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The price of electricity for energy-intensive users, permitting challenges and the conversion of marginal shafts to small businesses were among the suggestions and problems mining industry...
Toronto-listed Lucara Diamond has drawn $10-million from a $63-million limited shareholder standby undertaking to address funding needs at its Karowe underground project (UGP) in Botswana. The...
Australian gold mine production for the 2024/25 financial year reached 300 t, the highest yearly total since 2022/23, but falls short of the 328-t record set in 1999/20, according to...
JSE-listed Northam Platinum has reported record production and sales for the 2025 financial year, surpassing one-million ounces sold for the first time in its history. Despite weaker margins and...
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London-listed technology metals mining company Andrada Mining CFO Hiten Ooka has said the company's focus for the 2026 financial year is on delivering its expansion projects, maintaining tight...
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Australia-listed Sayona Mining has posted record production and sales from its North American Lithium (NAL) operations, but still recorded a $382 million full-year loss as lower prices and asset...
ASX-listed Jupiter Mines, which holds a 49.9% stake in Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining, has recorded a net profit of $40.1-million for the financial year ended June 30, compared with a net profit of...
Attracting over 850 applications from township entrepreneurs across all nine provinces, the 2025 Standard Bank Kasi SME Summit culminated in a national showcase of South Africa’s brightest...
Energy efficiency is a growing concern in the mining industry, especially in Africa, where power supplies are often limited and intermittent, owing to substandard generation, transmission and...
After having successfully acquired 100% of the shares of the Wonderfontein coal mine, in Belfast, Mpumalanga, Ndalamo Energy – a subsidiary of midtier coal miner Ndalamo Resources – has started the...
The continued progress of structural reforms in South Africa – including at State-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Transnet – is contributing to improved investor sentiment and growth in the...
Gas solutions company Eyona Gas believes that synthetic natural gas (SNG) could offer a real safety net for South African industries facing looming gas shortages in the future. As the country moves...
The Giyani Water Intervention Programme, in Limpopo province’s Mopani district, is expected to be completed before the end of September 2025. Currently 90.23% complete, the long-delayed Giyani...
MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) South Africa has launched a rent-to-own smartphone solution, unlocking access for the unbanked and underserved to own a 4G or 5G smartphone from as little as R10 a day....
Telecommunications group Vodacom is investing R620-million in its Mpumalanga network during the 2025/26 financial year, building on the more than R400-million spent in the previous year. Vodacom...
When we discuss renewable energy, asset management is often portrayed in either technical or financial terms: maximising performance, optimising operations and protecting shareholder value. But to...
The completion of the Driefontein 2 plant is expected in the first quarter of the 2027 financial year.
ASX-listed Ausgold has taken a big step towards advancing the project after signing a binding agreement to acquire a substantial freehold land position critical to the development of the project.
Potash developer BCI Minerals has advanced its sulphate of potash programme.
Perseus Mining concluded a formal signing ceremony on August 21, following extensive negotiations between the two parties to govern the operation of the mine that is under development.
Multinational mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater has reported pleasing results for the six months ended June 30, with all group operations other than the South African gold...
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says no decision has been made in relation to further support for ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) long-steel business, after the State-owned...
Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Impala Platinum (Implats) has reported weaker earnings for the financial year ended June 30, but says it will maintain shareholder returns, declaring a final...
It’s records all round for South Africa’s largest gold mining company Harmony, which on Thursday reported record-high free cash flow of R11-billion-plus at a 16% margin and a record final dividend...
With power price and purchase agreements to power its Mozal Aluminium smelter in Mozambique in limbo, diversified metals producer South32 CEO Graham Kerr says the company’s sister operation in...
Nearly a decade after the Samarco Fundão dam disaster, two resettled districts in Mariana, Brazil, have reached a milestone in the reparation effort, mining company BHP reported on Thursday. The...
By: Anton Ackermann and Alistair Young The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, published the Draft National Greenhouse Gas Carbon Budget and Mitigation Plan...
Moody’s Ratings has upgraded gold miner Newmont’s issuer credit rating to A3 from Baa1, with a stable outlook, the NYSE-, TSX- and ASX-listed miner reported on Thursday. The upgrade, the company...
Battery metals producer IGO on Thursday posted a sharp full-year loss after being hit by weaker lithium markets, impairments and a writedown of its Kwinana refinery. The Perth-based company...
JSE-listed Salungano Group has reported that it has concluded a standstill agreement with its lenders, Nedbank and Standard Bank, on August 26. The company explains that the lenders have agreed to...
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Eskom’s electricity tariffs are poised to rise by 8.76% on April 1 next year instead of the 5.36% approved previously, and by 8.83% instead of 6.19% in 2027/28 after the National Energy Regulator...
South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has been a global benchmark for clean energy delivery. As we step into the future, the stakes are higher...
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Quebec-focused miner Champion Iron said on Wednesday that CFO Donald Tremblay would leave the company shortly before the release of its second-quarter results for the 2026 financial year. The...
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