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... 

Kefi refines board for next stage of development in Ethiopia, appoints nonexec director

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper, which is developing projects in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia, has appointed Danny Callow as independent nonexecutive director with immediate effect, filling the... 

Epiroc secures order for Botswana copper mine

Mining and infrastructure industries productivity and sustainability company Epiroc has won a large order from global mining company MMG for underground equipment for a major copper mine in... 

Elevate reports results from U-pgrade pilot plant in Namibia

ASX-listed Elevate Uranium has recorded an operational update for the U-pgrade pilot plant programme that is processing ore sourced from the company’s Marenica uranium project, in Namibia. U-pgrade... 

South Africa’s small-scale, junior diamond sector faced with many headwinds

South Africa has long been a significant force in the global diamond industry; however, it has faced regulatory and logistics headwinds which are placing pressure especially on the small and junior... 

Iron-ore production set for further growth to 2030 – BMI

Global iron-ore production growth will accelerate over 2026 to 2030, averaging 2.2% growth over that period, compared with 1.2% over the previous five years, with production expected to reach... 

Tshiamiso Trust reports increase in claims activity, bolsters outreach

The Tshiamiso Trust has reported an increase in claims activity for the 2026 financial year as it moves into the latter half of its lifespan, with claim lodgements having increased by 64%... 

Caledonia announces MRE for Motapa, increases Blanket’s estimates

Gold miner Caledonia Mining has announced a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its 100%-owned Motapa property, in Zimbabwe. This shows a maiden measured and indicated MRE of 7.8-million... 

Jupiter highlights strong full-year performance at Tshipi

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines says the Tshipi manganese mine, in South Africa, delivered another strong performance in the financial year ended June 30, with production and sales of 3.5-million tonnes,... 

Andrada records strong year as it transition to critical minerals company

London-listed and Namibia-focused Andrada Mining’s financial year to February 28 represented an important step in the company’s evolution from a single-asset tin producer into a diversified,... 

Base metals underpin South32’s strong full-year performance

Australia-headquartered diversified miner South32’s group underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 28% year-on-year to $2.5-billion for the... 

Mentorship, accountability proffered as pivotal to accelerating women in leadership

With progress still lagging in bolstering gender parity in business leadership, despite this having remained on the agenda for several years, there is a need for more strategic and deliberate...