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GoGold targets construction decision for Los Ricos South this year
17th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed GoGold Resources has released the results of a feasibility study for its Los Ricos South (LRS) project in Jalisco state, Mexico, outlining a plan for a mine that will operate over 15... 


PARIS MABILA
Public perception of nuclear energy remains a barrier to its adoption
Potential PBMR project renewal crucial for S Africa’s energy security
17th January 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Sustainable energy solutions provider Blue Pointer Energy has expressed strong support for the renewed call to revive the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) project, following statements by... 


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Exhibition presents Africa as food, beverage innovation hub
17th January 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Set to be a transformative event for the food and beverage industry, the Africa Food Show 2025, which will take place on June 10 to 12,  offers a “vibrant platform for networking, collaboration and... 


Alpheus Mangale, group CEO of SEACOM
Alpheus Mangale
17th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week we profile Alpheus Mangale, group CEO of SEACOM, a provider of digital infrastructure and digital services  


Cape Town moves ahead with plans to take over PRASA service
17th January 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) says it will have business plans in place by the middle of this year to take over the management of passenger rail services in the metro. This follows the city... 


Sanlam installs water storage tanks in schools
17th January 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Financial services company Sanlam has installed water storage tanks at Rebongwe Primary School in Meadowlands East, Soweto, as part of its Kas’lam community programme. The programme directly... 


Vodacom Group, partners to upskill 1m young people in eight African countries
17th January 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Vodacom Group has partnered with technology providers AWS, Microsoft, Skillsoft and other collaborating organisations to equip one-million young people across eight African countries with digital... 


Independent reports highlight decline in water systems, wastewater treatment plants
17th January 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Nongovernmental organisation AfriForum’s latest independent Blue Drop and Green Drop reports have highlighted a regression in South Africa’s water systems, particularly wastewater treatment works.... 


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Zondereinde – Western extension project, South Africa – update
17th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Platinum group metals production from the project remains on track. 


MLG Oz seals A$45m of contracts with Northern Star
16th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Kalgoorlie-based mining services and resource asset management company MLG Oz has announced four contracts with gold miner Northern Star for the provision of haulage and site services across four... 


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Danish bank expresses interest in financing GreenRoc graphite project in Greenland
16th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Greenland-focused GreenRoc Strategic Materials has received a letter of interest from the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) to provide funding for the company’s Amitsoq graphite project,... 


Caterpillar’s 100-year history on the African Continent
Caterpillar’s 100-year history on the African Continent
16th January 2025

Caterpillar, the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives, has a connection to... 


Jim Currie has substantial experience in leading construction and development projects. Ascot is developing the Premier gold project.
Currie steps in as Ascot CEO amid leadership shakeup
15th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Ascot Resources has announced significant leadership changes, including the appointment of seasoned mining executive Jim Currie as CEO. Currie succeeds Derek White, who resigned... 


The communities we leave behind: Charting a sustainable legacy for mining in South Africa
The communities we leave behind: Charting a sustainable legacy for mining in South Africa
15th January 2025

By Pooja Dela, Giada Masina and Paula-Ann Novotny, Partners at Webber Wentzel The 2025 Mining Indaba theme, "Futureproofing African mining, today," compels us to reflect on the legacies mining... 


Northam's Zondereinde smelter.
Rapidly rising half-year output from Northam Platinum’s Eland mine marred by tragedy
14th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a voluntary production update, Northam Platinum has reported burgeoning half-year performance from the ramping-up platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome Eland mine. Eland’s chrome concentrate... 


Footage shows trapped miners, dead bodies underground after South Africa raid
14th January 2025 By: Reuters

At least 400 illegal miners remained trapped underground in South Africa two months after a police raid, a group working on behalf of the miners said on Monday, which provided footage of dozens of... 


Tharisa mine in South Africa’s North West.
Underground feasibility progressing, early works capital being deployed – Tharisa
13th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is reported by Johannesburg- and London-listed platinum group metals (PGMs)... 


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Caterpillar celebrates its 100-year anniversary
10th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

NYSE-listed Caterpillar has marked 2025 as its 100-year anniversary. The globally recognised original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technically turns 100 on April 15, which is when, in 1925, Holt... 


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Thacker Pass lithium project, US – update
10th January 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Lithium Americas has raised the reserve estimate for the Thacker Pass lithium project. 


The nuGen™ green hydrogen fuel cell truck retrofitted from a diesel-powered vehicle.
Mining needs to commit to intensified decarbonisation goals, consulting firm shows
9th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The mining industry needs to commit to an intensified pursuit of decarbonisation goals amid the rate of greening being too slow to meet science-based targets, consulting services firm dss+ points... 


St George partners with scientific agencies for niobium and REE production in Brazil
9th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed St George Mining has partnered with the Brazilian research and innovation agencies to advance the downstream processing and production of niobium and rare earths elements (REE) from its... 


Transforming Africa’s mining sector with sustainable industrial gas solutions
Transforming Africa’s mining sector with sustainable industrial gas solutions
9th January 2025

Industrial gas and services supplier Erium is set to significantly contribute to Africa’s mining sector acceleration with industrial gas solutions and services that bring sustainability and... 


Macmahon wins $463m Indonesia gold contract
9th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia’s Macmahon Holdings announced on Thursday that it had been awarded a $463-million mining services contract for the Awak Mas gold project in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, by PT Masmindo Dwi... 


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United Mining Services Group: Value driven solutions to the mining and mineral processing markets
8th January 2025

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.  


Justin Trudeau resigned as Prime Minister on Monday
Carney, Freeland lead list of contenders to succeed Trudeau as Canada’s PM
7th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Justin Trudeau said Monday that he will leave as Canada’s prime minister in the coming months, ending a political run that included three consecutive election victories and nine years in the... 


GreenX Metals selected for energy-transition 2025 BHP Xplor programme
6th January 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Mineral exploration and development company GreenX Metals has been selected as one of eight exploration companies to participate in BHP's 2025 Xplor programme, which supports promising minerals... 


Barminco equipment being used underground
Perenti secures A$185m of new work and a contract extension
20th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mining services provider Perenti has announced the execution of new contracts and an extension to an existing contract for the company’s subsidiary businesses. These contracts are expected to... 


The Moma mine in Mozambique
Kenmare appoints CFO
20th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Minerals sands products producer Kenmare Resources, which owns and operates the Moma mine, in Mozambique, has appointed James McCullough CFO, with effect from May 1, 2025, His appointment follows a... 


Decarbonisation efforts in mining fall short of science-based targets, research shows
20th December 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

The global mining industry is falling short in its efforts to decarbonise at a rate required to meet science-based targets, according to new research by consultancy dss+. As the industry moves... 


Mining industry must invest in people as much as in projects
Mining industry must invest in people as much as in projects
20th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The mining and minerals industry is at a crossroads. The dual pressures of resource scarcity and environmental sustainability, coupled with the race to decarbonization, the challenge of securing... 


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Dundee pleased with 'excellent' economics at Serbian gold project
19th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Dundee Precious Metals will immediately proceed with a feasibility study at its Čoka Rakita gold project, in Serbia, after a prefeasibility study (PFS) demonstrated the project's... 


Metalloys in Meyerton, Gauteng.
Ferromanganese revival hopes raised by Competition Tribunal’s green light
18th December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The Competition Tribunal approval of the acquisition of ferromanganese major Metalloys in Meyerton, Gauteng, is raising hopes of a revival of South Africa’s manganese alloy potential. Metalloys,... 


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Global coal consumption expected to hit record high in 2024, IEA says
18th December 2024 By: Reuters

Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record high this year and stay near that level until 2027 as strong demand in Asia outpaces declines in the US and Europe, the International Energy... 


Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s prospective Northern Cape.
More indications of quality copper in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape
17th December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The final assay results from diamond drill holes completed to test strike and down-dip extensions of the high-grade copper mineralisation at the Flat Mine South deposit, part of the Okiep Copper... 


The Sasolburg plant
Smoggy Sasolburg illustrates conflict between economy and clean air
17th December 2024 By: Reuters

From the moment Mpho Putsoenyane's daughter Hlompho was born in Zamdela, a South African township beside the smokestacks and gas flares of Sasol's oldest coal-to-liquid refinery, the baby struggled... 


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Water 2024/5: Averting a crisis
13th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media’s ‘Water 2024/25: Averting a crisis’ report delves into the critical state of South Africa's water sector, challenged by ageing infrastructure, municipal debt, and declining water... 


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The MTR operation is noteworthy for its environmental remediation, efficient project delivery and positive impact on the local community
Company’s EPCM role pivotal in project
13th December 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

Integrated service provider SGS Bateman played a “pivotal role” as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor for midtier gold producer Pan African Resources’... 


Dougal Bennett, chief commercial officer at Mukuru
Dougal Bennett
13th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

This week for profile Dougal Bennett, chief commercial cfficer at Mukuru, one of the largest money-transfer providers in Africa and a leading next-generation financial services platform that offers... 


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Boorara gold project – Stage 1, Australia
13th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Horizon Minerals has started hauling ore from the project. 


Image of the Jansen mine
Jansen potash project, Canada – update
13th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

BHP has selected ABB to deliver, install and commission three friction hoists and a further electrical system for a Blair service hoist. 


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Kathleen Valley lithium/tantalum project, Australia – update
13th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Liontown Resources has dispatched its first cargo of spodumene concentrate from the Port of Geraldton. 


Location map of the Kurmuk project
Kurmuk gold project, Ethiopia – update
13th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Wheaton Precious Metals’ wholly owned subsidiary Wheaton Precious Metals Internationa has entered into a definitive precious metals purchase agreement with Allied Gold and its wholly owned... 


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15-Mile and Beaver Dam projects, Canada
13th December 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

St Barbara Limited's has updated the prefeasibility study on the project and has proposed average production of 74 000 oz/y of gold over the 11.1-year mine life. 


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