The gold price has already set new records in 2026, having reached a record high of $4 549.71/oz on December 26, and having ended 2025 with a gain of 64% – its best annual performance since 1979.... 

Flanked by partially vegetated mine dumps that serve as a visual reminder of the central role that gold once played in the development of Johannesburg, is Qala Shallows, South Africa’s first... 

As with efforts to salvage the integrated Newcastle steel mill, policy and electricity-tariff interventions aimed at sustaining and reviving the country’s ferrochrome smelters are also facing... 

It’s been a difficult journey, but Transnet last month celebrated a fleet-renewal milestone when the 200th Traxx 23E locomotive rolled off the assembly line. The locomotive is part of 240 such... 

The Royal Mint in the UK has released a collectable coin series celebrating music icon Freddie Mercury. The design portrays Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, at the height of his... 

The Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea is regarded as Africa’s largest greenfield development. Besides the mine, the integrated project includes a 600-km multi-use rail line, barge and... 

Despite geopolitical resistance, President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to use South Africa’s G20 presidency to place the threat posed by inequality on to the global agenda. A taskforce established... 

A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners... 

Earlier this month, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reported several recovery milestones in its handling of containers and automotives. TPT CEO Jabu Mdaki announced that the State-owned entity had... 

The giant Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm is visibly changing the electricity landscape of the coal heartland of Mpumalanga. This month, Seriti Green announced that the third phase of the wind component... 

A new advanced subsea diamond recovery crawler has been installed on Debmarine Namibia's flagship vessel Benguela Gem, which operates off the coast of Namibia. Following nearly four years of... 

Unit 6 at Kusile power station officially entered into commercial operation on September 29, marking the end of Eskom’s multi-decade build programme – one which experienced well-publicised delays,... 

No amount of tweaking chrome ore prices or imposing export restrictions will change the fact that uncompetitive power costs have crippled the sector, ChromeSA has said in response to a government... 

A new Metals Focus report states that the combined scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions from the world’s largest gold producers fell below 30-million tonnes last year for the first time since... 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order exempting gold bars – along with graphite, tungsten, uranium, and other metals – weeks after traders were stunned and confused by a US Customs and... 

ArcelorMittal South Africa announced earlier this month that it had placed the Newcastle blast furnace into temporary care and maintenance and had initiated retrenchment processes. While... 

DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius says the self-generation of solar electricity at Ergo (pictured here with the solar farm in the background) has served as a key life-extension catalyst for the East Rand... 

Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni renewables complex is starting to take shape in a province currently dominated by coal. Located between Bethal and Morgenzon, in Mpumalanga, the first 155 MW wind... 

There was some confusion earlier this month when US Customs and Border Protection indicated that country-specific import tariffs might be placed on gold bullion bars. However, President Donald... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy has formally launched the first stage of its independent transmission project procurement programme with an invitation for companies to respond to a request... 

Finland, whose Kevitsa mine is pictured here with a midnight sun behind it, has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, climbing 16 places to lead... 

The UK has made a final investment decision on the $51-billion Sizewell C nuclear power project, in Suffolk. The British government will retain a minority stake of around 45%, while other investors... 

South Africa's mining production increased by 0.2% year-on-year in May, with iron-ore, pictured, having made the largest positive contribution, with production increasing by 12.5% year-on-year. The... 

In early July, the MSC Nicola Mastro, one of the world’s largest container vessels, berthed that the deepwater Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern Cape. The giant ship’s berthing was made possible by a... 

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy reported in her Budget Vote that R21.7-billion had been allocated to the Airports Company South Africa for much-needed infrastructure development. The expenditure... 

The poor performance of South Africa’s port operations is well documented. Besides periods of embarrassing congestion, the lack of equipment, skills and systems also lies at the heart of the... 

Struggling State-owned freight logistics group Transnet has been granted an additional R51-billion guarantee facility, having been granted a R47-billion guarantee in 2023. “Given Transnet’s debt... 

The Africa Finance Corporation, which is owned by African central banks and development lenders, is reportedly moving to help financed the rail and road corridor linking the Angolan port of Lobito... 

The Joburg skyline remains an iconic representation of urban South Africa. Up close, however, crime and decay are inescapable realities, as is the case in most of the country’s other metropolitan... 

Years of raw sewage spilling into Kamfers Dam, near Kimberley, have rendered the water so toxic that lesser flamingos, which previously congregated in large enough numbers to breed, have abandoned... 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has described the UK’s recent agreement with the European Union as an historic turning of the page. It follows the fraught and damaging period that arose after... 

Transnet National Ports Authority has named five companies as preferred bidders for the development of liquid-bulk terminals in the South Dunes precinct of the Port of Richards Bay for a 25-year...