Hydrogen

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tells us about how AI is helping to develop alloys for use in new applications; the study that’s shown that there is considerable room to increase mining’s... 

As investment in hydrogen infrastructure gathers pace, the focus is extending beyond production technologies to the pipeline networks and components needed to transport the gas safely and reliably.... 

For more than six decades, instrumentation and pressure measurement provider VEGA has led the field in level and pressure measurement technology. That expertise is now helping to shape one of... 

The US Trade and Development Agency said on Tuesday it had agreed to fund early-stage studies for a project aimed at producing ammonia in Western Sahara, marking the first US government financing... 

Martin Creamer discusses China’s platinum-focused Five-Year Plan, AI-driven efficiencies for lower-grade operations, and DRDGold’s R10-billion regional tailings storage expansion. 

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... 

Following the latest hostilities in the US war with Iran, precious metals prices dropped across the board, with the gold price falling back below $4 100/oz and silver below $60/oz. In its latest... 

To replace declining demand for the autocatalysis that curbs emissions from vehicle exhausts, new longer-term platinum group metal (PGM) applications are required, Sibanye-Stillwater headlined at... 

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa reached about $70-billion in 2025, which was below the exceptional $94-billion recorded in 2024, but was the third-highest number since 1990 and... 

International recognition of South Africa’s accredited testing, inspection, certification and verification results is helping local companies to export goods and services under the African... 

Recently, LONGi announced two major technological breakthroughs. First, its independently developed Hybrid Interdigitated-Back-Contact (HIBC) solar cell has been certified by the Institute for... 

In a period where change is proving to be rapid and consequential, South Africa’s public and private sectors should go all out to collaboratively pursue every viable route to greater... 

Swedish startup Stegra, which is building Europe's first hydrogen-fuelled steel plant, said on Wednesday its €1.4-billion ($1.6-billion) financing round led by a Wallenberg Investments consortium... 

As part of a working visit to China, South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile has met with a key industry organisation that promotes the development and adoption of hydrogen energy and fuel... 

The most persistently bullish part of the commodities sector in recent years has been metals associated with the energy transition, such as copper, lithium and rare earth elements. Iron-ore miners... 

In a year where change is proving to be rapid and consequential, the major upcoming Shanghai Platinum Week is bound to connect key trends across the platinum group metals (PGMs) value chain as it... 

Daimler Truck, MB Energy and Kawasaki Heavy Industries have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to establish a liquefied hydrogen supply chain to Europe via the Port of Hamburg. Under this... 

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), the State-owned company responsible for nuclear research and technology development, as well as the provision of nuclear applications and... 

Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment. Market tightness suggests that there is insufficient...