Northern Cape

Northern Cape-focused Copper 360 has appointed Neal Froneman as chairperson, following the retirement of Rupert Smith, with effect from August 6. Smith resigned in order to reduce his professional... 

All three projects that make up Envusa Energy’s giant 520 MW Koruson 2 renewable-energy cluster are now officially operational, after 130 MW of the 140 MW Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm entered into... 

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines, which holds a 49.9% beneficial interest in Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining – the operator of the Tshipi manganese mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province – achieved... 

Johannesburg- and Australia-listed Orion Minerals says substantive progress has been made towards satisfying the outstanding conditions precedent related to financing and offtake agreements entered... 

The project aims to increase production from Vedanta Zinc International’s Southern Africa zinc operations to one-million tonnes a year of zinc metal-in-concentrate.  

A large-scale hybrid renewable energy project able to supply 75 MW of dispatchable renewable electricity to South Africa’s national grid between 5:00am and 9:30pm daily has been officially... 

Orion Minerals has settled the final acquisition consideration for a controlling interest in the Okiep Copper Project. 

Black Mountain Mining, a subsidiary of Vedanta Zinc International, plans to develop two underground mining operations targeting the Gamsberg North and Kloof orebodies, in the Northern Cape. 

London-listed Petra Diamonds has reported that its revenue for the fourth quarter of the 2026 financial year amounted to $38-million, marking a sharp decline from the $68-million in the third... 

The decarbonisation journey of the steel industry is continuing to reinforce demand for the higher-grade ores and lump products of the kind produced by South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore. These... 

The quality of iron-ore from the Northern Cape is continuing to differentiate South Africa in the global iron-ore market. During the first half of this year, the average realised export price of... 

Independent governance ratings agency Ratings Afrika’s newest yearly Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI) confirms the severe financial distress facing the majority of South Africa’s... 

The project proposes to increase mining capacity from 500 000 t/y to one-million tonnes a year at the Swartberg mining project. 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has resolved to establish a political steering committee to monitor and fast-track the implementation of the second phase of the R14.9-billion Vaal... 

South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is becoming the copper gift that just keeps on giving, with yet another intercept confirming copper continuity. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 

Underground development has advanced beyond the halfway mark of the original 544 m development target. 

Building access for all South Africans Boitumelo Leshope’s story began in Postmasburg, a modest mining town in South Africa’s Northern Cape. Her childhood was nomadic and shaped by her father’s... 

Iron-ore miner Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC) has entered into an energy offtake agreement with Envusa Energy – a joint venture between Kumba's parent company Anglo American and... 

Underground development at JSE-listed Copper 360's Rietberg mine, in the Northern Cape, has advanced beyond the halfway mark of the original 544 m development. Development rates have continued in...