More smart testwork in the Johannesburg laboratory of Rainbow Rare Earths has enabled yet another forward leap for rare earth elements (REEs), at a time when REEs are in growing demand for use in... 

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM is, together with three other industry partners, making progress on public consultations in its efforts to consolidate the foremost major global voluntary... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Glencore's plans to provide financing and an offtake term sheet for Orion Minerals' Prieska copper mine, in the Northern Cape; South Africa receiving a... 

As requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting become increasingly more stringent, companies in South Africa are urged to better understand the importance of ESG... 

The South African economy requires fruitful outcomes to emerge quickly from the planned memorandum of understanding (MoU) that that Minerals Council South Africa and South Africa’s Council for... 

At least $5-bilion has been liberated by Johannesburg-listed Anglo American carrying out a joint mine plan with an adjacent copper operator in South America. Becoming one are Anglo American Sur’s... 

South Africa's just transition that protects workers and communities while scaling-up renewables to strengthen energy security is being held up as an example of climate mitigation advance by the UN... 

Following go-ahead for the required renewable energy generation, South Africa’s R105-billion Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has now advanced to front-end engineering design... 

Combined scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions from the world’s largest gold producers fell below 30-million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e) in 2024, marking the first time since... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

With the commissioning of a $360-million smelter expansion project and the first 35 MW phase of its $37-million solar PV power programme having been finalised, platinum mining company Zimplats has... 

The growing problem of sending big volumes of waste to landfill and general waste issues associated with used tyres is intended to be addressed through tyre filling solutions provider Carlisle... 

Criminal proceedings are set to start following the failure of the Jagersfontein fine tailings storage facility, in the Kopanong local municipality, in the Free State, on September 11, 2022. The... 

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... 

Project development funding for the Prieska Power Reserve Project is being partly sourced from the German Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), South Africa’s State-owned Industrial Development... 

South Africa has delivered what is described as “an exceptionally pure rare earth product”, which has been optimised in a Johannesburg laboratory. The breakthrough is part of the rare earths... 

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... 

The mining industry is shifting from tick-box environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance to value creation, driven by a convergence of investor expectations, regulatory tightening and... 

Gold producer Pan African Resources (PAR) is gearing to release its inaugural biodiversity report next month, which outlines the group’s approach to biodiversity conservation across its operations... 

With a lofty goal of cutting its carbon emissions by 50% by 2030, minerals and mining technology solutions provider Weir is well ahead of meeting this target since introducing the initiative in... 

Although environmental, social and governance- (ESG-) related standards initially emerged in the mining sector in response to external pressures, conformance with such metrics has also contributed... 

Amid several mining-related sustainability reporting frameworks, the South African mining industry has to navigate a balance between economic growth, environmental stewardship and social... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Exxaro Resources will be spending R5.2-billion on a life-of-mine expansion project at its Matla colliery and R4.7-billion on the development of the 140 MW... 

Seriti Resources and Nafasi Water Technologies have launched a project to finance, build and operate a water treatment project at the Arnot Closed Colliery near Middelburg, Mpumalanga. The project,... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed DRDGOLD on Wednesday declared a final 2025 cash dividend double that of last year, reflecting an increase of 26% in group revenue to R7 878.2-million and an... 

Mining energy supplier CrossBoundary has secured a $40-million investment from Impact Fund Denmark to expand its portfolio of clean energy projects across Africa. The investment supports... 

The Zambian government sought to calm public concerns about pollution levels after a study found that the damage done by a disaster at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in February was much larger...