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Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Marimaca Copper said on Friday it had secured A$80-million through a brokered placement in Australia and select jurisdictions outside Canada, adding new institutional investors to... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
ARM highlights need for South Africans to work together to make country better place
5th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The need for South Africa to attract investment as a globally competitive investment destination was highlighted on Friday by Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of African Rainbow... 


Prospect Resources MD Sam Hosack
Prospect rapidly advancing Zambian copper project
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Prospect Resources is positioning itself as a fast-moving copper developer in Zambia, with MD Sam Hosack telling the Africa Down Under conference on Friday that the company’s... 


Arizona Sonoran secures additional land for Cactus copper project plan
5th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Arizona Sonoran Copper has acquired 859.3 ha of private land adjacent to its Cactus project in Arizona, providing the additional space required to support its planned development and... 


Mining activity at Copper 360's operations in the Northern Cape
Copper 360 to undertake R1.15bn rights offer amid restructuring
5th September 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Northern Cape-focused copper mining company Copper 360 will undertake a rights offer of R1.15-billion, comprising new equity of R400-million and debt conversion of up to R750-million. This forms... 


Field reconnaissance by the geology team across the newly granted Merke licence area in the south of the Chu-Sarysu basin.
Ivanhoe Mines uncovers surface copper in Kazakhstan, eyes drilling campaign
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper and platinum group metals miner Ivanhoe Mines has reported the discovery of outcropping copper mineralisation in Kazakhstan’s Chu-Sarysu basin, one of the world’s largest and least-explored... 


Asset reliability improved with AI monitoring tech
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

A new offering that brings intelligent, real-time visual monitoring into the maintenance and reliability space – enabling the early detection of issues such as refractory wear, conveyor damage and... 


LOWERING POWER CONSUMPTION
Rand Refinery has taken a multi-pronged approach to reducing energy consumption, including deploying energy-efficient lighting, variable-speed drives, high-efficiency equipment and power factor correction systems
Precious metals refinery hones efficiency initiatives
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

As Africa’s only London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery-accredited precious metals refinery, Germiston, South Africa-based Rand Refinery is implementing initiatives to enhance its energy... 


HEAP LEACH SAMPLING
Scientists prepare samples in the heap leach area. Mintek is undertaking a multi-phase, multi-year project in investigating ways to improve the biological heap leaching of low grade chalcopyrite ores
Mintek tweaks liberation technique for low-grade ores
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

As the bulk of South Africa’s mines reach maturity, they face evolving grades of ore, oftentimes resulting in declining ore grades and thereby necessitating newer and different methods for minerals... 


BCG project leader Lindokuhle Shongwe.
Unleash Africa's energy, critical minerals to uplift continent, Boston Consulting exhorts
4th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the world's energy transition accelerating and nations scrambling to secure resilient supply chains, Africa has what the world needs. In fact, the continent is seen to be in pole position to... 


Austral finalises Glencore agreements for Rocklands acquisition
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Austral Resources Australia has executed binding agreements with Glencore covering funding, offtake and tolling arrangements, securing the final pieces needed to complete its acquisition... 


Maman Soki
Congolese women turn to mining for survival after jihadist attacks
4th September 2025 By: Reuters

Maman Soki is among a small group of Congolese women undertaking heavy mining work for survival after escaping a deadly attack on her village by Islamic State-alligned rebels that killed her... 


Sandfire MD and CEO Brendan Harris
Sandfire hails Motheo success, highlights Botswana partnership
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Sandfire Resources MD and CEO Brendan Harris has described the company’s Motheo copper mine in Botswana as a “remarkable achievement”, crediting both the supportive investment... 


Sophie Proud says applications for BHP Xplor's 2026 cohort will open on Monday.
BHP opens its doors to outside ideas with Xplor accelerator
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP may be the world’s biggest miner, but it knows the next great mineral discoveries are more likely to come from outside its walls. This was the message from Sophie Proud, manager of the... 


Teck defers growth projects pending QB ramp-up, launches review
Teck defers growth projects pending QB ramp-up, launches review
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto- and New York-listed Teck Resources has pressed pause on major growth projects until its flagship Quebrada Blanca (QB) copper operation in Chile delivers consistent output. The... 


Diamonds being sorted
Lab-grown gems are robbing Botswana of its diamond riches
2nd September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Across Botswana the lines of patients outside government clinics are lengthening, construction companies dependent on state jobs are firing workers and university students are threatening to... 


The Cascabel copper and gold project in Ecuador.
SolGold moves tax base to Switzerland
2nd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed SolGold said on Monday that it was shifting its tax domicile to Switzerland as the company advanced its flagship Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador into development. The move,... 


Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
1st September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper and gold miner Imperial Metals has secured a permit amendment from British Columbia authorities that will allow the company to extend mining activities at its Mount Polley operation. The... 


Capstone sees four-week downtime at Mantoverde after ball mill motor fail
1st September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based Capstone Copper said on Sunday that copper production at its Mantoverde mine in Chile would be temporarily reduced after a second ball mill motor failure forced the site to operate... 


MAC Copper shareholders approve takeover by Harmony Gold
MAC Copper shareholders approve takeover by Harmony Gold
1st September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Shareholders in MAC Copper have voted in favour of a takeover by Harmony Gold Mining. At meetings held Friday, 98.43% of votes cast backed the Jersey law scheme of arrangement, the company said in... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel,
Harmony’s starting to show the world that gold mining in South Africa is good business
29th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Harmony Gold Mining Company, South Africa’s biggest gold mining company, is proving itself to be a great South African asset and it’s booming at the moment, not only because the gold price is so... 


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Southern Africa sits on swathes of critical mineral reserves, report spotlighting regional case studies reveals
29th August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

A new report launched by the World Economic Forum (WEF) highlights the urgent need to unlock investment in Southern Africa’s critical minerals to meet surging global demand for clean energy and... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel presenting strong annual results.
It’s records all round for Harmony Gold, Mponeng performance ‘phenomenal’
28th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

It’s records all round for South Africa’s largest gold mining company Harmony, which on Thursday reported record-high free cash flow of R11-billion-plus at a 16% margin and a record final dividend... 


Escondida mine union warns of self-driving truck accidents
Escondida mine union warns of self-driving truck accidents
28th August 2025 By: Reuters

Two recent accidents involving autonomous trucks are raising safety concerns, a workers' union at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's largest copper mine, said in a statement on Wednesday.... 


South32 CEO Graham Kerr
South32 sharpens focus on critical minerals as profit lifts, legacy assets fall away
28th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining company South32 has sharpened its focus on copper, aluminium and other commodities tied to the global energy transition, reporting stronger earnings while confirming plans to... 


Africa hosts a critical mineral treasure chest.
African nations can leverage their critical mineral endowments, Boston Consulting highlights
27th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

African nations can leverage their critical mineral endowments to move beyond traditional extraction models and capture significantly greater value across the entire mining-to-manufacturing value... 


Freeport Indonesia to wrap up Gresik plant repairs by early September
27th August 2025 By: Reuters

Copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia expects to complete in early September repair work at its joint-venture smelter in East Java, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Repairs at an oxygen... 


Continuous reef extraction.
New mining technology is pointing to continuous round-the-clock operation on many fronts
27th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The new mining technology being advanced by Master Drilling promises “continuous”, round-the-clock mining uplift – even when it comes to narrow reef extraction. On the new technology being... 


New Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Simon Trott overhauls Rio Tinto exec team, operating model
27th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining major Rio Tinto Group on Wednesday announced a reorganisation of its operating model and executive leadership team, streamlining its structure into three core product groups – Iron Ore,... 


Master Drilling CEO Danie Pretorius.
Master Drilling’s novel developments are set to move needle for South African mining
26th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Three major developments, which are poised to move the needle for South African mining, were outlined to Mining Weekly by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed drilling and mechanised rock... 


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