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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...
Australia's Fortescue reported its smallest full-year profit in six years, in line with analyst estimates, on Tuesday and lowered its dividend payout while reaffirming its commitment to its green...
Iron-ore and green energy company Fortescue has reported a 41% fall in full-year profit as weaker iron-ore prices hit revenue, though record shipments and lower costs helped soften the impact. Net...
Iron-ore futures touched a one-week high on Monday as Rio Tinto suspended activity at its Simandou project in Guinea following an incident, raising fears of a potential delay in production start at...
Diversified miner Rio Tinto Group suspended operations at its giant Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea after a contractor employee died in a workplace accident on Friday. “All activity at the...
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that 11 of the 25 private train operating companies (TOCs) that applied to operate routes on Transnet’s rail network have met the requirements to do...
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...
Trade union Solidarity says it will demand decisive intervention during the proposed consultation on retrenchments after iron-ore producer Assmang issued a notice, highlighting the possible closure...
Diversified mining major BHP Group expects demand for raw materials to remain strong despite global policy uncertainty, with CEO Mike Henry highlighting resilient growth in China and India and an...
Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church will begin a two-day trip to a new home on Tuesday, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's...
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...
“We are, in my view, fairly close to a possible solution,” Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard said during Merafe Resources question time earlier this week amid South Africa going all out to prevent...
Iron-ore futures slipped on Friday, on track for a weekly loss, as property demand in China weakened. The most-traded January iron-ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tells us why despite ferrochrome demand being up, South Africa’s production has fallen; how Kumba Iron Ore is helping to lessen carbon emissions in global...
The global demand for ferrochrome, which South Africa once provided overwhelmingly to the world to back 200 000 local jobs, was higher in the six months to June 30, the period in which this...
The South African ferrochrome and chrome ore sectors are at a crucial juncture, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, August 12. Sustained pressure from the...
Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company has reported a material improvement in the targeted economics at its flagship Zanaga project, in Congo-Brazzaville, driven by the ability to produce a high-grade...
The high ferrous content of Kumba Iron Ore, which is produced in South Africa’s Northern Cape, is helping to lessen carbon dioxide (CO2) emission at a time when this is the global pursuit of...
Iron-ore futures rose on Monday, supported by strong restocking demand from steel mills in China amid healthy profit margins and low inventories, although expectations of production cuts in...
An industry consortium comprising some of the world’s biggest steelmakers and other value chain players has joined forces to assess the development of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)...
“We’re working with government, looking at possible solutions,” Glencore Alloys CEO Japie Fullard tells Mining Weekly amid Glencore reporting this week that not one of its ferrochrome smelters is...
The head of Glencore's huge coal-trading operation is leaving in the biggest shake-up of the company’s trading unit in years. The news comes after Glencore, an historic name in commodity trading...
Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4-billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil's worst-ever environmental disasters, the Financial...
Fortescue said on Friday it had secured a syndicated term loan facility worth 14.2-billion Chinese yuan ($1.98-billion) as the Australian miner looks to support its ambitious decarbonisation...
The minute that Eskom gives Khwelamet an economically feasible power price, the refurbishing of two of the four furnaces at the dormant former Metalloys plant in Meyerton will begin and take six to...
Rio Tinto joined peer BHP on Thursday to play down Australia's prospects of building out a "green iron" sector that would help decarbonise the steel industry because the country lacks the economic...
Anglo American-backed industrial decarbonisation venture PeroCycle has appointed Grant Budge CEO. This coincides with the opening of a £4-million seed round to fund pilot deployment of PeroCycle’s...
Top iron-ore producer Vale continues to weigh an investment in Eurasian Resources Group’s Brazilian mine project, but says it has not yet found a cost-effective way to develop it. “The volume of...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Valterra Platinum’s feasibility study into the development of Sandsloot Underground in Limpopo; Anglo's belief that De Beers is well positioned to...
Flying deep into the heart of Western Australia, Rio Tinto Group executives, politicians and media step off a chartered jet into a Pilbara airport, little more than a sunbaked shed with metal...
In the 2025 transition year, Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American has maintained an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin for its go-forward...
Australia's Mineral Resources (MinRes) met its full-year production and cost targets across all segments, boosted by strong output from its lithium and iron-ore assets, while initiating a board...
Canadian iron-ore miner Champion Iron has reported record sales of high-grade iron-ore in the first quarter of its 2026 financial year, while maintaining progress on its Direct Reduction Pellet...
The copper equivalent production of diversified mining company Glencore rose 5% year-on-year in the six months to June 30 with the integration of the Elk Valley Resources steelmaking coal volumes,...
In an environment characterised by global economic uncertainty and market volatility, South Africa’s high-flying Kumba Iron Ore is very well positioned to continue delivering stakeholder value amid...
Iron-ore futures prices held well over the key psychological level of $100 a metric ton on Tuesday, while investors closely monitored the renewed Sino-US trade talks for signs of progress. The...
Although State-owned Transnet is on the mend, rampant theft and vandalism continue to cripple all of South Africa’s key infrastructure sectors, not just rail, posing a grave threat to the economy...
South Africa's government will give Transnet an additional R94.8-billion rand guarantee facility to support the ailing State-owned logistics firm's recovery plan, the transport ministry said on...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses higher Kumba iron-ore exports reflecting the benefit of public-private logistics; the fourth wind turbine going up for Seriti Resources; and the Coal &...
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