Ascot Resources has started erecting the head cover for the Premier Northern Lights portal. 

ASX-listed Arrow Minerals has confirmed a substantial bauxite discovery with high-grade mineralisation already outlined over 5 km2 at its Niagara bauxite project, in Guinea. This discovery is... 

The Phase 1, 2, and 3 concentrators set a new monthly production record in November 2024. 

Denison Mines Corp has filed its final environmental-impact statement with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. 

Critical Metals Corp has been informed that the project does not require an environmental-impact assessment. 

With environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria becoming increasingly critical to stakeholders, mining companies in Africa face more demanding reporting requirements and evolving... 

Global consultancy SRK Consulting lauds the significant efforts aimed at reducing the environmental hurdles for lower sensitivity renewable-energy projects. In a move to support the development of... 

Osisko Development has announced the approval of the BC Mines Acts permits for the project. 

Kore Potash has signed a final engineering, procurement and construction contract for the construction of the project. 

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)... 

Osisko Development is facing potential legal challenges over the project. 

Denison Mines is advancing engineering and regulatory efforts for its planned Phoenix project. 

Ramp-up of the Phase 3 concentrator is complete. 

Kore Potash has completed a share subscription to further advance work at the Kola project. 

A revised preliminary economic assessment and updated mineral resource estimate for the North and South zones of the project have proposed a staged openpit mine and processing plant. 

The demonstration plant is now in the commissioning phase. 

Oroco Resource Corporation announced a revised preliminary economic assessment and mineral resource estimate on the project in August 2024.  

Noting the significant mining developments taking place in West Africa and the requirement for new mines to comply with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), global... 

Kamoa-Kakula has produced 303 328 t of copper in concentrate for the year-to-date. 

A scoping study has shown the project to have very attractive economics, with results justifying a prefeasibility study already under way. 

Strandline Resources is going ahead with efficiency improvements at the project. 

The Botswana Ministry of Minerals and Energy has granted a mining licence for the project 

The project has been selected for a $166-million financial grant from the United States Department of Energy’s Battery Materials Processing and Battery Manufacturing Programme. 

Bio2Watt Energy Holdings (BEH) has appointed SRK Consulting as the independent environmental consultant to undertake the environmental permitting processes for a new biogas plant near Pretoria. The... 

While many explorers and developers are looking to Africa for much of the mineral production to drive the global energy transition, a careful path must be followed before these projects can... 

Galan Lithium has announced a A$25-million capital raising, which will complete funding requirements for the project. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that ramp-up of the Phase 3 concentrator to steady-state production is progressing well. 

Ascot has suspended operations just months after its first gold pour. 

Registration for the highly anticipated Mining Indaba 2025, to be held from 3–6 February 2025, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), is open. Mining Indaba 2025 is a crucial... 

Pasofino Gold has reported that significant progress is being made with the ongoing strategic review process aimed at advancing the project. 

The project has progressed to an advanced stage. 

Shaft sinking at the project is 40% complete. 

Southern Palladium has released a third mineral resource update for the UG2 reef to be used in the prefeasibility study. 

In the effort to encourage women’s participation in male-dominated sectors of the economy, global engineering consultancy SRK Consulting asserts that it is vital to start with company values that... 

Ivanhoe Mines’ Phase 3 concentrator has reached commercial production. 

A updated scoping study on Aim-listed platinum group metals (PGM) producer and developer Sylvania Platinum's Volspruit project, located on the southern end of the northern limb of the Bushveld... 

Southern Palladium has submitted the environmental-impact assessment report to the Department of Mineral Resource and Energy. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that, over the first six months of 2024, Kamoa-Kakula produced 187 015 t of copper in concentrate. 

First concentrate production for Phase 1 is planned for the third quarter of 2024. 

This week we profile William Joughin, Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) president and partner at SRK Consulting, a firm of consulting engineers and scientists 

First production from the developing Thaba Joint Venture (JV) chrome and platinum group metals (PGMs) recovery project on the northern part of the western limb of South Africa’s well-endowed... 

European Lithium has announced a shareholders agreement with Obeikan Group to build and commission a large-scale hydroxide processing plant, in Saudi Arabia, to process concentrate from the...