ASX-listed BCI Minerals has been granted environmental approval for its optimised Mardie project (OMP), positioning the company to become Australia’s newest producer of industrial salt. On... 

Government agency Export Development Canada (EDC) may provide a $500-million loan for the Crawford nickel sulphide project in Timmins, Ontario. This is according to project owner Canada Nickel,... 

The global market is going through a very challenging time right now, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe noted on Friday, when the Johannesburg Stock... 

The Zimbabwe Mining Law Masterclass 2024, hosted by research and market analyst company African Influence Exchange (AIE) last month, responded to the rapidly changing regulatory environment in... 

The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), set to come into effect in 2026, is poised to drive companies exporting to the EU to rethink their energy strategies and adopt renewable-energy... 

That the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is badly underfunded, and is in a state that could reasonably be described as verging on crisis, is almost universally accepted among all those... 

CFAO South Africa (SA) subsidiary Toyota Tsusho Africa and Ogihara Thailand have started construction of a new R1.2-billion plant that will produce vehicle body parts for Toyota South Africa Motors... 

Orion Minerals has been granted two high-priority prospecting rights over the greater Flat Mines Area surrounding the Flat Mines mining right.  

The South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC) has announced the winners of its New Products and Innovation Awards competition at the Electra Mining Africa exhibition, at the Expo... 

Zimbabwe's State-owned railway operator has opened its network up to private players, including a unit of South Africa's Grindrod, as it seeks to boost freight volumes that had collapsed after... 

Aim-listed Sovereign Metals has confirmed that its natural graphite anode material can be an excellent feedstock for battery production, with the Kasiya project, in Malawi, considered a... 

China signed an agreement Wednesday to revamp a railway that will help landlocked Zambia, Africa’s second-largest copper producer, export the metal through Tanzania. The heads of state of the three... 

Development finance institution the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has, alongside the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), approved funding of up to $200-million... 

China’s increasingly disappointing economic recovery will delay an expected rally in copper, said Goldman Sachs Group as it slashed its forecast for next year by almost $5 000/t. The sharp drop in... 

Enormous investments are being made in ports, rail and transport logistics in Southern Africa, as well as more broadly in Africa, including by international companies and consortia. "Global... 

According to Melbourne-based gold mining consultants Surbiton Associates, Australian gold mine production totalled 75 t in the June 2024 quarter, a rise of 5 t, or 7%, on the previous quarter.... 

Given the ongoing volatility in the manganese market, including sharp price contractions in recent weeks, the board of ASX-listed Jupiter Mining’s flagship Tshipi manganese mine, in the Northern... 

Democratic Republic of Congo is looking for new buyers of gold from its eastern territories after taking full control of Primera Gold which had an exclusive contract to buy and sell gold mined in... 

Aim- and OTCQB-listed critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining has reported an 83% year-on-year increase in revenue for the 2024 financial year ended February 29, on the back of increased tin... 

Zambia plans to establish an investment company that will control at least 30% of critical minerals production from future mines. Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe unveiled a strategy on Thursday that he... 

The local South African manufacturing sector is a pillar in the South African economy, with the potential to play a crucial role in the country’s economic growth and recovery. Electra Mining Africa... 

Transformer core solutions provider Alloy Magnetic Cores (AMC) is looking forward to exhibiting at the 2024 Electra Mining Africa exhibition and conference, which will take place from September 2... 

BHP has reported that construction of the potash project is ahead of the original schedule. 

A bankable feasibility study for one of the initial deposits at the Okiep copper project – Flat Mines – is being finalised. 

Independent upstream oil and gas company Invictus Energy has partnered with mine operator Dallaglio Investments and power generation firm Himoinsa Southern Africa on a gas-to-power project in... 

It is undeniable that aluminium is one of the most recyclable materials in circulation globally, with about 75% of the total 1.5-billion metric tonnes of aluminium generated to date still in use,... 

For a South African company to build a ferromanganese smelter in another country is a clear reflection of how the country’s power became so expensive that it was better to beneficiate our manganese... 

State-owned Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CE Jabu Mdaki has expressed satisfaction with the company's progress in meeting its Phase 1 recovery plan targets, while also acknowledging the need for... 

With Transnet’s export coal and iron-ore volume performance having reached multidecade lows in recent years and mining companies not weathering low commodity cycles sufficiently, the focus of this... 

Aim-listed Marula Mining has received assay results from channel samples taken from manganese ore within licensed areas that will provide run-of-mine (RoM) material to the recently acquired Kilifi... 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has warned that its headline earnings for the 2024 financial year are expected to decrease by between 40% and 50% year-on-year to between R4.49-billion and... 

A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated sectors like aviation, the head of a... 

Martin Creamer talks about a Gauteng manganese beneficiation plant, as well as, a Gauteng gold recovery operation. 

As even small leaks in a plant or installation make it challenging to fulfil emissions regulations, South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC) member and industrial equipment supplier... 

Total new-vehicle sales in July inched up by 1.5%, to 44 229 units, compared with the same month last year, driven by an improvement in the passenger-car market. July was only the second month,... 

Capital equipment and project sector representative council the South African Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC) expects “little difference” with the new administration at the Department of... 

South Africa’s small-end diamond producers are battling to survive in a diamond situation in South Africa which is under severe pressure, South African Diamond Producers Organisation (Sadpo)... 

London Metal Exchange (LME) A-grade copper cathode has been produced at Consolidated Copper Corp’s (CCC’s) Tschudi facility, in Namibia, for the first time in four years. For a copper cathode to be... 

As the countdown to Southern Africa’s biggest trade show begins, the excitement for Electra Mining Africa is reaching fever pitch. Exhibitors, participants and visitors are all preparing for an... 

When copper surged toward a record high in New York in May, a ship was in the Pacific Ocean carrying a raw form of the metal from Chile to top buyer China. By the time the Ricarda arrived in... 

JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has executed a €500-million green loan financing facility for its Keliber lithium project, in Finland, through its subsidiary Keliber Technology Oy. The... 

US coal producer Arch Resources Inc. agreed to merge with rival Consol Energy in a $2.3-billion deal aimed at creating a North American mining heavyweight to deliver the fuel around the world. The...