Despite South African mining ending up tenth in a ten-country global benchmarking exercise, two-thirds of the respondents who participated in a survey appear to be more intent on just doing the... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

As Namibia positions for another period of mining growth amid expanding operations across the country, success will increasingly be measured not only by production output but by how efficiently... 

Water management across South Africa’s mining sector has improved over the past five to ten years, although implementation continues to vary between operations, say the mine water division experts... 

Better connected operational data can help mining companies to improve water management across the mine life-cycle by enabling faster, more informed decision-making, says data, AI and advanced... 

A biological sulphate reduction process has shown potential to treat hypersaline brine ponds produced by coal mining operations. After successful bench-scale testing, pilot-scale work is now... 

Research conducted by the University of Pretoria (UP) shows that suitable mine water can be used responsibly for irrigation, offering mining companies a productive and potentially lower-cost... 

The decarbonisation journey of the steel industry is continuing to reinforce demand for the higher-grade ores and lump products of the kind produced by South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore. These... 

Mining modernisation, with private and public sectors as drivers, is an urgent strategic priority for the South African economy, a study undertaken by industry leaders, researchers, government... 

Chile's Antofagasta Minerals said on Thursday its flagship Los Pelambres copper mine remains safe after Chile's environmental regulator opened an investigation into a water discharge incident... 

South Africa’s, Guinea’s and the Democratic Republic of Congo’s iron-ore sectors are expected to grow significantly in the coming years, owing to the large “high-quality” iron-ore reserves in these... 

The increased efficiencies achieved by AI are ensuring that even lower quality operations are kept going for longer which benefits all stakeholders, Thungela Resources CEO Moses Madondo made clear... 

When the R10-billion five-project Vision 2028 expansion plan of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed surface gold company DRDGOLD was conceived in 2024, its market capitalisation was about... 

Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to... 

South Africa’s national mineral research organisation Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher, the State-owned organisation emphasised at its recent platinum group... 

Over half of mollusc species that cluster around underwater vents and hold promising potential for medicine and technology are at risk of going extinct due to deep-sea mining, the world's largest... 

Despite some impressive sustainability gains in the mining sector over the past decade, sustainable mining industry body ICMM CEO Rohitesh Dhawan says progress in Africa displays inconsistencies... 

The water recycling performance of global gold miner Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, in Gauteng, has improved from 78% in 2024 to 84% by the end of 2025 as part of efforts to reduce freshwater... 

An environmental decree from Senegal’s Ministry of Environment and Ecological Transition was awarded to precious metals miner Fortuna Mining last month, thereby approving the environmental- and... 

TSX-V-listed Canada Nickel Company has announced a strategic commercial partnership with RWE Supply & Trading - a global energy and carbon trading firm - to support the commercialisation of... 

With increasing emphasis globally on the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, South African companies are urged to creatively embed ESG practices in their everyday... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) have several properties that make them critical everyday-life minerals, Mintek supervisor applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho explicated during his presentation... 

Thousands of Venezuelans were feared dead on Thursday after two powerful earthquakes wreaked havoc in and around the capital Caracas, trapping people beneath the rubble of collapsed buildings and... 

Woodside Energy has announced a $5-million investment in a comprehensive, multi-year initiative to restore biodiversity and strengthen the environmental resilience of Sam Houston Jones State Park,... 

Impressive renewable-energy advances were graphically displayed by coal major Exxaro during its Capital Day on Monday, June 22. The first was a wind turbine involving 600 m3 of concrete in a 25 m... 

Iron-ore major Fortescue and maritime group CMB Tech have signed an agreement for the charter of up to 12 ammonia-capable vessels, which marks a big step towards decarbonising Fortescue's global... 

With the mining sector in Latin America entering a “different phase” of environmental, social, governance (ESG) scrutiny, law firm Dentons reports that across the lithium and copper corridors of...