Vedanta is set to invest $2-billion to build copper-processing facilities in Saudi Arabia, a significant boost for the kingdom’s ambitions to become a global metals and mining hub. The firm,... 

Peabody Energy has obtained a $2.075-billion bridge loan from a mix of banks and private credit to back its acquisition of Anglo American’s steelmaking coal business. The US miner plans to... 

Schneider Electric South Africa has unveiled its PowerLogic PD100 Partial Discharge Monitoring Solution, designed to be installed on medium voltage (MV) switchgear to detect anomalies early to... 

Energy company TotalEnergies and its consortium partners Mulilo and Reatile Group have reached financial close and started construction on a 140 MW wind farm and 120 MW solar plant, near De Aar, in... 

As the UN hosts the Forum on Business and Human Rights from November 25 to 27, mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has announced strengthened commitments to recognise the important role of... 

The long-term outlook for platinum from a demand perspective is pretty robust. The question, once again, is whether supply will be adequate to meet it. “In terms of automotive demand, we can't... 

Australia-listed Vulcan Energy is in talks with lithium companies to licence its filtration technology, tapping a new revenue source as the firm commercialises its renewable-energy project in... 

Montreal-headquartered Strategic Resources has signed definitive agency agreements with commodities trader Javelin Global to procure four-million tonnes of direct reduction (DR) grade iron-ore... 

Toronto-listed Denison Mines has submitted the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Wheeler River uranium project with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC). The submission... 

Miner and explorer Lucapa Diamond Company has announced plans to restart operations at the Merlin diamond mine in Australia’s Northern Territory, with a A$25-million, two-phase project aimed at... 

ASX-listed Spartan Resources has taken a step forward in the development of its Dalgaranga gold project, in Western Australia, announcing on Monday that it had secured all the necessary regulatory... 

Copper company Cyprium Metals will sell surplus generators from the Nifty mine to a USP&E North America for $6.05-million, or A$9.3-million. The company has already received confirmation of a... 

JSE-listed Barloworld reported a 7% year-on-year decline in revenue to R41.9-billion for the 12 months ended September 30. Barloworld group CEO Dominic Sewela said at its financial year-end results... 

Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources’ Kouroussa gold mine, in Guinea, has reached commercial production. The company notes that the operation's four-week trailing average production has increased to... 

London-listed Kavango Resources has begun drilling at its Prospect 3 target at the Hillside gold project  in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. The drilling programme is designed to delineate a... 

The Blackwater gold mine, in central British Columbia, is in the final stages of construction and commissioning, with the first gold pour scheduled before the end of the year. In a project update... 

A lithium technology startup backed by Rio Tinto expects to finalise a funding round in the next week to raise A$29-million even as the global lithium market struggles, its Melbourne-based CEO told... 

By: Richard Roberts - Editorial Director, Beacon Events If mining is getting more complex the intricacies of financing strategically important mineral projects are currently off the charts, IMARC... 

Diversified mining giant Anglo American announced on Monday the sale of its Australian steelmaking coal mines to Peabody, a US-based coal producer, for $3.8-billion. The move is part of the... 

Enhanced Accuracy and Efficiency in Material Haulage through Automatic Payload Data Logging Micromine, a global leader in next-generation technology for mining, is excited to announce a new... 

Rio Tinto Group lifted restrictions on exports of alumina from its Gladstone refineries in Australia, according to S&P Global. Rio had declared force majeure — a legal clause allowing a company... 

Multinational metals and mining group Sibanye-Stillwater and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have launched the Sibanye-Stillwater Simulacrum mining facility and the Sibanye-Stillwater Centre... 

Photovoltaic (PV) inverter and energy storage systems company Sungrow has highlighted its role in the development of Australia's largest offgrid hybrid renewable energy system at the Kathleen... 

JSE-listed Murray & Roberts (M&R) has voluntarily requested a halt in the trading of its shares after announcing that its M&R Limited division and the division’s subsidiary OptiPower have been... 

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining... 

A trial to use articulated skips instead of traditional skips in the chrome loading operation at the Maydon Wharf Terminal, in KwaZulu-Natal, has set an efficiency record of more than 50%,... 

French multinational miner Eramet’s subsidiary Eramet Grande Côte and renewable energy company JUWI Renewable Energies South Africa have closed a €30-million, or R600-million, deal to build a solar... 

By: Richard Roberts - Editorial Director, Beacon Events Alan Young says the mining industry has had a happy knack of fighting disruptive change, losing the battle convincingly, and emerging in much... 

CSE-listed junior explorer Demesne Resources has announced that it will update the historical resources at its IMA tungsten/molybdenum property in Idaho, US. The move comes as China, which controls... 

The TITAN ATF 5668 Transmission fluid from lubrication manufacturer FUCHS LUBRICANTS SOUTH AFRICA is specifically designed to meet fully automatic transmission manufacturer Allison Transmission’s... 

Demand for cargo mobility solutions in South Africa is on the rise, partly owing to the expansion of infrastructure across key sectors, and automotive company Tata Motors is well prepared to cater... 

Modular construction units are highly beneficial for the various construction processes at a mining operation, and can prove to be cost-efficient, easily moveable and easy to set up – making it an... 

Manufacturing company Michelin’s subsidiary, Michelin Connected Fleet, unveiled its new Trailer Premium offer, a comprehensive solution designed to assist fleet operators in overcoming pressing... 

Electric commercial vehicle charging solutions provider TUAL announced its “state-of-the-art, highly flexible” PowerBank Pro-Charging offering for electric heavy goods vehicles (eHGVs) in September... 

Specialised demolition contractor Jet Demolition is enabling mining operations, through its engineering services, to efficiently demolish old and outdated infrastructure for the purpose of... 

In response to rising demand for sustainable mining practices, equipment, services, and solutions supplier IHC Mining has launched a suite of advanced tailings rehandling and reprocessing solutions... 

South African manufacturer Bell Equipment’s fleet of articulated dump trucks (ADTs) will play a crucial role in the construction of a massive 900 ha tailings facility for a gold mining company near... 

Diversified natural resources producer Eurasian Resources Group’s (ERG’s) Metalkol tailings reprocessing site, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has officially started The Copper Mark... 

In an effort to reduce its reliance on grid power and improve sustainability metrics, gold mining company DRDGOLD has completed a 60 MW solar PV power plant at its Ergo tailings reprocessing plant,... 

The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) has brought a more integrated perspective to the approach, construction, operation and closure of tailings storage facilities (TSFs)... 

Heavy lifting transportation service provider Mammoet has succeeded in performing the heavy lift and heavy transport of all four New Wear Footbridge steel sections for the project being spearheaded... 

The electric steel producers of South Africa are calling on government to keep the export tax on scrap steel in place as it helps ensure the viability of greener domestic steel production by...