Newmont CEO Natascha Viljoen inducted into Joburg Indaba Hall of Fame

Gold mining company Newmont CEO and president Natascha Viljoen was inducted into the Joburg Indaba Mining Hall of Fame at the opening of the Joburg Indaba on October 6. The honour recognises more... 

PwC sees opportunities for mining to bolster benefits following stronger performance

South Africa’s mining sector entered this year on a stronger footing, underpinned by higher platinum group metals (PGM) and gold prices, improved mineral reserve positions and growing interest in... 

Riyadh set to host sixth Future Minerals Forum next year

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources has announced that the sixth edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), a global platform for shaping the future of minerals, will be held... 

Epiroc secures underground mining equipment order for Sibanye-Stillwater PGMs mine

Productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries Epiroc has won a large order for underground mining equipment from multinational metals and mining company... 

Akobo achieves best quarterly performance to date

Scandinavia-based gold producer Akobo Minerals has delivered its strongest quarter since production started at its Segele mine, in Ethiopia, with record gold production and earnings before... 

ACSA focused on next phase following strong year

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger... 

Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 

Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 

Koryx completes drill programme at Namibian project

TSX-V-listed Koryx Copper has announced assay results from 18 drill holes (7 074 m) received as part of the ongoing infill and expansion drill programme on the wholly-owned Haib copper project, in... 

Tetra Pak commissions R19m Gauteng PolyAl plant

Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has commissioned a new PolyAl processing plant in Germiston, Gauteng – a R19-million investment that will help convert used beverage... 

De Beers publishes 2025 sustainability report

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s 2025 Sustainability Report has outlined progress in its ‘Building Forever’ sustainability framework, with advances in livelihoods, nature conservation, climate action... 

Impala Rustenburg bolsters women leadership

Two recent appointments at Impala Rustenburg mark firsts for the operation and reflect the growing contribution of women in senior mining leadership positions. Nonkululeko (Nonku) Mosikare has been... 

Concern raised over Chinese firms being set up in South Africa to target grid build

Industry organisations the Power Line and Substation Association of South Africa, the Manufacturing Circle, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa and the Association of... 

Ongwe starts drilling at newly discovered gold prospect

TSX-V-listed Ongwe Minerals has started drilling at its newly discovered Nguni gold prospect, situated 17 km east of the Manga gold discovery, at the Omatjete gold project in Namibia. Two drill... 

Tertiary announces positive analytical results from Zambia project

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has announced additional laboratory analytical results from the recent Phase 4 drill programme at the Discovery zone in Target A1 at the Mushima North project, in... 

Thor Explorations reports encouraging drilling results from Côte d’Ivoire project

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has announced “encouraging” maiden exploration drilling results from its Marahui gold project, in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire. The project forms part of a... 

De Beers Science and Technology division releases new diamond screener

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s Science & Technology division has revealed SynthDetect 2, the next generation desktop diamond screening instrument. De Beers Group states that the first SynthDetect... 

Sylvania launches share buyback following record full-year performance

Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum achieved record production of 95 885 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) platinum group metals (PGMs) from its Sylvania Dump Operations (SDO) and the Thaba... 

URU advances drilling contractor selection for South African project

London-listed URU Metals has advanced the drilling contractor selection process for the drilling programme at its Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, and is now completing the final... 

Premier, Canmax extend long stop date of offtake, prepayment agreement

London-listed Premier African Minerals has reached agreement with Canmax Technologies to further extend the long stop date under the restated offtake and prepayment agreement originally entered... 

Jubilee looks to further production growth after higher 2026 output achieved

Integrated copper producer and resource developer Jubilee Metals’ combined production prior to refining from the Roan operations and Molefe mine totalled 3 739 t of copper for the financial year... 

Mike Ralston resigns as Blencowe CEO

Mike Ralston has resigned as CEO of London-listed Blencowe Resources with immediate effect. He will, however, continue to support the company on a full-time consultancy basis until his planned... 

Vanadium Resources receives A$1m commitments to advance South African smelter

ASX-listed Vanadium Resources has received firm commitments from sophisticated and institutional investors to raise about A$1-million, before costs, through an oversubscribed share placement. The... 

Platinum market records second-quarter surplus, but inventories still constrained

The platinum market recorded a surplus in the second quarter of the year, for the second successive quarter, at 244 000 oz, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council’s (WPIC’s)... 

DMCC launches world’s largest silver bar as pioneer tokenised commodity asset

Commodities exchange and free-trade zone Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has announced the formal launch of the world’s largest silver bar as the first tokenised commodity asset under the... 

Kefi suspends Ethiopia project development activities following serious safety incident

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper reports that its Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethiopia, experienced a serious security incident on September 4, resulting in multiple fatalities involving security... 

URU complete Leapfrog model for South African project

An updated Leapfrog three-dimensional (3D) geological model for London-listed URU Metals’ Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, has been completed, with this being used to define, position... 

Cora reports encouraging drill results from Mali project

First assay results from recent drilling being conducted at West Africa-focused gold company Cora Gold’s Sanankoro project, in southern Mali, show high-grade gold intercepts from Zone B outside the... 

Rainbow, Mosaic initiate PFS for Brazil rare earth project

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has started a prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Uberaba project, in Brazil, in conjunction with partner NYSE-listed Mosaic Company.   Following the positive... 

Botswana Minerals’ AI programme shifts to identify drill sites

Dual-listed Botswana Minerals says that while its AI-assisted exploration programme across its north-west (Ngamiland) Botswana licences continues to identify significant opportunities, it is moving... 

SAIMM president proffers solutions to industry capability challenge beyond more graduates

What is commonly described as a skills shortage in the country’s mining industry has become a much broader capability challenge and this will accelerate over the next decade as an experienced and... 

Exxaro to sell Moranbah South project to Stanmore

Mining and renewable-energy company Exxaro Resources has agreed to dispose of its 100% interest in the Moranbah South project, in Australia, to Stanmore Resources for $105-million, once Exxaro... 

First half PGM supply shows recovery, not sustained production growth – Heraeus

South African platinum group metal (PGM) mine production recovered strongly in the first half of this year, although much of the improvement reflects normalisation from the weather-disrupted first... 

Wesizwe reaches agreement with AMCU, but not NUM, over Bakubung restructuring

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum says the consultation and facilitation process in terms of Section 189A of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), conducted under the auspices of the Commission for... 

Rockwell Automation collaborates with Mimosa mine, local partner to modernise Zimbabwe mine

Industrial automation and digital transformation company Rockwell Automation has announced a new collaboration with Mimosa mine and Mine Elect to support the mine’s ongoing modernisation programme.... 

Askari continues to progress Uis workstreams

ASX-listed Askari Metals has provided an update on exploration activities under way at its Uis critical metals project, in Namibia, where multiple workstreams are progressing simultaneously as the... 

Gem Diamonds reports improved first-half financial performance

London-listed Gem Diamonds reported a significantly improved financial performance for the six months ended June 30, compared with the same period last year, with revenue having increased by 32% to... 

IntelliSense.io partners with SEP to scale industrial decision intelligence

Provider of industrial decision intelligence for mining and minerals processing IntelliSense.io has announced a significant investment from investor in enterprise technology companies SEP,... 

Park Village Auctions appointed for major asset sale at Finsch mine

Park Village Auctions (PVA) has been solely mandated to realise the assets of Finsch diamond mine, one of South Africa’s major diamond mining operations, which is in business rescue. Following... 

Planning work under way for African Pioneers’ Namibia project

Exploration and resource development company African Pioneer announces that planning work has started on the Ongombo-Ongeama development programme under the terms of the conditional financing and...