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Marula Mining CEO Jason Brewer
Marula establishes copper, graphite subsidiary in Kenya
24th May 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

AAfrica-focused mining and development company Marula Mining has established a wholly-owned operating subsidiary company Muchai Mining Kenya to focus on securing both near-term and advanced copper... 


Contango's Lubu project produces first washed coal
24th May 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Lubu coking coal project, in Zimbabwe – owned by London-listed natural resource development company Contango Holdings – produced its first washed coal on May 23. This followed dry and wet runs... 


Unmanned drill rig pioneer Tribe Tech completes $2.5m fundraise
23rd May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Autonomous drill rig and sampling technology manufacturer Tribe Technology Group (Tribe Tech) has successfully completed a £2-million, or $2.5-million, fundraise with a number of prominent... 


Drilling cores
Mining and prospecting rights backlog worst in Mpumalanga
23rd May 2023 By: Darren Parker

In a presentation by Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) chief director Motlatso Kobe to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy in the National Assembly on May 23,... 


Ura raises funds for emerald mine
23rd May 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Ura Holdings has raised €280 000, through a placing and subscription of shares. Moreover, the company has raised €50 000 by way of a convertible loan note with Austin Acquisitions. 


hammer and mining samples
Contract for winning cadastral system bid expected to be signed in July
23rd May 2023 By: Darren Parker

The contract for the much-awaited South African mining rights licensing cadastral system is expected to be signed in July, Mineral Resources and Energy deputy director-general of corporate services... 


Green transition's exponential demand for metals, minerals.
Mining council zeroing in on aluminium, copper, silicon, steel in accelerating circular economy
23rd May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

In setting up to accelerate a global circular economy, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) will be focusing on the value chains of wind turbines and solar photovoltaic panels and... 


New WDC president delivers encouraging address about KP issues
23rd May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In an address to delegates of the Kimberley Process (KP) 2023 Intersessional Meeting, newly elected World Diamond Council (WDC) president Feriel Zerouki highlighted some key inhibiting factors to... 


The Tutuka power station
Eskom to implement Stage 5 loadshedding from 16:00
23rd May 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 5 loadshedding in the evenings until further notice. Stage 5 loadshedding will be implemented from 16:00 until 05:00 and Stage 4... 


Black Rock signs offtake MoU with POSCO
23rd May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

Graphite developer Black Rock Mining has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with strategic alliance partner POSCO over the supply of high quality natural large flake graphite... 


Barloworld CEO Dominic Sewela
Barloworld expects construction sector to rebound in coming months
22nd May 2023 By: Darren Parker

Industrial processing, distribution and services company Barloworld expects the construction industry in Southern Africa will recover in the coming months as infrastructure and energy projects gain... 


Shanta going full speed ahead with major drilling programmes
22nd May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Shanta Gold says a successful ramp-up of its Singida gold mine, in Tanzania, has enabled the company to allocate capital to high-impact exploration programmes across its asset portfolio.... 


Hummingbird Resources starts hot commissioning at Guinea mine
22nd May 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Aim-listed gold mining multinational Hummingbird Resources has announced the start of the hot commissioning phase at the Kouroussa gold mine, in Guinea, with the next step being first gold pour,... 


De Beers new Sky Park facility that is filled with diamonds, diamond experts and diamond technology.
Diamond investment in South Africa gains ‘forever’ tag as De Beers opens airport sparkler
22nd May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Like a diamond itself, diamond investment in South Africa is having a ‘forever’ tag pinned on its back as the world’s largest diamond company by value speaks glowingly of its $2-billion investment... 


Copper pressured by poor demand prospects and higher supply
22nd May 2023 By: Reuters

Copper prices fell on Monday as the market focused on a deteriorating demand picture in top consumer China, rising supplies and climbing inventories in LME-approved warehouses. Benchmark copper... 


Andrada produces first lithium concentrate from pilot programme
22nd May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has achieved first production of lithium concentrate, in the form of a high-purity petalite concentrate, from an off-site pilot test programme. The off-site test... 


MRC strikes $10m funding deal with GMA
22nd May 2023 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed Mineral Commodities (MRC) on Monday unveiled a $10-million funding and offtake agreement with Garnet International Resources, a member of the GMA Group. MRC and its empowerment partner... 


University of the Witwatersrand’s Wits Mining Institute DigiMine Laboratory head Ahsan Mahboob.
Sibanye-Stillwater funding Wits University’s carbon storage brainstorming ‘techathon’
22nd May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg- and New York listed platinum group metals, green metals and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater is funding a brainstorming ‘techathon’ on the challenge of storing carbon in... 


Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis
Tharisa reports lower yet ‘healthy’ margins
19th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

Despite a 9.1% year-on-year drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) for the six months ended March 31, platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Tharisa CEO... 


From left, De Beers Consolidated Mines Executive Chairperson Barend Petersen, De Beers Group CEO Al Cook, De Beers Sightholder Sales South Africa senior VP Peter Moeti, De Beers Group Managed Operations Moses Madondo, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe.
New ‘diamond is forever when all work together’ adage uplifts De Beers grand Sky Park opening
19th May 2023 By: Martin Creamer

A diamond is forever when we all work together, new De Beers Group CEO Al Cook opined sagaciously in his welcome address at the grand opening of De Beers’ Sightholder Sales South Africa at Sky... 


Tharisa PGM and chrome mine
Tharisa receives environmental approval for local 40 MW solar power plant
19th May 2023 By: Darren Parker

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Tharisa has received environmental approval (EA) for its 40 MW solar plant project, allowing it to move ahead with the project. “The EA paves the way for us to... 


Gem trader HB Antwerp eyes African diamonds after Botswana pact
Gem trader HB Antwerp eyes African diamonds after Botswana pact
19th May 2023 By: Reuters

HB Antwerp, a Belgian gem processing firm and trader, is hunting for more deals in Africa after securing a sales pact with Botswana, the world's No. 1 diamond producer by value. The firm is... 


Starlink enterprise sales director Phillip van Essen at the Dwyka Tech*Carnival, hosted at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand
Starlink addresses issue of presence in S Africa at Dwyka Tech*Carnival
19th May 2023 By: Tracy Hancock

The ambition of Elon Musk’s global satellite Internet service Starlink is to be available worldwide, said Starlink enterprise sales director Phillip van Essen at the Dwyka Tech*Carnival this week... 


Petra posts lower average prices, sales in fifth sales cycle
19th May 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In its fifth tender for the 2023 financial year, London-listed Petra Diamonds has generated $42.1-million from the sale of 468 800 ct. CEO Richard Duffy says the lower sales in the fifth cycle... 


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New mining vision, platinum deficit, renewables make headlines
19th May 2023

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses calls for a new mining vision amid release of exploration funds; Platinum’s deficit prediction is up 77% this year, close to a million ounces; and Pan... 


Babcock Ntuthuko Engineering CEO Thava Govender
Despite low risk of blackout, Eskom’s restoration protocols should be paired with larger country plan
19th May 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Amid rising public anxiety over the prospect of a blackout, a former senior Eskom executive has added his voice to those highlighting the low probability of such an eventuality. However, he also... 


Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy
Enviro department evaluating EIAs for renewables projects with a combined capacity of 9 789 MW
19th May 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports that the department’s environmental impact assessment section is currently processing applications for renewable-energy... 


Zinc price could hit $2 000/t by 2025 on ballooning surplus
Zinc price could hit $2 000/t by 2025 on ballooning surplus
19th May 2023 By: Reuters

Refined zinc prices are expected to be on a downward trend until 2025, as weak demand growth failed to match with a surge in production, analysts said. "Demand for zinc will be relatively weak in... 


Nickel prices seen falling as global surplus looms
19th May 2023 By: Reuters

Global nickel prices are poised to decline over the next few years as top producer Indonesia ramps up supplies and production costs fall, industry watchers predicted at metals conferences this... 


More than half of the world's large lakes are drying up, study finds
19th May 2023 By: Reuters

More than half of the world's large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for agriculture, hydropower and... 


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