Osisko Gold Royalties has secured funding for the project. 

A new nationally coordinated task team is being established to review service delivery mechanisms for water and sanitation services in South Africa. The task team, comprising the Department of... 

Emerging African iron-ore producer Genmin has announced that a large-scale 20-year mining permit has been issued for its 100%-owned Baniaka iron-ore project in Gabon. The mining permit was issued... 

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths’ 100%-owned subsidiary Ionic Technologies International, based in Belfast, in the UK, has progressed the delivery of a feasibility study for a commercial magnet... 

The Caserones mine produces high-quality copper concentrate, copper cathode and molybdenum concentrate. 

An updated current and future greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions assessment of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conducted by independent consultants Skarn... 

ASX-listed gas explorer Kinetiko Energy will start drilling five appraisal production wells to the west and north of Volksrust, in February next year, in efforts to commercialise advanced shallow... 

The project has received environmental approval. 

Mining company Vedanta Zinc International, which owns Black Mountain Mining (BMM) in South Africa, appointed consulting firm WSP in Africa’s sustainability specialist consultants to assist in... 

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has conditionally agreed to issue 30-million new ordinary shares in the company, each with no par value, at a price of 15p an ordinary share. This issuance is... 

Taking an improved approach towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles enables mining companies to anticipate and adapt to future sustainability-related challenges and... 

Gold Fields has reported that the joint venture will start and finalise permitting for the project, hopefully by the fourth quarter. 

The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has released details of the companies participating in the three consortia shortlisted to participate in an upcoming bidding process to design, fund and... 

Mining companies need to start investigating and implementing a measured system to reduce their dependence on external water sources to maintain and ensure the sustainability of their operations... 

KSM Mining has closed the sale of a $150-million secured note to Sprott Resource Streaming and Royalty. 

The Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) is recommending several urgent measures to prevent a widening collapse of South Africa’s water treatment facilities amid a cholera outbreak.... 

A scoping study has confirmed the potential of the project as financially robust and globally competitive. 

Zambia was overtaken by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – as a copper and cobalt mining hub in Africa – owing to the latter being a cheaper and easier mining option. However, efforts made by... 

Water is a crucial resource and plays a vital role in the mining sector, but climate change and sustainability challenges have forced mines to reconsider their approach to water management. Various... 

Gold Fields has partnered with Osisko Mining to develop and mine the project. 

Private equity group Appian Natural Resources has committed to invest C$100-million to acquire a 60% interest in the project. 

To fully reap the benefits of the demand for battery-related minerals, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) needs to prioritise mining and export the minerals swiftly, says WSP Africa Earth &... 

With the private sector’s combined 9 GW of solar, wind, gas and battery storage projects in the pipeline, persistent loadshedding and an electricity tariff increase of 18.65% from April 1, it is... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that there is no intention of overhauling the Energy Action Plan he unveiled in July last year, even while acknowledging that “many of the measures in the... 

Eskom will approach the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for an exemption to allow it to temporarily bypass the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) units at the Kusile power... 

The 2022 preliminary economic assessment envisages an underground mining operation, starting with the development of an Iron Cap block cave mine and supplemented with a small openpit at Kerr.  

Two market leading professional firms sustain a successful collaborative relationship over 10+ years, bringing deep-technical expertise, innovation and project oversight to Gold Fields South Deep... 

Professional consulting firm WSP has been awarded two major separate infrastructure projects in the African mining sector after leveraging its recent acquisitions in the sector, states WSP Africa... 

A preliminary economic assessment has determined that the project could be a robust and profitable operation at several prices and assumptions. 

While the West African operating climate is positive overall as emerging initiatives are coming into play on the back of ongoing capital investment in mining projects, politically stable Ghana... 

Professional services provider WSP Earth and Environment in Africa, previously Golder Associates, water treatment lead Peter Wille says there has been a noticeable uptick in South African and... 

The office market continues to struggle, with an oversupply of space, especially in premium nodes, resulting in office development being “at a standstill” as developers diversify into the... 

A preliminary economic assessment has confirmed that the TG-Zone deposit has robust economics. 

ASX-listed Iron Road will proceed with an expression of interest (EoI) process for its Cape Hardy green hydrogen hub, after its market-sounding process proved successful. The company on Wednesday... 

By Jacques Farmer, MD at PRISMA Mining houses are required by the Skills Development Act to provide a Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) every year, as well as an Annual Training Report (ATR). The purpose... 

The global green mining transition, which is driving a significant increase in demand for effective water and waste management in the African mining market, has highlighted a skills shortage, says... 

Osisko Development has advised of its subsidiary Barkerville Gold Mines’ entering into a participation agreement with Williams Lake First Nation to jointly develop the Cariboo gold project. 

The economic impact of Covid-19 and the introduction of the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) in South Africa are some of the factors driving the growth of the green buildings sector, states... 

The Crater Lake TG Zone project, northeast of Schefferville, Quebec, has the potential to be a long-term provider of critical scandium and magnet rare earth to world markets, a preliminary economic... 

ASX-listed Iron Road will undertake a market sounding process to gauge commercial interest in the proposed Cape Hardy green hydrogen and industrial precinct. The South Australian government has... 

While water stewardship is not a well-known term, according to global organisation the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, it has been simply defined as “the use of water in a... 

ESG (environmental, social, and governance) has emerged as one of the most important acronyms in today’s business environment. While there is an understanding of what these terms mean individually,...