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Epiroc to acquire the business of South African mining aftermarket solutions provider
Epiroc to acquire the business of South African mining aftermarket solutions provider
5th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mining equipment supplier Epiroc has agreed to acquire the business of Eventspec, a South African mining aftermarket solutions provider that manufactures parts for drill rigs, mine trucks and... 


Patriot Resources completes Zambia site visit, geological mapping
Patriot Resources completes Zambia site visit, geological mapping
5th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Battery metals company Patriot Resources has completed an initial site visit and first-pass reconnaissance geological mapping on its new Zambian licence, 33543-HQ-LEL. The licence covers about... 


The Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm has entered into commercial operation
All three components of R16bn Koruson 2 renewables cluster now operational
5th August 2026 By: Terence Creamer

All three projects that make up Envusa Energy’s giant 520 MW Koruson 2 renewable-energy cluster are now officially operational, after 130 MW of the 140 MW Hartebeesthoek Wind Farm entered into... 


A table showing operational and shuttered refining capacity in South Africa
Sasol’s wartime windfall revives debate over coal’s future
5th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

Sasol, the world’s largest producer of fuel from coal, is reaping the benefits of a surge in fuel prices due to the Iran war, while helping shield its home market of South Africa from the resulting... 


This week: Anglo highlights ability to provide capital efficient copper growth in tightening market; Valterra Platinum remains ‘highly confident’ in ‘robust outlook’ for PGM demand and, Decarbonisation reinforcing demand for Kumba Iron Ore‘s high grade, lump products
Resources Watch
5th August 2026

This week: Anglo highlights ability to provide capital efficient copper growth in tightening market; Valterra Platinum remains ‘highly confident’ in ‘robust outlook’ for PGM demand and,... 


Representatives from Envision and Sasol, including industrial and economic policy specialist Jak Koseff (front right), signing an agreement in the presence of South Africa's Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Sasol commissions China’s Envision to design Sasolburg e-methanol project
5th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

South African chemicals and energy company Sasol has signed an agreement with Chinese green technology and renewable-energy company Envision to undertake the engineering design for an e-methanol... 


The Kabanga project site
US-backed group favored as investor in Tanzania nickel project
5th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

A US government-backed consortium has been picked as the favored candidate to invest in a large nickel project in Tanzania, as the Trump administration looks to fund new supplies of key metals.... 


Anthony Viljoen
Andrada receives regulatory approval in Namibia for Brandberg West earn-in agreement
5th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has received approval from the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) for the earn-in agreement made towards the Brandberg West copper, tungsten and tin project, between... 


George Bennett
Rainbow Rare Earths makes new executive, managerial appointments
5th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

LSE-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has confirmed the appointments of James Beams as executive director and Brent Holme as the company’s environmental, social and sustainability manager, with both... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller
Valterra, Pujing Chemical to collaborate on advancing innovative production technology
5th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa-headquartered Valterra Platinum has, through a Chinese subsidiary, entered into a collaboration agreement with Shanghai Pujing Chemical Technology to support the scale-up and further... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Glencore half-year earnings up 86% to $10bn
5th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has delivered another strong operational and financial performance for the first half of the year. The assets of the London- and Johannesburg Stock... 


MinRes Iron Valley operation
Depletion of iron-ore mines to underpin next decade's prices, Rio Tinto executive says
5th August 2026 By: Reuters

Supply pressure stemming from the depletion of iron-ore mines built earlier this century, such as those in Australia, is set to underpin the iron-ore market and prices over the coming decade, a Rio... 


Test facilities at Mintek
Mintek welcomes new board
4th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

State minerals and metallurgical research organisation Mintek has welcomed the appointment of its new board by Cabinet. In a media statement, Mintek says the newly appointed board will provide... 


Copper sheets in a warehouse
Zambia miners eye election with hopes for support for copper expansion
4th August 2026 By: Reuters

For mining firms in Zambia, priorities for next week’s elections include stronger incentives for processing minerals, reviving exploration and expanding power generation, measures they say are... 


Rare earths on the periodic table
AuKing to acquire Malawi heavy rare earths project
4th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

ASX-listed AuKing Mining plans to acquire a 100% interest in the Machinga heavy rare earth elements project in southern Malawi. This acquisition provides AuKing with an additional rare earth... 


A rail yard on the Lobito Corridor railway project
DBSA, US DFC reach $786m financial close on Lobito Corridor railway project
4th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Development financial institutions the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have reached financial close on $786-million in... 


Road construction at Tulu Kapi
Project development at Kefi’s Ethiopia project advancing on schedule
4th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper has reported that the Phase 1 resettlement action plan (RAP) at its Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethiopia, clearing the mining licence area for the installation of... 


Critical minerals
Mining sector not as badly affected by Middle East conflict as first thought, but risks remain
4th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Following the release of its mid-year review, global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) has highlighted how contained the damage has been in the global mining and metals markets amid... 


Lithium mining for green power triggers eco-outcry from South African farmers
4th August 2026 By: Reuters

Mining lithium for batteries is a growing part of South Africa's plan to use the global shift towards green energy to revive its economy, but now it faces a challenge from thousands of angry... 


Centre for Science Technology and Innovation Indicators’ senior research specialist Dr Kgabo H Ramoroka.
Considerable room to increase mining’s innovation intensity, survey finds
4th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The results of a study on the modernisation of South African mining indicate that there is considerable room to increase innovation participation and intensity across the firms surveyed. The... 


Gold bars
Is gold still the safe haven it was? Research suggests it has lost its lustre
4th August 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Gold is no longer the certain safe haven it once was, researchers at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT’s) Department of Finance and Tax have discovered. The yellow metal lost this status as a... 


Shaft headgear at CRM
Eastplats secures up to C$2m credit facility to support CRM underground ramp-up
4th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX- and JSE-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has secured a new credit facility of up to C$2-million with investment holding company Ka An Development Co and intends to use the proceeds for... 


Rare earth elements
Aldoro increases its resource estimate for Namibian rare earths project
4th August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

ASX-listed mineral exploration and development company Aldoro Resources has confirmed that its Kameeelburg rare earth elements (REEs) project, in Namibia, has increased its resource estimate from a... 


Signage on a building where the investmernt conference is being held
South Africa makes case in Beijing for Chinese investment in energy
3rd August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is attending the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, in Beijing, this week, where he has advocated for strategic... 


Drill core and a hammer
Aterian identifies new copper targets at Morocco project
3rd August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Aterian says an independent interpretation of the recently completed high-resolution ground magnetic data has identified multiple priority copper/silver exploration targets at its... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
AI helping to develop alloys for use in new applications, Valterra Platinum reports
3rd August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Can you use AI to find new markets for platinum group metals (PGMs)? “The simple answer is yes,” was the reply of Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller to Mining Weekly during the latest media... 


Graphite ore
Volt challenges Tanzanian government’s decision to cancel mining licences
3rd August 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

ASX-listed Volt Resources subsidiary Volt Graphite Tanzania has expressed its disappointment after receiving formal notification from Tanzania’s Ministry of Minerals that its mining licences for... 


Construction cranes
Mali says mining-backed fund could unlock up to $800m for infrastructure projects
3rd August 2026 By: Reuters

Mali could leverage revenues from recent mining sector reforms to raise up to 500-billion CFA francs ($883.1-million) for energy, water and transport projects, its finance minister said, part of a... 


Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm
Seriti unpacks big renewables ambition for coal heartland as first 155 MW wind project enters into operation
3rd August 2026 By: Terence Creamer

The first 25 turbines at Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm, which is rising in the coal heartland of Mpumalanga within site of the giant Secunda coal-to-liquids complex and in close... 


Iron-ore loading
Iron-ore hits one-year low on trader concerns and demand outlook
3rd August 2026 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore sank to the lowest level in more than a year amid concerns about a major physical trader of the commodity, which compounded existing market softness linked to a challenging demand outlook.... 


The ribbon-cutting ceremony of a 2 kW PEM electrolyser at Sasol's R&T facility in Sasolburg
Sasol commissions PEM electrolyser to advance local hydrogen technology capability
31st July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

JSE-listed energy and chemicals group Sasol has, in collaboration with its public-sector and academic partners, commissioned a 2 kW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser system at the... 


AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon.
AngloGold’s ‘extraordinary by any measure’ half year pays nigh $1bn in dividends
31st July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

“It's been an extraordinary period by any measure,"was the description of AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon of his company’s first-half performance when he presented second-quarter results of... 


Drill core recovered at the Makuutu project
Ionic launches strategic review of Uganda rare earths project
31st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths has, through its 60%-owned Rwenzori Rare Metals subsidiary, initiated a strategic review of the Makuutu heavy rare earths project, in Uganda, amid strong inbound... 


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