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Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne.
Eland mine heading for complete greenness, Northam Platinum highlights
Updated 5 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Northam Platinum is looking to establish the Eland mine as South Africa’s first platinum group metals (PGMs) mine operating solely on renewable energy. In addition, Eland is water positive, and the... 


Tshiamiso Trust reports increase in claims activity, bolsters outreach
Updated 6 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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%... 


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Caledonia announces MRE for Motapa, increases Blanket’s estimates
Updated 7 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


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Jupiter highlights strong full-year performance at Tshipi
Updated 7 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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,... 


An image of the Uis mine
Andrada records strong year as it transition to critical minerals company
28th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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,... 


Voltalia's 148 MW Bolobedu solar power plant
Voltalia commissions 148 MW solar plant for Richards Bay Minerals
28th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy company Voltalia has commissioned the 148 MW Bolobedu solar power plant, in Limpopo, for mining company Rio Tinto South Africa subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals (RBM). Bolobedu will... 


Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne.
Northam Platinum’s operating profit soars 293%, record cash dividend declared
28th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The operating profit of platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome mining company Northam Platinum increased by more than 293% in its 2026 financial year (FY26), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 


Rock-sounding tech, government-business partnership, next-generation platform make headlines
Rock-sounding tech, government-business partnership, next-generation platform make headlines
28th August 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the CSIR’s recent test of digital rock-sounding technology at Harmony Gold’s Mponeng mine; Minerals Council South Africa is positive about the launch... 


Harmony CEO Beyers Nel.
Harmony’s underground gold mines producing at 38% free cash margin
27th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In financial year 2026 (FY26), Mponeng and Moab Khotsong, the high-grade South African underground operations of Harmony Gold, produced 15 t at 9 g/t with a 38% free cash flow margin. Mponeng, the... 


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Base metals underpin South32’s strong full-year performance
27th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal PGM mine
Sibanye-Stillwater flags higher earnings on solid operations and higher prices, margins
27th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Multinational metals and mining company Sibanye-Stillwater expects to report a more than 200% year-on-year improvement in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to between R5.71 and R6.51, or between... 


West Wits Mining's flag, alongside the South African flag and the Australian flag at the Witwatersrand Basin Project
Although 'positive', West Wits opts not to release Project 200 scoping study results
27th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed West Wits Mining has, following consultation with the stock exchange, decided not to release the scoping study results on its Project 200, which forms part of the company's broader... 


Wärtsilä to supply five engines for 14 MW power plant for Senegal gold project
27th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Marine and energy technology group Wärtsilä will supply five Wärtsilä 32 engines for a 14 MW captive power plant to be installed at the Diamba Sud gold project, in Senegal. The plant is required to... 


Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis
Tharisa, Valterra sign concentrate offtake agreement for Karo project
27th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

LSE- and JSE-listed critical minerals mining company Tharisa’s Karo Platinum subsidiary has signed a purchase of concentrate (PoC) binding term sheet with a subsidiary of Valterra Platinum for the... 


Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke
Seriti Power Community Trust investing R50m in Mpumalanga police station
27th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The Seriti Power Community Trust has started construction of the new Klarinet police station, in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, to improve community safety and provide sustainable infrastructure in the... 


DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius with CFO Henriette Hooijer and COO Jaco Schoeman.
DRDGOLD hoping new technology will improve gold recovery
27th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

DRDGOLD is excited about the up-flow reactor, which is showing good promise, DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius responded when questioned by Mining Weekly on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed... 


South32's Hermosa base metals mine in Arizona
Australia's South32 annual profit jumps 55%, extends shareholder-returns programme
27th August 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's South32 on Thursday posted a 55% rise in annual profit, largely in line with market expectations, and extended its shareholder-returns programme, sending its shares to a more than... 


Harmony CEO Beyers Nel.
Harmony’s free cash flow rockets 54% to record R17bn
27th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The operating free cash flow of gold and copper mining company Harmony increased by 54% to a record R17 148-million on higher average gold price received and copper sales from the CSA mine... 


Perseus reports strong financial performance
Perseus reports strong financial performance
26th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Perseus Mining has reported a strong financial performance for the financial year ended June 30, with its profit after tax having increased by 14% year-on-year to $480.5-million. The... 


A railway track
Mota-Engil said to win deal for US-backed Congo copper railway
26th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

Mota-Engil is set to sign a 30-year concession with the Democratic Republic of Congo to operate a key copper and cobalt railway, potentially backed with up to $1-billion of US financing. The deal... 


LFP battery
Canadian process tech company Nano One to roll out global LFP production partnership model
26th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian process technology company Nano One Materials Corporation is rapidly advancing a global lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode strategy as demand from energy storage, electric vehicles and... 


The Langer Heinrich mine
Paladin sets focus on Canada project following completion of Langer Heinrich ramp-up
26th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The successful completion of the operational ramp-up of the Langer Heinrich mine, in Namibia, has contributed to a significant improvement in independent uranium producer Paladin Energy's... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
26th August 2026

This week: It's been a very good year for DRDGOLD and, Exxaro wants energy, future metals to be more than half of group earnings by 2030 


Jubilee's Project Roan in Zambia
Jubilee selects preferred buyer for its Large Waste Project
26th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Johannesburg- and London-listed integrated copper and resource developer Jubilee Metals Group has selected a preferred buyer for its Large Waste Project (LWP), in Zambia, for $35-million. Jubilee... 


Exxaro media roundtable.
Exxaro driving modernisation, reviewing what mine of future could look like
26th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s Exxaro Resources is reviewing what the mine of the future could look like amid a modernisation drive, Exxaro CEO Ben Magara pointed out in response to Mining Weekly during a media... 


IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva
IMF's Georgieva says global economy weathering energy shock, sees fiscal concerns
26th August 2026 By: Reuters

The global economy has weathered the Iran war energy shock better than feared, International Monetary Fund MD Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday, but she raised concerns about deteriorating... 


Solar panels at a mine in South Africa
South African miners accelerate shift to renewable power to cut Eskom reliance
26th August 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's mining firms are accelerating investment in renewable energy as they seek to diversify power sources, cut costs and meet decarbonisation targets, marking a shift after decades of... 


AngloGold operation in Brazil
AngloGold Ashanti to process all its Brazilian gold concentrate domestically
26th August 2026 By: Reuters

AngloGold Ashanti has resumed operations at a Brazilian plant shut down in 2022, allowing the miner to once again domestically process all the gold concentrate from its local mines, rather than... 


Bags of lithium concentrate being loaded onto a truck
Sinomine secures additional Zimbabwe lithium export quota
25th August 2026 By: Reuters

Sinomine Resource Group has secured an export quota for an additional 300,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate from Zimbabwe, the company has said. Zimbabwe, Africa's top producer of battery... 


Northam's Booysendal mine
Northam to call for further proposals after receiving unsolicited buyout bid
25th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Northam Platinum says it will initiate a strategic, competitive process to proactively solicit proposals from interested parties for one or more... 


Toro trucks and loaders supplied to Kamoa Copper by Sandvik
Sandvik has won another order from Kamoa Copper
25th August 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Swedish multinational engineering group Sandvik has announced that it has received a significant new order from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) miner Kamoa Copper. Kamoa is a joint venture... 


Astec completes delivery, commissioning of advanced ship loading system at Lüderitz port
Astec completes delivery, commissioning of advanced ship loading system at Lüderitz port
25th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Multinational original equipment manufacturer group Astec Industries has successfully completed the delivery, assembly and commissioning of a new bulk materials handling and ship loading system at... 


An image of South Deep
Gold Fields reports strong interim performance, but Ghana lease renewal causes consternation
25th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Miner Gold Fields achieved a strong performance for the six months ended June 30, with sales volumes having increased by 18% year-on-year to 1.27-million ounces of gold, supported by a higher... 


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