Kore Potash has received a letter of support from the Congo-Brazzaville Ministry of Mines regarding the company’s development of the project. 

Pensana is on track to re-engineer the Longonjo project to reduce its upfront capital cost. 

This week we profile South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy president and SRK Consulting partner William Joughin 

Ivanhoe Mines is undertaking optimisation work to identify value-accretive options for installing hoisting capacity to Platreef's Shaft 3. 

Record quarterly production of 103 786 t of copper in concentrate was achieved for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. 

Strandline Resources launched a A$35-million capital raise on July 31 to support the ramp-up of its Coburn project towards steady-state production. 

Initial mine development work on the Brook rare earths mine, in Wyoming, will start in the fourth quarter, Nasdaq-listed coal miner Ramaco Resources announced on Monday. This will be the first new... 

Orion is completing a study on an accelerated development strategy for the project. 

South32 has warned of a noncash impairment expense with regard to the Taylor zinc/silver/lead deposit at the project. 

Orion Minerals has taken another key step in its early mining strategy. 

The Prieska project is transitioning to the mine development and construction phase. 

Mineral resources company GoviEx Uranium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its mine-permitted Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia. The Muntanga project comprises three... 

The complex produced a record 103 786 t of copper concentrate in the second quarter, compared with the 93 603 t produced in the first quarter, representing an 11% increase quarter-on-quarter. 

Critical Metals Corp has entered into a share subscription agreement of up to $125-million with private alternative investment group GEM Global Yield Fund, the proceeds of which will be used to... 

Rox Resources has taken full ownership of the project. 

Miners operating in Africa are increasingly shifting focus towards improving their environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, including endeavours to incorporate renewable-energy... 

While South Africa’s mining industry has embraced renewable energy amid a global energy transition, local energy constraints have made renewable-energy capacity a short-term requirement, in... 

A definitive feasibility study has proposed average mine production of 780 000 t/y from the Wolfsberg project. 

Ausgold has announced plans to raise A$12-million in a share placement to fund resource expansion drilling, and complete feasibility and scoping studies at Katanning. 

With climate change posing a serious and immediate risk to the quality and quantity of a mine’s water resource, a water stewardship programme can help a mine build resilience in relation to its... 

The project has been confirmed as the first mining project added to the US Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's FAST-41 process. 

Mining industry geotechnical and environmental engineering services company Robertson GeoConsultants (RGC) and engineering consultancy SRK Global have announced the passing of the companies'... 

Ausgold has announced plans to raise A$12-million in a share placement to fund resource expansion drilling at its Katanning gold project. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that Phase 1 and 2 of the copper complex are approaching full capacity. 

Construction on the Phase 1 concentrator has started, with first production scheduled for the third quarter of 2024. 

Discussions are continuing towards finalising terms for the engineering, procurement and construction contract at Kola. 

Orion is investigating the potential to bring forward the start of production at the Prieska project. 

Rox Resources and Venus Metals have struck a deal that will consolidate the ownership of the Youanmi gold project. 

The local consulting engineers sector boasts a high level of skills and capacity, however, lack of investment in infrastructure development has resulted in the industry struggling to retain and... 

Since entering Phase 1 commercial production in July 2021, the Kamoa-Kakula joint venture has generated $1.2-billion in net cash from operating activities, which has funded the Phase 2 and Phase 3... 

Condor Gold has received interest from parties to buy its assets, which include the La India openpit project. 

Ivanhoe Mines has started with an optimisation study at the project to potentially accelerate production from the Phase 2 expansion. 

An updated definitive feasibility study has determined that the proposed mine could produce 8 800 t/y in the base case. 

Decarbonisation on mines featured high on the agenda at a recent global partners meeting in Johannesburg, Gauteng, says international mining consultancy firm SRK Consulting, which hosted a special... 

The debottlenecking of the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex’s Phase 1 and 2 concentrators has been completed ahead of schedule. 

As the consideration of climate change factors becomes part and parcel of doing business, SRK Consulting recently held a global climate action workshop to further mainstream this issue into its... 

With a growing range of operational risks and pressures – from climate change vulnerability to cost inflation – South African mining companies are taking an increasingly integrated approach to... 

K.Hill will be one of the biggest high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate projects in the world. 

A scoping study has proposed the development of a potential large-scale, world-class mining operation at the Chaketma project. 

South32’s has reported that it remains confident that costs at its Hermosa project will not increase. 

The positive climate for mined commodities – and battery minerals in particular – is giving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) great opportunities to leverage its resource wealth. However,... 

By  SRK Consulting MD Andrew van Zyl With the global energy transition gathering pace, it is imperative that African mining keeps up with the rapidly growing demand for commodities – both to...