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Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the catalytic properties of platinum and palladium being researched and developed as a potential source of significant upliftment for drones; the 828...
South Africa’s Manganese Producers Consortium (MPC), which represents producers that account for 60% of South Africa’s manganese ore exports, does not direct individual producers on the corridors...
The plan-beating sale of manganese ore by Jupiter Mines in its financial year 2026 (FY26) included 828 000 t going through the Port of Lüderitz in Namibia, the ASX-listed company stated in its...
ASX-listed Black Canyon has positioned the Wandanya deposit, in Western Australia, among the most significant recent greenfields manganese discoveries in the country with a maiden mineral resource...
South Africa's State-owned logistics operator Transnet said on Friday it has started the process of picking a private sector partner to develop and operate a new manganese export terminal for 25...
Mining technology company Weir has been awarded a contract to supply a 150 t/h crushing and screening plant for copper and manganese explorer and developer Bezant’s Hope and Gorob copper/gold...
ASX-listed Firebird Metals has provided the first feedstock for its demonstration-scale manganese testwork plant at the Osborne Park facility, in Western Australia, with the plant expected to be...
More than 300 emerging researchers, industry leaders, government, academia and other stakeholders are to gather this month and next to explore innovative solutions to challenges in the minerals...
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the developments surrounding South Africa’s $5.8-billion green hydrogen ammonia project; the Mogalakwena mine which has 300-year-plus resource life;...
The third phase of the August 20-launched Government-Business Partnership for Growth and Jobs names freight logistics as a foundational enabler of growing the economy by 3%-plus and generating a...
ASX-listed Jupiter Mines, which owns a majority interest in Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining, in South Africa, has appointed Matthew Jarvis interim CEO, with immediate effect, following the...
DAKAR – Ghana's mining regulator is developing minimum wage and tender benchmarks for contract mining firms, seeking to curb aggressive underbidding as the country pushes miners to outsource more...
Although production at South Africa’s last operating manganese ferroalloys smelter – that of manganese ferroalloys producer Transalloys – has stopped, the asset is still well positioned to quickly...
State-owned logistics group Transnet on Thursday reported a R4.6-billion profit for the year to the end of March 2026, its first annual profit in four years. The freight rail, ports and pipelines...
South Africa's mining production decreased by 7.5% year-on-year in July, with the largest negative contributors being the platinum group metals (PGMs), coal and iron-ore sectors, Statistics South...
Demonstrated to Mining Weekly at this week’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg were AI-enabled solutions that are taking mining tyre performance to the next level by lowering...
South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 0.2% quarter-on-quarter for the second quarter, following growth of 0.4% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa (Stats...
The founder and chairperson of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Friday, September emphasised the importance of companies behaving in a manner that reflects integrity,...
The headline earnings of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) increased by 19% to R3 201-million in the financial year ended June 30 on mainly higher dollar platinum group...
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,...
The phased revival of the Khwelamet manganese alloy smelter complex in Meyerton, Gauteng, started in January 2026, with the site rehabilitation and refurbishment preparatory work, says mining...
Owing to low levels of competitiveness due to years of uncontrolled escalating power prices and lack of duties related to imported alloys and finished goods, which are both detrimental factors that...
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...
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...
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...
JSE-listed Aveng has reported revenue of A$2.3-billion, or R26.4-billion, for the year ended June 30, which was 12.4% lower than the prior year, reflecting the anticipated softening of...
Natrium Redox Technologies, a green technology startup based in Britain, said on Monday it had made a firm proposal to the Tasmanian government to acquire and restart Australia's only manganese...
Minerals Council South Africa has responded exceedingly positively to the launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third phase of South Africa’s Government-Business Partnership for Growth and...
Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) expects to report a 12% to 22% year-on-year increase in headline earnings to between R3.02-billion and R3.29-billion for the financial year ended...
Exxaro wants its growing energy and future-facing metals businesses to account for more than half of group earnings by 2030. “This is the business we are building for tomorrow,” Exxaro CEO Ben...
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed the approval of a two-year Negotiated Pricing Agreement (NPA) between Eskom and Mpumalanga-based Manganese Metal Company (MMC)....
At a time when calls are being made for South Africa to modernise its mining sector, emerging researchers will on October 2 have a next-generation platform to explore the future of the minerals...
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports that mining production decreased by 4% year-on-year in June, with the largest negative contributor being platinum group metals (PGMs), which recorded a...
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...
As mining remains the “backbone of South Africa’s economy”, due care must be exercised when implementing legislative interventions to minimise damage to investor sentiment and avoid curtailing the...
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...
ASX-listed Element25's Butcherbird Operations subsidiary has entered into a binding long-term offtake agreement with manganese alloy producer OM Materials for all of the manganese concentrate...
ASX-listed Jupiter Mines, which holds a 49.9% beneficial interest in Tshipi é Ntle Manganese Mining – the operator of the Tshipi manganese mine in South Africa's Northern Cape province – achieved...
Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa can turn to AI for help in the same way as has been done with huge success to discover Zambia’s biggest copper...
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