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South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earths project is gift that just keeps on giving
10th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Congo suspends activities at Chinese mine after spill
7th November 2025 By: Reuters

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... 


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Andrada sustainable report shows measurable progress
7th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection Executive Director Joel Netshitenzhe.
Strong renewed thrust for South African PGM exchange under way
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Implats refinery.
Implats delivers higher sales into much improved platinum group metals pricing
31st October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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.... 


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Refining risk governance for African projects
31st October 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

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... 


Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt
Mining and energy sectors urge fine-tuning of Australia’s environmental reforms
30th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

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... 


 	Ntsiki Adonisi, Rachel Dagadu, Zinzi Lawrence, Amarachukwu Odo, and Chimwemwe Tembo-Shula.
South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis
30th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in DRC.
Glencore outlines cobalt strategy amid lifting of DRC’s cobalt export ban
29th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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 chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
Harmony Gold committed to creating lasting socioeconomic impact, says Motsepe
28th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Venetia senior GM Ntokozo Ngema pointing out impressive Venetia infrastructure to Mining Weekly’s Martin Creamer.
Venetia mine is sparkling as brightly as the diamonds it brings to surface
24th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Head and shoulders shot of Shamini
Climate goals weighed against economic realities
24th October 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

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... 


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Faster adoption of new technologies crucial as critical mineral demand outstrips supply, conference hears
22nd October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


blasting at open pit mine
BME emulsion tech reinforces commitment to sustainable blasting practices
22nd October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa’s Hillside aluminium production holds steady as smelter tests capacity
21st October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Africa collaboration, De Beers interest, reviving ferroalloy smelters make headlines
Africa collaboration, De Beers interest, reviving ferroalloy smelters make headlines
17th October 2025

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... 


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Operational complexity overtakes external pressures as mining’s top risk for 2026 – EY
16th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Nicky Oppenheimer
Africa must collaborate to protect ‘our precious planet’, Oppenheimer event urges
15th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Kenaf growing on coal dump
Researcher proposes use of kenaf to rehabilitate coal discard dumps
14th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


acid mine drainage
Coal mine waste in Mpumalanga a ‘ticking time bomb’ unless integrated repurposing solutions are employed, researcher says
13th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

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... 


Multotec Cyclones product manager Frikkie Enslin
Coal’s future ‘evolving, not vanishing’ as industry adapts to ESG demands, conference hears
13th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Despite the strain on coal from international agreements and shifting investor priorities, data shows the commodity’s resilience, according to Multotec Cyclones product manager Frikkie Enslin.... 


Major uplift for South Africa-European Union Just Energy Transition Partnership.
European Union elevates South Africa’s R105bn green hydrogen project to new high
10th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen elevated South Africa’s R105-billion Nelson Mandela Bay green-hydrogen-to-green-ammonia project to a new high when she singled it out for special... 


IE3 motor on a beverage production line
Transition can be phased as new regulations loom
10th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Drive and control technologies company SEW-EURODRIVE says following a holistic approach to system efficiency using its IE3-standard motors, combined with other equipment, can realise cost savings... 


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Sustainable mine closure forethought vital amid mining boom
10th October 2025

West Africa’s mining boom has accelerated project development, often in environmentally and socially sensitive areas, highlighting the importance of responsible mining with closure in mind, says... 


HEAVY METAL SOLUTION
SEIBOLD Wasser researches, designs and develops products and services for continuous quantitative analysis of heavy metals in water, including aluminium, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, and mercury among others
Analysers, meters on show at EMA can help remedy water concerns
10th October 2025 By: Nadine James

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates, sustainability worries, and the “very real impacts of climate change and water scarcity in South Africa”, have resulted in a noticeable increase... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
South Africa urged to revive ferroalloy smelters, replace ideology with pragmatism
9th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

At this week’s Joburg Indaba, South Africa was urged to get its many idled ferroalloy smelters working again and to replace ideology with pragmatism in mining. Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu called on... 


Speakers who participated in Creamer Media's latest webinar on tailings management and land rehabilitation
Speakers explore evolving tailings management landscape
9th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

There have been considerable changes in the approach to tailings management over the past 30 years or so, with learnings from previous global disasters informing new legislation, engendering... 


Minerals Council South Africa president Paul Dunne.
Promote growth, transformation together, Minerals Council South Africa urges
8th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Growth of the mining industry and the transformation of the economy are inextricably intertwined but need a stable, predictable regulatory environment that promotes both together, Minerals Council... 


man at materials conveyor
Global materials sector contracts but profitability holds firm amid shift to gold, copper, aluminium – McKinsey
8th October 2025 By: Darren Parker

The global materials industry saw revenues decline in 2024, with metals and mining contracting by 6% to about $3-trillion, even as profitability remained strong and profit pools continued to shift... 


PwC Africa Energy, Utilities and Resources Leader Andries Rossouw and PwC SA Mine Project Leader Vuyiswa Khutlang.
South Africa's mining sector shifting gears to thrive, PwC highlights
7th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's mining sector is shifting gears to thrive following a year of strategic recalibration to position itself for future growth. This was among the many messages of PwC Africa energy,... 


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