th September 2025 By: Reuters

Teck Resources will focus on obtaining approval to close its proposed merger with Anglo American, Teck's CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it wouldn't be able to control any bidding war the... 


World Platinum Investment Council CEO Trevor Raymond.
Platinum outpaces gold, silver amid huge 660% platinum bar, coin investment surge
10th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Global investment in platinum bar and coin surged 660% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, when platinum outpaced gold and silver and even platinum demand from hydrogen-based applications... 


Teck's Highland Valley copper operation in Canada.
Canadian regulatory risk flagged as biggest hurdle for Anglo–Teck merger
10th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The planned merger of Anglo American and Teck Resources to form a copper-focused major faces its biggest hurdle in Canada, where the government will weigh the transaction under the Investment... 


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Big few months ahead in countdown to South African Wholesale Electricity Market
9th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has provided a detailed breakdown of the steps being taken in preparation for the launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market... 


Sylvania CEO Jaco Prinsloo
Sylvania posts strong financial, operational performance
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Platinum group metals and chrome producer Sylvania has posted a net profit of $20.2-million for the financial year ended June 30, compared with the net profit of $7-million reported for the 2024... 


ARM Ferrous CE Andre Joubert.
Smelting with 70% less electricity is now a reality, no longer R&D, ARM highlights
9th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Proudly South African smelting technology that saves more than 70% of electricity consumption needed for smelting, reduces carbon emissions by about 60%, and puts users at the bottom of the... 


M&R Limited's business rescue remains on track as M&R Holdings is placed under provisional liquidation
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Murray & Roberts (M&R) Limited says its business rescue remains on track and that the Gauteng High Court's order placing M&R Holdings under provisional liquidation has no impact on M&R Limited's... 


Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Anglo American’s 'merger of equals' with Teck Resources will create a copper producer with 1.3-million tonnes a year of capacity, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest listed copper... 


Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku
NRF and Mintek to jointly deliver Mintek-SCi 2025 next month
9th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s national research funding, facilities and human capital development agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), and the country’s national minerals research institution, Mintek,... 


Vehicle manufacturing
South Africa's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the second quarter, following an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa has reported. The manufacturing industry... 


News outlets report that Rio Tito could be forced to build a refinery for the Simandou ore project in Guinea.
Iron-ore rallies on Simandou supply concerns, restocking demand
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures climbed for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, driven by mounting concerns over supply prospects from the giant Simandou project in Guinea, coupled with expectations of improving... 


Construction is under way at Pensana's Longonjo rare earths project in Angola
Pensana appoints COO-designate
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Pensana, which is developing a sustainable magnet metal supply chain, has appointed Karen Brown to succeed Rocky Smith as COO with effect from October 1. Smith will continue to... 


Teck's Jonathan Price and Anglo's Duncan Wanblad
Teck, Anglo American agree merger to create global copper and critical minerals major
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Global mining majors Anglo American and Teck Resources have agreed to merge in an all-share transaction that will create Anglo Teck, a new global critical minerals leader and top five copper... 


Kanual Sinha
Glencore's former head of recycling launches critical minerals processing firm
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

The former head of Glencore's recycling business is launching a US-based metals processing company with the goal of lowering the cost and time to refine copper and other critical minerals. The... 


Teck CEO Jonathan Price
Anglo American nears deal to acquire Teck Resources for $20 billion, FT reports
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Anglo American is nearing a deal to acquire Canadian miner Teck Resources that could value it at about $20-billion, Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The... 


The Bibiani mine
Kinross trims Asante Gold stake with C$46m share sale
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian senior gold miner Kinross Gold has sold nearly 30-million shares in Asante Gold for C$46.3-million, reducing its stake in the Ghana-focused junior. Kinross offloaded 29.85-million common... 


Steel
Nersa’s approval of AMSA applications may spark fresh dispute with Eskom
8th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Another dispute may be looming between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). This one, over the regulator’s decision to approve ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s)... 


Gold coin
Gold price continues to soar as dollar sentiment weakens
8th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As global investor sentiment takes its toll on the dollar, gold demand has continued to surge as a safe haven asset, reaching an all-time high trading price of $3 592/oz in the week ended September... 


An image of West Wits MD and CEO Rudi Deysel
West Wits secures approval for $12.5m loan facility
8th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX- and OTCQB-listed West Wits Mining has received investment committee approved terms for an initial $12.5-million loan facility from Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, subject to the... 


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