Amid the mining drill bit market experiencing growth driven by increased mining activities and demand for minerals, price competitiveness remains a key consideration for quarrying, mining and... 

South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) and the growth of its commercial and industrial renewable energy space is a good blueprint for the... 

Methodical progress is being made ahead of the launch, later this year, of South Africa’s inaugural procurement of independent transmission projects (ITPs). Following a market-sounding exercise... 

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 

Mineral exploration and development company New Murchison Gold plans to develop the Crown Prince deposit over a 30-year life-of-mine. 

A total of $32-million is budgeted for exploration at the Back River gold district in 2025, of which $21-million is allocated to the Goose project.  

Uranium project developer Global Atomic Corporation has reported that underground development has reached the ore zone. 

Base metals miner Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of the mine. 

Australia-based Lindian Resource has started early-stage site works. 

Lithium developer Liontown Resources has started underground production stoping. 

Cobalt Blue has signed a binding pre-final investment decision consortium deed with Iwatani Australia to progress development. 

Canada based gold and silver explorer Ascot Resources has closed the second and final tranche of a private placement to support the advancement of its Premier gold project towards production. 

The prefeasibility study is on track to be delivered on schedule in June 2025. 

Operator and majority owner of the Waterberg project Platinum Group Metals has indicated that its near-term focus remains advancing the Waterberg project to a development and construction decision 

The Foulaboula exploitation permit, or mining licence, has been approved for transfer from Future Minerals to London-listed Kodal Mining UK's subsidiary Les Mines de Lithium de Bougouni (LMLB). The... 

Emerging African iron-ore producer Genmin have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sinohydro Corporation in relation to the development of Genmin's flagship Baniaka project, in Gabon.... 

Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of... 

The United Mining Services Group (UMS Group) provides expertise that allows mining companies to access their most challenging ore bodies and extract minerals safely and efficiently.  

TSX-listed GoviEx Uranium has filed a draft environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA) with the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (Zema) for the advancement of its Muntanga uranium... 

India has extended an auction of deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products until May 1, a spokesperson at India's Ministry of Mines said on... 

Diversified miner BHP has teamed up with renewable energy and infrastructure company ACCIONA Energía to study the feasibility of transforming its Mt Arthur Coal mine in New South Wales into a... 

Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its... 

Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump's administration that imports of the metal from their countries do not... 

Scandinavian gold producer Akobo Minerals, which owns gold operations in Ethiopia, progressed mining operations in March, starting with lower-grade ore and reaching higher-grade material toward... 

Iron-ore junior Fenix Resources is charging toward a transformative year, buoyed by record quarterly shipments and the rapid development of its third mine, Beebyn-W11. Executive chairperson John... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says its near-term objective remains advancing the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project, in South Africa, to a development and construction... 

London-listed Caledonia Mining on April 11 completed the sale of its Zimbabwean subsidiary Caledonia Mining Services (CMS) to CrossBoundary Energy Holdings (CBE) for a pre-tax consideration of... 

China’s commodities imports mostly fell year-on-year in March, the last full month before the Trump administration choked off bilateral trade by imposing punitive levies on Chinese goods. With the... 

Momentum continues to grow behind the ambitious plans of SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa to become a leading force in the continent’s industrial gearbox business, drives and automation solutions... 

At the end of the raiseboring – or reaming – stage for Shaft 2 of Ivanplats’ Platreef project in South Africa’s Limpopo province, an innovative solution was called for to promptly remove the... 

LESEDI is excited to announce a game-changing partnership with CASTLET UK, an internationally recognized leader, and specialise in the design and manufacturing of advanced power supply and control... 

PRISMA, a fully MQA-accredited specialist training provider in the mining sector, is pleased to announce a new project with a leading South African engineering group specialising in the design and... 

Australia-listed Lindian Resources has kicked off early-stage site works at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. The company said on Friday that civil and infrastructure development was... 

South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce increase in demand for palladium, a PGM that... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed Gemfields says it will be seeking shareholder approval to, among other things, issue 556.2-million new shares to raise about $30-million by way of a fully committed... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of its Copper World mine in Arizona. The agreement,... 

With the gold price rallying to record highs, gold explorer and miner TRX Gold is progressing its flagship Buckreef gold project, in Tanzania, by optimising the mine’s existing 2 000 t/d plant to... 

Significant efforts are under way to introduce the manufacturing of glass-fibre-reinforced polymer composites to South Africa, as this is regarded as a positive step that could transform the... 

Gold major Barrick is leveraging its $4.25-billion investment into the Tanzania-based Twiga Minerals Corporation – a joint venture (JV) between it and the Tanzanian government – to further progress... 

Leading lubricants manufacturer and supplier FUCHS LUBRICANTS South Africa introduced customers to its new expanded Isando, Ekurhuleni facility during a customer day in February. FUCHS LUBRICANTS... 

South Africa’s water and sanitation infrastructure (WSI) is in a poor state, and stakeholders recognise the urgent need to address this to prevent a supply crisis, with various partnership and... 

There’s some concern that government is delaying the inevitable, after more support was extended to ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) to facilitate a six-month pause of the shutdown of its longs...