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Port Hedland
BHP Port Hedland iron-ore workers to strike August 8 and 9, if no pay deal reached
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

Workers at BHP Group's Port Hedland iron-ore operations in Western Australia plan to go on strike next week, unions said on Friday, threatening to disrupt the miner's $80-million of daily exports through the world's largest iron-ore port. BHP,... 


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DPM Metals posts record quarterly free cashflow
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and ASX-listed gold, copper and silver producer DPM Metals has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.04 apiece after achieving record free cashflow generation of $227-million in the three months... 


AngloGold's Sunrise Dam mine, in Australia
AngloGold quarterly profit up 58% as higher bullion prices offset lower output
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

AngloGold Ashanti posted a 58% increase in second-quarter profit on Friday, as higher bullion prices offset the impact of lower output. The miner said its headline earnings were $1.01-billion in... 


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American Rare Earths evaluating best pathways to list in US
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed American Rare Earths says it remains committed to a listing on Nasdaq in the US and is examining pathways to achieve it, including a compliance listing as well as other transaction... 


Port of Vancouver
Canadian advocacy organistion welcomes Vancouver Mayor's 'Mining Day' proclamation
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian advocacy organisation Resource Works Society has welcomed Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's proclamation of July 30 as Mining and Mineral Exploration Day in Vancouver. The proclamation recognises... 


Bandeira project site
Lithium Ionic maintains it is rightful owner of Bandeira project as Emerita submits statement of claim
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Lithium Ionic has reviewed a statement of claim filed by another Canadian miner Emerita Resources Corporation in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 29, saying it disagrees... 


Capstone Copper operation in Chile
Canadian copper miner Capstone posts record Q1 adjusted net income to shareholders of $97m
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper has announced record adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $354-million in the second quarter of the year ended... 


Vanadium ore
Central Asia vanadium miner Ferro-Alloy Resources appoints Secker CEO
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Ferro-Alloy Resources has appointed Peter Secker CEO effective mid October, following which current CEO Nick Bridgen will transition to non-executive deputy chairperson. Ferro-Alloy... 


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South Korea, Chile sign five MOUs, deepen lithium and copper cooperation
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

South Korea and Chile signed five memorandums of understanding on Thursday, including a mineral resources partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation on lithium and copper supply chains, after a... 


Nickel mining in Indonesia
Nickel mining in Indonesia's Raja Ampat continues despite protests, Greenpeace finds
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

Nickel mining operations in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization- (UNESCO-)listed Raja Ampat in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are continuing a year after a... 


Impala Platinum's Rustenburg smelter
Strong rand PGM pricing lifts Implats' full-year refined output, sales
31st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) achieved a marginal increase in its mined platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and gold (6E) to 3.5-million ounces for the... 


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Miners face new cyber threats as operations become increasingly digital
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The mining industry’s increasing adoption of digital infrastructure and operational technology systems to support autonomous vehicles, drilling systems and remotely controlled equipment is giving... 


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Death toll rises to at least 34 after blast at Pakistan coal mine complex
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

An explosion buried parts of a mining complex and killed at least 34 miners in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, a Pakistani official said. A rescue operation is still underway to find... 


Uranium mineralisation
Global Uranium to consolidate Canadian shares
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada- and Frankfurt-listed Global Uranium Corporation has proposed a consolidation of its common shares on a ten-to-one basis on the CSE. The company has about 59.1-million common shares... 


Orion Minerals MD and CEO Tony Lennox
Orion Minerals expects first tranche of Glencore prepayment facility to be available end-Aug
31st July 2026 By: Chanel de Bruyn

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... 


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Uranium mineralisation
Purecore secures option to earn 100% of Skyharbour's underexplored Yurchison prospect
31st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian uranium developers Skyharbour Resources and Purecore Metals have entered into a definitive option agreement whereby Purecore may earn up to 100% of the Yurchison property, in Saskatchewan.... 


Transmission infrastructure
Ramaphosa endorses Eskom restructuring team's Phase I report on the establishment of an independent TSO
31st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

President Cyril Ramaphosa has endorsed the Phase I report of the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT), setting the stage to restructure South Africa’s electricity sector to create competition,... 


Fortescue's Eliwana iron-ore operation
Fortescue says China's CMRG actions disrupting supply stability
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

Iron-ore major Fortescue said on Friday the actions of China's State iron-ore buyer were undermining the stable supply of iron-ore to the country and it hoped for a swift return to normal market... 


Magazine round up | 31 July 2026
Magazine round up | 31 July 2026
31st July 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 


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Zimbabwe half-year lithium exports up 230%
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

Zimbabwe exported lithium products worth $782-million in the first six months of 2026, up from $237-million during the same period last year, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Thursday. The... 


Person walking past a coal stockpile
Death toll rises to at least 34 after blast at Pakistan coal mine complex
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

An explosion buried parts of a mining complex and killed at least 34 miners in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, a Pakistani official said. A rescue operation is still underway to find... 


The Spence copper mine in Chile
South Korea, Chile sign five MOUs, deepen lithium and copper cooperation
31st July 2026 By: Reuters

South Korea and Chile signed five memorandums of understanding on Thursday, including a mineral resources partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation on lithium and copper supply chains, after a... 


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Magazine round up | 31 July 2026
Magazine round up | 31 July 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

The entry into commercial operation of the R1.7-billion Lephalale Solar Project was celebrated recently by Exxaro Resources and its wholly owned renewable energy business Cennergi. Located near Exxaro's Grootegeluk Mine in Lephalale, the 68 MWac behind-the-meter solar PV facility comprises 129 024 solar modules installed across 185 ha. The facility is designed to generate some 176 MWh of renewable electricity yearly and is Exxaro's first utility-scale, self-generation renewables asset to enter into commercial operations.
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The entry into commercial operation of the R1.7-billion Lephalale Solar Project was celebrated recently by Exxaro Resources and its wholly owned renewable energy business Cennergi. Located near... 

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Infrastructure to restore economic competitiveness must be put in place much faster

Under-investment in electricity, ports and rail infrastructure has increased the cost of doing business in South Africa and weakened the competitiveness of our economy. Fixed investment has fallen... 

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Missed opportunity

The uptake of rooftop solar in South Africa has increased dramatically over the past five or so years, spurred initially by the extreme loadshedding from 2021 to 2024. Using satellite and other... 

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Jonathan Skeen, MD: Commercial at the SOLA Group
Jonathan Skeen

This week we profile Jonathan Skeen, MD: Commercial at the SOLA Group, a fully South African vertically integrated renewable-energy infrastructure, generation and storage company  

UNSETTLING: Recent developments at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which invests funds on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund, are troubling, to say the least. South Africa has witnessed, and continues to feel, the damage caused by governance failures at other public entities. With more than R3-trillion under management, it is crucial that the PIC’s governance, leadership and unlisted-investment pillars are stabilised without delay.
UNSETTLING

Recent developments at the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which invests funds on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund, are troubling to say the least. South Africa has witnessed,... 

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