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Aveng swings to a loss in ‘transitional’ year
Construction and engineering group Aveng has described the financial year ended June 30 as one of transition, characterised by a normalisation of operating activities as the group emerged from the...
Firering to acquire interest in Zambian limestone project
Aim-listed Firering Strategic Minerals has signed an option deed to acquire up to 28.33% of Limeco Resources, the owner of a limestone project located 22 km west of Lusaka, Zambia, for an aggregate...
Canadian North Resources receives C$125 000 grant
Exploration and development company Canadian North Resources has received the first installment of C$125 000 of the C$250 000 grant it has been awarded by the government of Nunavut’s Discover,...
South Africa still mulling design for sustainable automotive industry
South Africa’s automotive manufacturing sector has been a real success story for the country; however, it must now bolster domestic demand and adapt its policies and initiatives as the shift...
Facets of progress in mine health and safety
While there has been some progress in health and safety in several areas in the mining sector, and initiatives are realising some results, much work still remains to be done. This was outlined...
Initial drilling from Thor Explorations’ Nigeria prospect return encouraging results
Minerals exploration and mining company Thor Explorations is “extremely encouraged” by the first set of results from its initial drilling campaign being undertaken on one of the company’s prospects...
Capital delivers strong interim performance
London-listed Capital Limited delivered a pleasing performance across all business divisions for the half year ended June 30, CEO Peter Stokes says, highlighting the announcement during the period...
Premier reaches new offtake, prepayment agreement with Canmax for Zimbabwe project
Aim-listed Premier African Minerals and Canmax Technologies have reached an agreement to amend and restate the offtake and prepayment agreement they entered into in August 2022. The amended...
Implats expects considerably lower earnings owing to dollar metal price, logistics
JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) expects its headline earnings for the year ended June 30 to decrease by between 38% and 44% year-on-year to between R18-billion and R20-billion and its headline...
Andrada agrees $25m funding package with Orion Resource Partners
Aim-listed Andrada Mining has signed binding documentation for an updated, conditional $25-million funding package with Orion Resource Partners. This entails $2.5-million in equity at 6.39p a share...
Mining companies accelerating renewable energy investments – BMI
Mining companies are increasingly adopting renewable energy solutions to reduce their carbon emissions, lower their operational costs and improve their energy security, BMI, a Fitch Solutions...
Committee welcomes President’s meeting to discuss illegal mining
The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy chairperson Sahlulele Luzipo has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response to the escalating cases of illegal mining in Gauteng by...
Anglo donates CBD building to pioneering institute set on bolstering education, inner city
Diversified miner Anglo American on August 4 announced the handover of its 45 Main street building, in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD), to nonprofit private education institution...
Coal funding landscape challenging but investors keen on sustainability initiatives
As South Africa undertakes the long process of a just energy transition (JET), coal mining projects and coal-fired power stations will still continue to be relevant for quite some time in the...
Ivanhoe Mines records strong second-quarter at Kamoa-Kakula
Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines’ Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sold 101 526 t of payable copper in the second quarter ended June 30 and recognised record...
Firefinch outlines interactions with government on Morila gold mine issue
ASX-listed Firefinch confirms that it recently received a letter from the Mali Minister of Mines, stating that the government would not approve any deed of sale of Firefinch’s interest in Societe...
Botswana Diamonds’ Marsfontein project bodes well for Thorny River development
Diamond exploration and development company Botswana Diamonds says mining on the Marsfontein project, in Limpopo, South Africa, is a proof of concept that is working well. Marsfontein is designed...
Mnangagwa officially opens Contango’s Muchesu mine
London-listed Contango Holdings’ Muchesu mine in Zimbabwe was officially opened by Zimbabwe President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa on August 1. Contango owns 70% of the Muchesu coal project (previously...
Gold Fields warns of lower earnings on the back of lower sales, higher costs
Globally diversified gold producer Gold Fields expects its headline earnings a share for the six months ended June 30 to be between $0.49 to $0.53, which is 9% to 16% lower than the headline...
South Africa’s traffic signals in a ‘woeful’ state and deteriorating
The country’s traffic signals are currently in a dire state and various factors need to be considered to resolve this, Innovative Transport Solutions MD Jan Coetzee said during the South African...
New research could spark future diamond discoveries
An international team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has discovered that the breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of...
Kumba lowers full-year sales guidance as logistics challenges persist
JSE-listed Kumba Iron Ore achieved a solid operational and financial performance for the six months ended June 30, despite ongoing logistics constraints and weak global steel demand impacting on...
Aveng to swing to full-year loss
JSE-listed Aveng expects to report a loss a share and a headline loss a share for the financial year ended June 30, compared with earnings a share of 106c and headline earnings a share of 252c...
Protea Pink diamond sells for $271 307/ct
Johannesburg-based Pioneer Tender House says the 29.52 ct Protea Pink diamond was sold on tender for a record $271 307/ct. This is the highest sale price for any diamond sold by Pioneer to date.
Capital records solid second-quarter progress
London-listed Capital recorded another strong step forward in the quarter, with the award of its second significant mining services contract at the Ivindo iron-ore project in Gabon, CE Peter Stokes...
Coal funding landscape challenging, but there are pockets of opportunity
As South Africa undertakes the long process of a just energy transition (JET), coal mining projects and coal-fired power stations will still continue to be relevant for quite some time in the...
Caledonia reiterates Blanket guidance despite underwhelming quarterly production
Aim-listed Caledonia Mining’s Blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe, produced 17 436 oz for the quarter ended June 30, representing an 8.7% increase on the 16 036 oz produced in the first quarter of the...
Merafe reports lower interim production in line with planned pullback
JSE-listed Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture for the six months ended June 30 was 185 000 t. That represents a decrease of about 9% compared with...
Eastplats subsidiary receives summons over mine project agreement
Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Eastern Platinum’s (Eastplats’) South African subsidiary Barplats Mines has received a combined summons from ABT Toda in relation to ongoing arbitration between...
Solar portion of Molo mine’s hybrid power plant completed
Construction of the solar farm portion of the solar hybrid power plant at NextSource Materials' Molo graphite mine, in Madagascar, has been completed. The solar hybrid plant is owned and operated...
MSALABS expanding its Chrysos PhotonAssay technology footprint
Aim-listed Capital’s majority-owned subsidiary MSALABS, a global provider of geochemical laboratory services for the exploration and mining sectors, reports that it now has the largest...
Bakubung concentrator plant runs into issues
JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum has identified various defects in the Bakubung concentrator plant as it progresses the hot commissioning of the plant. So far, a continuous test-running of the plant has...
More needs to be done to improve women representation in mining
There has been some progress in the necessary drive to transform the mining industry in terms of gender parity; however, much work still remains to be done, and pivotal to this will be...
Afrimat diversifies further with Lafarge SA acquisition
The share price of mining and materials company Afrimat rose by more than 12% on June 20 after it announced the planned acquisition of Lafarge South Africa (LSA), including all its subsidiaries,...
Kazera making strides at operational, corporate level
Aim-listed Kazera Global continues to make progress at both a corporate and operational level, and of particular importance is the increased cooperation and positive relationship between Kazera’s...
Gemfields’ emeralds, rubies featured at Paris fashion show
A new collection of rings, featuring miner Gemfields’ emeralds and rubies, has been unveiled during the Journées de la Haute Joaillerie. Gemfields – a miner and marketer of coloured gemstones – has...
Protea Pink diamond sells for $271 307/ct
Johannesburg-based Pioneer Tender House says the 29.52 ct Protea Pink diamond was sold on tender for a record $271 307/ct. This is the highest sale price for any diamond sold by Pioneer to date.
High copper recovery, grade confirmed at Copper 360’s Rietberg
JSE-listed Copper 360 says metallurgical test results have confirmed high copper recovery and concentrate grades from drill core samples from the Rietberg copper mine, in the Northern Cape. Copper...
ZIOC enters subscription agreement with SMC
Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company (ZIOC ) has entered into an equity subscription agreement (ESA) with institutional investor Shard Merchant Capital (SMC). This follows the successful...
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