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High-flying DRDGOLD’s 18th consecutive dividend illuminated by 50%-higher payout
18th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg- and New York-listed DRDGOLD on Tuesday, February 18, reported soaring half-year operating profit and 28%-higher revenue for the six months to December 31. The strongly performing... 


Master Drilling executive director Koos Jordaan
New diamond-enabled cutting technology partnership announced
18th February 2025 By: Shannon de Ryhove

World leader in the design, development and production of synthetic diamond advanced material solutions Element Six, part of the De Beers Group, and global leader in drilling technology solutions... 


Schneider Electric Announces Galaxy VXL UPS – the Industry’s Most Compact, High Density Power Protection System for AI, Data Centre, and Large-Scale Electrical Workloads
Schneider Electric Announces Galaxy VXL UPS – the Industry’s Most Compact, High Density Power Protection System for AI, Data Centre, and Large-Scale Electrical Workloads
18th February 2025

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has today announced the launch of its new Galaxy VXL – a highly efficient, compact, modular, scalable,... 


The feed conveyor discharge chute at an iron ore mine is designed for seamless material transfer, reducing spillage and dust while improving efficiency
Optimising material transfer across industries with advanced handling solutions
18th February 2025

Efficient material transfer is a critical component of any materials handling operation, regardless of the commodity being moved. Whether handling coal, minerals, aggregates or other bulk... 


Edwin Weyers , Business Development Manager for Projects at SEW-EURODRIVE
SEW-EURODRIVE planetary gear units for high torque requirements
18th February 2025

Packing a compact design, along with high torque and low-speed outputs, the new SEW PPK and SEW P2.e planetary gear units from SEW-EURODRIVE offer new capabilities in continuous heavy duty... 


Australia should supply uranium for nuclear power, says US energy secretary
18th February 2025 By: Reuters

The United States "would love to" see Australia supplying uranium for nuclear power, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Monday, speaking at a conference in London. "I would love to see... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
BHP CEO strikes upbeat tone despite profit decline
18th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining major BHP remains optimistic about demand for its products, despite a decline in interim profit and ongoing global economic uncertainties. CEO Mike Henry on Tuesday highlighted... 


CSIR senior researcher Luanita Snyman-Van der Walt
South African green hydrogen EIA guideline, potential atlas launched
17th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and GFA... 


TechAccess achieves Schneider Electric Elite Partner status
TechAccess achieves Schneider Electric Elite Partner status
17th February 2025

Schneider Electric, the world’s most sustainable company and leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation and its longstanding partner, TechAccess’ partnership has over... 


How field services drive modernisation that propels industrial success and sustainability
How field services drive modernisation that propels industrial success and sustainability
17th February 2025

Industry modernisation is crucial for maintaining competitiveness and addressing rapidly evolving market demands, specifically now as industries face increasing pressure to enhance efficiency and... 


Mongolia aims to boost Chinese coal sales to 100Mt
17th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

Mongolia is aiming to increase its coal exports to China by almost a fifth this year, as it seeks to expand energy cooperation with its resource-hungry neighbor. The central Asian nation forecasts... 


Heraeus Precious Metals business line hydrogen systems executive VP Philipp Walter.
New ultra-low iridium collaboration is promising major green hydrogen magnification
17th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The acronyms are becoming more intense, with PTE, which stands for porous transport electrodes, the latest one, amid the already tried and trusted proton exchange membrane (PEM) popping up for... 


Empowering businesses to prosper as prosumers – how Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure DERMS transforms energy management
Empowering businesses to prosper as prosumers – how Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure DERMS transforms energy management
14th February 2025

As more businesses adopt renewable energy solutions like rooftop solar and energy storage, they become prosumers – both consumers and producers of energy – a trend that presents organisations with... 


Vale in advanced talks to sell Brazil renewable assets to GIP, sources say
14th February 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian mining giant Vale is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake in a renewable energy unit and a solar plant to US-based investment firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), two people... 


Perpetua starts detailed engineering as it moves Stibnite towards investment decision
Perpetua starts detailed engineering as it moves Stibnite towards investment decision
14th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Perpetua is advancing its Stibnite gold project in Idaho, announcing on Thursday the start of detailed engineering and a procurement contract with Idaho Power for powerline... 


Keno Hill in Yukon
Hecla maintains stable silver output forecast despite Keno Hill headwinds
14th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-based silver miner Hecla Mining is forecasting strong production levels across its portfolio in 2025, with consolidated silver output expected to range between 15.5-million and 17-million... 


Canadian investors add gold, uranium stocks as trade war risk grows
Canadian investors add gold, uranium stocks as trade war risk grows
14th February 2025 By: Reuters

As the threat of a trade war grows, Canadian investors are seeking protection in gold and in shares of companies producing goods with few substitutes, such as uranium, while looking to take... 


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Tech integration boosting competitiveness
14th February 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

In noting the proliferation of technologies such as AI, Big Data, the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twins in business operations across Africa, global management consulting firm Kearney says... 


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Firm underscores continent’s suitability for renewable energy
14th February 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Africa is well positioned to improve its energy security, owing to its high solar radiation factor, highlights renewable-energy business platform Discovery Green. The company says the continent’s... 


NOMSA MBERE
By fostering public-private partnerships, the DRC can address critical infrastructure deficits
Infrastructure challenges undermine DRC’s mining potential
14th February 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Despite possessing vast mineral wealth, including significant deposits of copper, cobalt and gold, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) infrastructure remains a critical barrier to further... 


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Adaptation key to sustainability – expert
14th February 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

The long-established practice of extracting fossil fuels and subsidising the industries associated with it, as well as institutional and regulatory drag, pose real threats to technological progress... 


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Event highlights opportunity to transform
14th February 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

With a rapidly expanding population and increasing urbanisation, Africa’s energy demand is projected to soar, requiring innovative solutions, sustainable practices and significant investments to... 


PROVEN RELIABILITY
IPR’s dewatering solutions, which include Atlas Copco submersible pumps, have proven themselves in managing water levels
Dewatering pump solutions tackle challenging environment
14th February 2025

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is notorious for its harsh mining conditions, with heavy seasonal rainfall and remote mining locations creating formidable obstacles for operations, and one... 


SIZEABLE INVESTMENT
Katamba Mining has invested more than $80-million into the recommissioning of the dam
Miner recommissions hydropower station
14th February 2025

A joint venture between China’s Zijin Mining Group and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) State-owned mining company Cominiere Katamba Mining has seen the completion of the recommissioning of... 


POWER-DRIVEN
WEG motors driving a blower on a mine in the DRC
Company geared to service DRC mining sector
14th February 2025

With a total mineral wealth estimated in the tens of trillions of dollars, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most strategic mining markets for motors and electrical solutions... 


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El Limón Complex, Nicaragua
14th February 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine about 100 km north-west of the Nicaraguan capital city of Managua. 


Beyond the grid: How solar can help transform Africa
Beyond the grid: How solar can help transform Africa
14th February 2025

The African continent is in a global energy transformation, navigating both significant challenges and immense opportunities for progress. With increasing energy demand, the push for sustainability... 


TURBAIR technology offers power-strapped South African market a 60% energy saving
14th February 2025

Given the current energy pricing landscape in South Africa, industrial machinery manufacturer MAN Energy Solutions is committed to partnering with South African businesses to enhance their future... 


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Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan – update
14th February 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The environmental- and social-impact assessment is expected to be approved in the first quarter of this year. 


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Support grows for independent transmission projects to help ease grid constraint
14th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South Africa’s grid infrastructure is inadequate to support economic growth and accommodate much-needed additional power, especially from renewable-energy sources coming on line as part of the... 


ESTABLISHED CONNECTION
The Kalumbila-Kolwezi interconnector project will establish a 330 kV transmission line with an initial thermal capacity of 700 MW
New interconnector to bolster power supply
14th February 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

A new initiative to alleviate the chronic power shortages hampering mining operations in southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is making steady progress, says private power trader Enterprise... 


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Decarbonisation in Mining 2024/25: Mining in a low carbon future
14th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media's 'Decarbonisation in Mining 2024/25: Mining in a low carbon future' report explores how mining companies are working to reduce their environmental footprint through renewable energy,... 


Exploration in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe seeks $950m in new bid to kickstart mining firm
13th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

Zimbabwe’s State miner is planning a fresh bid to kickstart a range of projects a year after the government took full control of the company. Kuvimba Mining House, under new CEO Trevor Barnard, is... 


South Africa's aluminium needs to be decarbonised.
South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium continuing to go all out to decarbonise – South32
13th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

While ‘high-carbon’ is the value-lowering label being put on aluminium from South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal, the Sydney-, Johannesburg- and London-listed South32 benefits from... 


Managing Mining Risk in a Rapidly Transforming World
Managing Mining Risk in a Rapidly Transforming World
13th February 2025

By: Paul Pryor - Aon’s Global Mining Practice Leader The mining industry holds a pivotal role in shaping a sustainable future by supplying the essential minerals needed for renewable energy... 


Seriti Resources group CEO Mike Teke
Teke to lead Southern Africa chapter of FutureCoal
13th February 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global association for the sustainable use of coal FutureCoal on February 13 announced Seriti Resources group CEO Mike Teke as chairperson of its newly established Southern Africa chapter. He will... 


Digging deeper: how tech is reshaping mining
13th February 2025

By: David Nel - Chief Commercial Officer at iqbusiness, Africa’s future-focused management and digital growth enabler The mining sector in South Africa, long a cornerstone of our economy, will not... 


Former Cameco chair joins Max Power board
13th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

CSE-listed critical minerals explorer and hydrogen company Max Power on Wednesday announced the appointment of Neil McMillan to its board of directors. McMillan is a former chairperson of Cameco,... 


Power Nickel secures C$40m for polymetallic project
13th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Power Nickel on Wednesday announced the pricing of its previously disclosed “best efforts” private placement, raising about C$40-million to fund exploration at its Nisk... 


Gold Fields awards wind turbine contract for St Ives renewable energy project
Gold Fields awards wind turbine contract for St Ives renewable energy project
12th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

International bullion miner Gold Fields has awarded a contract to Goldwind to design, manufacture, and construct seven wind turbines for its St Ives gold mine, located 80 km south of Kalgoorlie in... 


Pan African CEO overlooking Mogale's gold tailings, west of the Golden City of Johannesburg.
Pan African can operate and grow in South Africa ‘very successfully’, Cobus Loots reports
12th February 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The London- and Johannesburg-listed Pan African Resources is able to operate and to grow in South Africa – “and do so very successfully”, an upbeat CEO Cobus Loots stated emphatically on Wednesday... 


First Quantum CEO Tristan Pascall
Kansanshi S3 is key growth driver for First Quantum, board changes announced
12th February 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Zambia’s Kansanshi S3 Expansion project will mark "an inflection point" for Canada's First Quantum Minerals, enhancing the company's financial resilience and support continued growth, CEO Tristan... 


US Energy Secretary Chris Wright
US should stop closure of coal-fired power plants, Wright says
12th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

The US should stop the closure of coal-fired power plants, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said, adding the fuel source would be essential to the nation’s power system for decades to come. “We are... 


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