A preliminary economic assessment has confirmed a strong economic case for developing an openpit gold mine. 

Governments and producers worldwide are reassessing waste streams as strategic assets capable of delivering meaningful metal supply with far lower environmental impact, as declining ore quality and... 

Just over a year after installation, holiday resort Sun City’s R17-million solar plant project, designed to reduce consumption of grid-supplied electricity, has delivered significant benefits and... 

Australia-headquartered Prairie Lithium has secured a binding offtake heads of agreement with Korean group Hydro Lithium, paving the way for the company to sell all output from its Phase 1... 

Mining Weekly has just visited the laboratories that Rainbow Rare Earths has established very innovatively on the north-western fringe of Greater Johannesburg as part of its journey towards... 

Construction and building information modelling software developer RIB Software is transforming the way in which large-scale projects are managed in South Africa’s construction industry.  

Chilean authorities in August raised concerns over a large crack and leaks at Teck's flagship Quebrada Blanca copper mine and criticized the miner for not immediately reporting the issues,... 

By: Kobus Vermeulen - Direct Sales Executive, Process Automation at Schneider Electric Industrial safety systems have certainly come a long way since the days of hardwired emergency shutdowns. What... 

Diversified mining giant BHP on Tuesday announced an agreement with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), part of BlackRock, to fund nearly half of the Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) inland... 

ASX-listed Syrah Resources has appointed Samantha Hogg to its board as an independent non-executive director and chair-elect, completing a succession process first announced in May. She will... 

Washington must move even faster to bolster critical minerals projects and offset Beijing's grip on the world's supply of the building blocks for electronics, weapons and a range of other goods,... 

Lucara Diamond Corporation has awarded a lateral development contract to Group R Mining and Exploration Botswana. 

Minbos Resources has announced a shift in its development strategy. 

Leveraging phosphogypsum waste residue, rare earth element producer Rainbow Rare Earths’ Phalaborwa rare earths project, in Limpopo, aims to support the development of a diversified global supply... 

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg in November powered up the city’s new gas-to-energy plant at the Coastal Park Landfill. The plant generates enough... 

Rio Tinto has produced the first copper using its Nuton bioleaching technology at the Johnson Camp mine, in Arizona, marking a step in commercialising a process the company says could transform... 

The Gauteng Industrial Symbiosis Programme (GISP) marked a significant milestone this year, celebrating 10 years of helping industry recover and redirect resources for reuse. The National Cleaner... 

Low-grade gold ore operation Navachab Gold Mine has upgraded its very low-grade ore resources using sensor-based sorting provider STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes. At Navachab... 

As South Africa’s mining and civil engineering sectors continue to navigate economic uncertainty, many companies with loading and hauling capabilities are pivoting to offer their services as... 

The European Commission has adopted its RESourceEU Action Plan – a package of policy and financing measures aimed at reducing the bloc’s dependence on external suppliers of critical raw materials... 

By: Manuel Tati - Vice President, SADC region at Schneider Electric There’s no doubt that the SADC region holds tremendous promise; rich in natural resources, it has the potential to rapidly expand... 

Australia-listed Green Technology Metals (GT1) has appointed engineering consultancy Altris Engineering to optimise and lead the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Seymour lithium project... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Industry’s very nature sees it producing significant amounts of waste, whether it’s heat from furnaces and... 

Speakers at a technical summit hosted by blasting solutions and mining chemicals company BME illustrated how “clean technology” can help mining companies across Africa meet tougher environmental... 

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s fluid technology services include solutions for fuel and industrial filtration systems, hydraulics and pneumatics, lubrication, hydraulic hose and fittings, as... 

An innovation for the food and beverage industry, the Membralox GP-IC ceramic membrane system, has been launched by filtration and separation solutions provider Pall Corporation, as announced in a... 

Aligned with  sustainability trends, South African fabricators are moving beyond commitments toward measurable implementation in applying circularity and life-cycle design principles, ensuring they... 

Surge Copper has moved its Berg project into full prefeasibility study design and cost work. 

Facilities Management Expo 2026 will return to Gallagher Convention Centre from 2 to 4 June, once again forming part of South Africa’s leading co-located industry events. Running alongside Securex... 

The critical climate negotiations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, are underscoring the urgent need to translate global ambition into tangible investment and action. This imperative resonates directly... 

Manufacturing specialist, Komatsu Europe, has equipped its latest compact wheel loader with multiple loader linkage options to create one of the most versatile products on the market in the 10... 

Platinum is required across all major sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production pathways, including power-to liquid (PtL), which uses the Fischer Tropsch process (FT), as well as the FT process... 

With the successful monitoring of over a dozen tailings storage facilities (TFSs) across Southern Africa in its portfolio, real-time monitoring and alerting solutions provider Insight Terra... 

Tailings retreatment company DRDGOLD is entering the next phase of its operational development – Ergo 2, ramping up tailings reprocessing and concentration of higher volumes as opposed to the... 

There are signs that the long-promised change to the composition of government spending – from consumption to capital investment – is at last taking shape. In his Medium-Term Budget Policy... 

​​​​​​​Lucara Diamond Corp is reviewing the mining method for the underground expansion project. 

The Western Australian government has selected the project to participate in its newly established Priority Approvals Programme, consequently streamlining the project’s permitting pathway. 

Several gold mines across sub-Saharan Africa have confirmed that they are saving up to 70% in costs by switching from delivered oxygen to their own on-site systems, says oxygen and nitrogen... 

The inauguration of the first phase of Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary Ivanplats' Platreef platinum/palladium/nickel/rhodium/gold/copper mine is an important moment for the company, for the mining... 

Schneider Electric, the global leader in energy management and automation, and recognised sustainability leader, together with Enactus, the international NGO dedicated to inspiring students through... 

By: Walid Sheta - Zone President, Middle East & Africa at Schneider Electric This summer in Africa is projected to record-high extreme heat once again. In fact, it has been the continent’s hottest... 

By: Kamogelo Makwana - Power Products Offer Manager at Schneider Electric Recent advancements in circuit breaker technology have seen a major step forward in setting new standards for efficiency...