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Barrick invested $48m in community projects in 2024
4th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Mining Corporation invested more than $48-million in community-led projects in 2024 through its community development committees (CDCs), the company said in its 2024... 


Construction equipment on the way to the Reko Diq project
Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Fluor Corporation has received the final notice to proceed from Barrick Mining Corporation. 


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Tucumã Operation, Brazil
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A copper mine in Pará state, Brazil. 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Valterra Platinum upping flood defence, envisaging underground trucking, hailing IRMA
30th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum, which experienced severe flooding in the first half of this year at its Amandelbult mine owing to extremely abnormal rainfall, is... 


Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn.
Seriti Green has R25bn to deploy in Mpumalanga but can’t get Eskom budget quotes
25th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Last week renewable energy company Seriti Green received a budget quote from Eskom that it had applied for as long ago as February 2021 – that's the delay in obtaining collaboration from the State... 


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Kamistiatusset iron-ore project, Canada – update
25th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Champion Iron has formalised a strategic partnership with Japan's Nippon Steel, and trading house Sojitz. 


TyrFil flatproofing improves productivity and safety in harsh mining conditions
TyrFil flatproofing improves productivity and safety in harsh mining conditions
24th July 2025

Mining environments are among the most challenging workplaces on earth. From underground tunnels lined with jagged rock to openpit sites layered with abrasive debris and extreme heat, heavy... 


Babcock to grow BULL footprint into the agricultural sector
Babcock to grow BULL footprint into the agricultural sector
23rd July 2025

Having initially placed a major focus on plant hire, construction, quarrying and mining since taking over the BULL distributorship in July 2023, Babcock is seeking to grow the brand’s footprint... 


Brazilian miners warned of potential $1bn in tariff pain
Brazilian miners warned of potential $1bn in tariff pain
22nd July 2025 By: Bloomberg

The Brazilian mining industry is warning of dire economic consequences if the government resorts to reciprocal tariffs in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s threatened 50% levy starting... 


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Performance vehicles paying off for services provider
18th July 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Driven by a foundational need to address the inherent complexities of bulk materials handling in the mining sector, end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions provider Unitrans has adopted... 


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Kiaka gold project, Burkina Faso – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Production is achieving target material movements.  


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Maniry graphite project, Madagascar – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Evion Group is progressing the development of the project, following its recognition in June 2025 as a strategic project under the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act.  


June new-vehicle sales jump by 18.7% as imports also soar
18th July 2025 By: Irma Venter

June new-vehicle sales, at 47 294 units, were up 18.7% compared with the same month last year, “reflecting a sustained and broad-based recovery in consumer and fleet demand”, says naamsa | The... 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The first shipment from Simandou has been accelerated to about November 2025. 


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Cowal Gold Operation, Australia
18th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold mine about 350 km west of Sydney and 40 km north-east of West Wyalong in New South Wales, Australia. 


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A multi-tool on tracks, built for site work – powered by John Deere
17th July 2025

African construction, mining and municipal operations contend with unforgiving terrain and budget constraints. Compact machines need more than muscle—they must be flexible, efficient, and built to... 


Platinum Group Metals CEO Frank Hallam.
Engineering, planning work on the go for Waterberg platinum group metals project
14th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Work on engineering and planning related to initial road access, construction, water supply, infrastructure, essential site facilities, first phase accommodation lodge, and a site construction... 


Werner Pumps auto electrician apprentice inspires young learners
Werner Pumps auto electrician apprentice inspires young learners
11th July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Zander Gresse matriculated from Hoërskool Hugenote in Springs in 2023 with more than a Matric Certificate to his name. He also completed his N1 Industrial Electronics and N1... 


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Nueva Sabana gold/copper openpit mine – Stage 1, Cuba
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Australia-based mining company Antilles Gold has reported that, subject to finalising project funding in the near term, the first shipment of concentrate could occur in the first quarter of 2026. 


Malachite from Haib project
Haib copper project, Namibia – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Koryx Copper has completed a further six diamond drill holes for 1 808 m out of a planned 37 holes as part of the Phase 2 drill programme for its 2025 exploration and project development strategy. 


Location map of the Broken Hill operation
Broken Hill cobalt project, Australia – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Mining and mineral processing company Cobalt Blue Holdings has secured a three-year extension to major project status for the Broken Hill project. 


High-pressure jetting and vacuum trucks: hydraulic vs. V-belt pumps
High-pressure jetting and vacuum trucks: hydraulic vs. V-belt pumps
7th July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) As municipalities and service providers demand greater efficiency, reliability, and ease of maintenance from their sewer-cleaning and industrial jetting and vacuuming equipment,... 


Shanghai Platinum Week under way.
China’s ‘strategic metal’ in sharp focus as Shanghai Platinum Week gets under way
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy... 


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Granite Creek openpit project, US
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The Graphite Creek mine comprises a large openpit carbon-in-leach gold development in northern Nevada. 


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Kiaka gold project, Burkina Faso – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Midtier gold producer West African Resources has poured first gold at the project. 


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Witwatersrand Basin Project – Qala Shallows, South Africa – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

West Wits Mining has executed definitive legal agreements for a senior syndicated loan facility to fund project development. 


Location map of the Madsen mine
Madsen gold project restart, Canada – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

West Red Lake Gold Mines has resumed operations at its Madsen gold mine. 


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Santa Cruz underground copper mine, US – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for the project. 


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Canada goods trade deficit narrows on higher gold shipments
3rd July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Canada’s share of exports destined for the US shrank to the smallest proportion since at least 1997, excluding the Covid pandemic. Shipments to other countries reached a new high, led by gold... 


PC Kruger, business line manager Crushing at Sandvik Rock Processing
Enhancing energy efficiency and sustainability with Sandvik mobiles
3rd July 2025

To increase energy efficiency and help reduce the climate footprint of the mining and quarrying sectors, Sandvik Rock Processing is leading the shift to electric mobile crushing and screening... 


BHP VP Emma Roberts and COSCO VP Ji Lin signing green shipping agreement.
BHP moves into greener shipping amid cleaner transport ventures intensifying globally
2nd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In fewer than three years, major Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed mining giant BHP will be shipping ore from Australia to Asia in a greener manner amid intensification of transportation... 


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Railveyor chosen as preferred haulage solution at Santa Cruz copper project
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project, in Arizona, in the US. Ivanhoe Electric included... 


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Babcock, Volvo showcase new gen machines to Southern African market
30th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Engineering and plant services provider Babcock and machine industry company Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) on June 26 launched the new generation of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to... 


Elevating Human Performance - Immersive Technologies’ 16thAnnual Business Improvement Awards Presented to 5 Mining Companies
30th June 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Immersive Technologies has announced the winners of its 16th annual Global Business Improvement Award which acknowledges the most outstanding results achieved by mining companies... 


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Barrick signs equipment deal with Komatsu for Reko Diq
27th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Barrick Mining and Komatsu have finalised an agreement for the delivery of primary mining equipment to Barrick’s Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan, starting in 2026. The $440-million deal... 


SHARPEST TOOLS IN THE SHED
The new Volvo articulated dump trucks encompass the most significant updates the group has undertaken in more than 20 years, with the new models boasting a new electronic system and an in-house developed transmission
Innovative new dump trucks, excavators launched
27th June 2025 By: Halima Frost

A range of new Volvo equipment for the earthmoving and surface mining sector was launched earlier this month at equipment supplier Babcock Africa’s eMalahleni branch, in Mpumalanga. Babcock is the... 


Image of malachite from the Haib copper project
Haib copper project, Namibia – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Copper exploration and development company Koryx Copper has reported that the metallurgical testwork programme has shown encouraging preliminary results. 


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Muntanga uranium project, Zambia – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

GoviEx has announced the launch of the 2025 field season at the project. 


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Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Mining services company Capital has been awarded a three-year borehole drilling services contract at Reko Diq. 


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Witwatersrand Basin Project – Qala Shallows, South Africa – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Precious and base metals explorer, developer and producer West Wits Mining is moving quickly to execute the development of the Qala Shallows gold project. 


Madsen ramp-up continues after brief safety shutdown
Madsen ramp-up continues after brief safety shutdown
25th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals miner West Red Lake Gold Mines has resumed operations at its Madsen gold mine in Ontario following a temporary shutdown prompted by a fatal underground incident on June 16. The... 


Antofagasta marks 25 years of Los Pelambres
Antofagasta marks 25 years of Los Pelambres
24th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Antofagasta has marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine, celebrating more than 8.5-million tonnes of copper production to date and setting the... 


Shanghai Platinum Week in its fifth year.
China announces widespread hydrogen scale-up plan ahead of Shanghai Platinum Week
20th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

An extensive pilot initiative aimed at scaling up hydrogen technology, infrastructure and applications across the length and breadth of China has been announced, shortly before next month’s... 


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