Mining and metals industry organisation ICMM’s November-published Tailings Progress Report reveals that, while significant progress has been made, achieving full alignment with the Global Industry... 

With the successful monitoring of over a dozen tailings storage facilities (TFSs) across Southern Africa in its portfolio, real-time monitoring and alerting solutions provider Insight Terra... 

Research across various mine closure projects has found that a well-designed green covering system, deployed through specialist engineering and ecological design principles, has demonstrated the... 

Tailings retreatment company DRDGOLD is entering the next phase of its operational development – Ergo 2, ramping up tailings reprocessing and concentration of higher volumes as opposed to the... 

The ever-increasing need to conform to the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) framework has been embraced by engineering and scientific consultancy SRK Consulting South Africa... 

Mining Weekly as well several B20 and G20 visitors were this week chauffeured around Johannesburg in a platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) that journalists attending South... 

The platinum market is expected to move to being in balance in 2026 – but this is contingent on a lessening of the trade tensions that have accentuated this year’s substantial platinum market... 

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the launch of platinum and palladium futures and options contracts on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange, Heraeus reports. The contracts will... 

Engineering group Sandvik's 'The future of mining talent: What STEM graduates really think' report says that, while awareness of mining remains low among young engineers, many are open to joining... 

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on... 

Aim-listed Andrada Mining, a critical raw materials producer with mining and exploration assets in Namibia, has published its Sustainability Report for the financial year ended February 29. The... 

A strong renewed thrust is under way for the creation of a platinum group metals (PGM) commodities exchange in South Africa to take advantage of South Africa's massive PGMs endowment at a time when... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats delivered higher refined and saleable production and sales volumes into improved PGM pricing in the three months to September 30.... 

As mining projects across Africa contend with inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and complex permitting regimes, there is a greater need for mining companies, contractors and consultancies to... 

Australia’s mining and clean energy industries have given a mixed reception to the federal government’s proposed overhaul of national environmental laws, with both sectors calling for practical... 

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday outlined its strategy surrounding the export of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which follows the lifting by the... 

Harmony Gold is committed to creating lasting socioeconomic impact, Dr Patrice Motsepe, the chairperson of South Africa’s largest producer of gold by volume, has highlighted in the latest suite of... 

The successful transition from opencast mining to underground mining is being achieved with considerable aplomb at Venetia Diamond Mine, which Mining Weekly has just visited. De Beers’ $2.3-billion... 

South Africa’s mining industry is being positioned as a contributor to and an enabler of, the country’s climate transition, while its role in sustaining economic growth and jobs is also being... 

Mining technology research and development company Mining3 new mining technology and portfolio integration director Dr Alan Tordoir has urged the mining industry to accelerate the development and... 

Mining explosives company BME has signalled a renewed focus on sustainable blasting solutions, highlighting the role of its emulsion technology in reducing environmental impact, improving safety... 

In the three months to September 30, production at South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, increased by 1% to 181 000 t amid the smelter continuing to test maximum... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the fourteenth Oppenheimer Research Conference hearing that Africa should collaborate to protect the planet; Botswana and Angola seeking an interest in... 

Operational complexity has emerged as the top business risk for the global mining and metals sector in 2026, overtaking external pressures such as geopolitics and sustainability as the key... 

To protect "our precious planet", Africa must unite in its collaborative effort, align its efforts and share its strength with international players and partners, the fourteenth Oppenheimer... 

North-West University teaching and learning acting deputy dean Marco le Roux has proposed using kenaf – a fibre-rich plant similar to cotton – to rehabilitate South Africa’s vast coal discard... 

Coal mine waste in Mpumalanga is becoming a long-term environmental and economic challenge, but University of Cape Town Minerals to Metals Research Initiative postdoctoral research fellow Dr...