As this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba places the theme of ‘Stronger Together: Progress Through Partnerships’ at the centre of its agenda, mining advisory firm Levin Sources believes the... 

South Africa’s universities are accelerating efforts to align engineering, research and innovation capabilities with the mining sector’s rapid transition towards decarbonisation, says University of... 

South African gold is a strategic priority, and that includes the Burnstone project, and South African platinum group metals (PGMs) are certainly strategic priorities and that includes a number of... 

The new automation at Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in KwaZulu-Natal has begun with very efficient coal stacking and reclaiming processes that have millimetre accuracy. The stacker reclaimer,... 

A novel platinum development has resulted in the $2 per kilogram 2026 green hydrogen cost target being beaten. The new approach results in more hydrogen being obtained from less platinum and is... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed surface gold mining company DRDGOLD has, through its wholly owned Ergo subsidiary, disposed of its 100% interest in Stellar Energy Solutions to NOA Group Assets... 

In a major advance that enables local refining of artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold and elevates West Africa's responsible sourcing standards to a new high, South Africa’s Rand Refinery, as... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated that the cost of the solution being pursued to salvage South Africa’s ferrochrome smelters, most of which have been closed on... 

In an announcement to Mining Weekly from Brussels on Tuesday January 20, South Africa’s Simon Baloyi, the CEO of Sasol, and South Africa's Craig Miller, the CEO of Valterra Platinum, featured... 

Ferrochrome output from the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture was 63% lower in 2025 than in 2024, Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, January 20. Attributable production fell from 301 000 t in 2024... 

The illustrious Cullinan diamond mine, flagship of London-listed Petra Diamonds, is not only famous for hosting the largest gem diamond but a flurry of reports is now affording sky-high status to... 

Africa’s mineral wealth has become a focal point for the clean energy transition and advanced manufacturing and coordinated action by Africa can convert the continent’s mineral wealth into GDP... 

Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positioned green hydrogen at the centre of Africa’s big energy opportunity – and then on Wednesday... 

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 

Africa does not have the luxury of treating regional cooperation and regional beneficiation as afterthoughts. If the continent continues to negotiate in small, fragmented units, the result will be... 

Magalies Water, Glencore and the Bakwena Ba Mogopa Community, along with the Rustenburg local municipality, have jointly launched Phase 1 of the Bethanie-Modikwe bulk water pipeline project. The... 

Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different energy levers that can potentially be pulled. The... 

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – It is difficult to know where to start when doing an obituary on Brian Gilbertson, who passed away at the age of 82 in his bed at home in South Africa surrounded... 

The mineral reserves of South Africa hold enormous potential for the country’s future economic growth, newly appointed MC Mining MD and CEO Christine (Yi) He emphasises in an Op-Ed released on... 

Many countries are still pursuing the development of platinum- and iridium-using green hydrogen infrastructure, including China where green hydrogen features in the latest Five-Year Plan to 2030.... 

Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly today interviewed Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller, who has just returned from the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit 2025 in South Korea with important insight... 

The African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) Empowerment Trust has reported substantial rural development progress across seven provinces this year and confirmed during its yearly stakeholder meeting, held... 

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 

Mining companies are investing in training their employees and community members, particularly the youth, contributing more than R5-billion in 2024 to generally lift skill levels and to secure jobs... 

JSE-listed Raubex Group has advised shareholders that it is assessing the possible disposal of all, or a portion of, its shareholding in mining company Bauba Resources. In a December 3... 

China considers platinum a critical mineral with strategic value owing to its importance in new energy technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers to produce hydrogen. However, China... 

An electricity tariff proposal by South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom is supporting the continued operation of the Lion ferrochrome smelter in Limpopo province, Glencore-Merafe Chrome... 

Valterra Platinum, South Africa’s impressive 2025 platinum group metals (PGM) creation, is bringing its inaugural 2025 year to a massively fruitful close with a market capitalisation that has... 

Platinum is already very well embedded as an indispensable catalyst in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology that very impressively powered the Toyotas that chauffeured...