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Industry organisation the World Gold Council (WGC) has released a new documentary, titled ‘Gold: A Journey with Idris Elba’, created in partnership with Pioneer Productions. The documentary was...
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has published independently verified, maiden mineral resource estimates for the high-grade Makoko and Kiala deposits, within the Western Foreland exploration project, in...
Gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti is advancing decarbonisation projects at the Geita mine in Tanzania, has commenced renewable energy project works at the Tropicana mine in Australia, and a big...
Gold-mining company Harmony estimates that it will achieve total cumulative net present value savings of R3.6-billion from its three solar power projects, one of them already generating 30 MW of...
The current global metals and minerals environment is reminiscent of 2015, when the mining industry stalled after a very good run – compounded this time, however, by inflation pressures, few or no...
An updated current and future greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions assessment of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conducted by independent consultants Skarn...
Kefi Gold and Copper have completed the last of many special permissions and policy changes agreed with the Ethiopian authorities over the years since Kefi assumed control of the Tulu Kapi project.
ASX-listed emerging African iron-ore producer Genmin has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Baosteel Resources, a subsidiary of steel producer Baowu Resources, for the...
A long-running dispute over one of the world’s largest hard-rock lithium deposits in the Democratic Republic of Congo took a new turn with China’s Zijin Mining Group Co. announcing a venture to...
Manono Lithium – a joint venture (JV) between a subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) firm La Congolaise d’Exploitation Minière – has obtained an exploration...
Early attempts to replace conventional metallic-type lantern rings with polymers, such as nylon, yielded discouraging results compared to metallic lantern rings in the water engineering industry,...
The complex produced a record 103 947 t of copper in concentrate during the third quarter ended September 2023.
Building out and scaling up a global green hydrogen ecosystem collaboratively is at the heart of an American-Australian business partnership announced this week amid 30-plus countries already...
A $1.8-billion expansion programme at platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Zimplats’ – the Zimbabwean PGMs mining business of South African PGMs major Impala Platinum (Implats) – Ngezi operation, in...
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is still looking for partners for the world’s biggest hydropower project and expects expanded mining investments from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the...
This week: Copper 360's debut Rietberg mine takes a 220% mineral resource leap; Pan African proposes dividend, expands renewables, heads beyond 200 000 oz/y; and, Manganese beneficiator wheeling...
The world’s biggest coal producer, state-owned Coal India, is facing a potential three-day strike across its core and subsidiary units, according to a stock exchange filing, prompting fears of...
This time last year, Chinese coal prices were soaring as power plants scrambled for supplies after an historic drought caused hydropower output to collapse. The market for China’s mainstay fuel...
The world’s producer of the purest manganese metal is becoming greener and cleaner as it repositions for market acceptance in the battery electric vehicle (BEV) market, where it sees phenomenal...
Despite the Zimbabwean mining sector exhibiting positive indicators, such as increased sector growth, economic growth and new legislative interventions aimed at increasing the ease of mining, the...
Original-equipment manufacturer Epiroc has won its largest-ever order for the expansion of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex.
Almost all the prerequisites to begin construction are now in place.
Global gas consumption is expected to continuing growing in the latter half of this year, mainly driven by increasing energy demand in China, the US and some emerging countries in Asia Pacific,...
Northam Platinum has reported on the progress at the project.
After the successful commissioning of State-owned power utility Eskom’s third microgrid, at the Swartkop dam, in the Northern Cape, the company aims to launch its next two microgrids at Nomalengena...
Rio Tinto plans to add 96 new AP60 pots to its aluminium smelter in Complexe Jonquière.
Novelis is still buying some aluminium from Rusal under contracts agreed before Russia invaded Ukraine, but since the war started last year it has shunned new deals with the Russian firm, the...
A glut of aluminium due to floundering demand in China and elsewhere and soaring supplies will undermine prices of the metal used in the transport, packaging and construction industries, possibly...
Record quarterly production of 103 786 t of copper in concentrate was achieved for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Mining companies are increasingly adopting renewable energy solutions to reduce their carbon emissions, lower their operational costs and improve their energy security, BMI, a Fitch Solutions...
Torrential rains are dousing Chinese coal prices as power consumption drops in flood-hit cities and industrial areas. Typhoon Doksuri, which inundated northern China this week, has affected the...
Global body the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects coal demand to remain at an all-time high this year. This follows after global coal demand reached an all-time high in 2022, rising above...
The challenge of producing green hydrogen economically is now done and dusted. “That box has been ticked,” Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen assured Mining Weekly in a Zoom interview....
Conventional mining operations have relied on pneumatic machines for years, but mining equipment supplier Epiroc is confident that its hydraulic hand-held rock drill (HRD) 100, is poised to replace...
Africa has the potential to become a major player in the global green hydrogen economy, with the potential to generate more than 1 000 GW of renewable energy and could produce up to 5 000...
The complex produced a record 103 786 t of copper concentrate in the second quarter, compared with the 93 603 t produced in the first quarter, representing an 11% increase quarter-on-quarter.
Africa’s biggest gold mine, Kibali, stepped up production significantly in the past quarter as part of its planned ramp-up and is well on track to achieve its annual guidance, part owner and...
Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has entered into an agreement with Pacific Energy to build one of the largest renewable energy projects in Australia’s natural resource sector, and to integrate it into...
Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry's Statistical Review of...
A preliminary technical study for the potential production of lithium carbonate at the North American Lithium (NAL) operation, in Quebec, has estimated that the project could deliver total earnings...
Mining is an essential business, and it is the collective responsibility of all stakeholders to change the industry to be modern and responsible, so that it can continue to sustain lifestyles and...
Diversified major Rio Tinto on Monday announced a C$1.4-billion expansion of its AP60 aluminium smelter at the Complexe Jonquière, in Quebec – its most significant investment in its aluminium...
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