Platinum is finding increasing use in the semiconductor and sensor industries, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council points out. In 2024, electrical demand for platinum... 

In line with the theme of the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2025 – Future-Proofing African Mining Today – the impetus of focusing on defining sustainability in a changing world remains key to... 

The South African mining industry recorded only 42 fatalities in 2024, the lowest ever recorded. This record achievement represented an improvement of 24% over the 55 fatalities recorded in 2023... 

Canada- and Brazil-based mineral exploration and development company Bravo Mining Corp has become the World Platinum Investment Council's (WPIC's) inaugural pre-production member - a new membership... 

The demand-surpassing production of metallurgical coal, in spite of the availability of environment-friendly alternatives for steelmaking in particular, is highlighted in the launch of a... 

Perth-based Chalice Mining on Wednesday announced the appointment of project manager and executive Dan Brearley to the newly-created role of COO, further strengthening its senior leadership team.... 

In a bid to help make mine tailings safer for people and the environment, a global institute has been launched in South Africa which has also been selected as the location of the independent,... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals Limited is in discussion with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum (Implats), with a view to negotiating formal... 

In a voluntary production update, Northam Platinum has reported burgeoning half-year performance from the ramping-up platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome Eland mine. Eland’s chrome concentrate... 

A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is reported by Johannesburg- and London-listed platinum group metals (PGMs)... 

India aims to produce five-million tonnes of green hydrogen year by 2030 under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. As a first step, two green hydrogen... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Anglo American delivering new platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle mobility options across Europe; a call for the mining industry to... 

The mining industry needs to commit to an intensified pursuit of decarbonisation goals amid the rate of greening being too slow to meet science-based targets, consulting services firm dss+ points... 

JSE-listed platinum mine developer Wesizwe announced on Wednesday that its funding application for the Bakubung project required approval from the China National Development and Reform Committee... 

South Africa-linked Anglo American is delivering new platinum group metals (PGM)-catalysed hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEVs) mobility options across Europe. The London- and... 

BHP, the world's biggest miner, would need to offer a minimum 40% premium over Anglo American's share price to make a renewed takeover bid now the rival's value has been boosted by asset sales, two... 

Integrated resource group Tharisa is managing a cybersecurity incident after detecting unauthorised activity on its network. The miner on December 19 confirmed that operations remain unaffected. 

A most fundamental human need is to breathe fresh air. Yet, for millions of people working in underground mines across the globe, this is not a given. Now, members of the international ICMM mining... 

Zimbabwe is planning to hold 26% of new mining projects on a free carry basis, and will also negotiate with existing operators to acquire a similar stake. “We need to move to a level where we reach... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) are crucial for hydrogen-energy-enabled decarbonisation, especially when employed in proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology used in electrolysers and fuel cells,... 

Mines using renewable energy are being encouraged to harvest and store heat wasted during minerals processing and to then use its green electrons to close renewables intermittency gaps that come... 

This week: Menar awaits Competition approval for re-start of major ferromanganese facility and, Long-term demand outlook for platinum is robust, ongoing question mark over supply  

A recovery in mining GDP during the third quarter of the year, after quarterly declines in the previous two quarters, was still unable to lift overall real GDP in the July to September quarter,... 

The outlook for platinum group metals (PGM) demand has been uplifted by a series of new developments in the field of platinum-catalysed green hydrogen generation as well as concomitant fuel cell... 

Investment in downstream beneficiation is starting to pay dividends and to show real commercial results, says Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis. “We sold our first commercial chrome alloy to an... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Menar awaiting Competition Commission approval following its bid for the large Metalloys ferromanganese facility in Meyerton; the long-term outlook for... 

Developing gold mining company West Wits Mining, which is reinvigorating the gold mining prospects west of Johannesburg with its Witwatersrand Basin project (WBP), on Thursday, November 28... 

London- and Johannesburg-listed chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) miner Tharisa has reported improvements in its production for the financial year ended September 30, which culminated in a... 

Speakers participating in the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection’s (Mistra’s) ninth yearly platinum group metals (PGM) roundtable, on November 27, agreed that South Africa has potential...