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Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals, metals and other geological materials from the earth, encompassing both surface and underground operations. The sector includes the exploration, development, extraction and processing of resources such as gold, platinum, diamonds, coal, iron-ore, copper, manganese and other commodities. Mining is a capital-intensive industry requiring significant investment in infrastructure, equipment and technology, with operations ranging from small-scale artisanal workings to large multinational corporations. The industry plays a crucial role in global supply chains, providing raw materials for manufacturing, energy generation, construction and technology sectors. In Africa, mining is a cornerstone of many national economies, particularly in South Africa, Botswana, Ghana, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where it contributes substantially to gross domestic product, export earnings and employment. The sector faces ongoing challenges including commodity price volatility, regulatory complexity, environmental and social licence considerations, energy security, water availability and the need to improve safety standards. Technological advancement is increasingly important, with automation, digitalisation, predictive maintenance systems and artificial intelligence being adopted to enhance productivity, reduce costs and improve operational safety. The industry is also under pressure to demonstrate sustainable practices, reduce carbon emissions and contribute to broader socioeconomic development in host communities. Mining's significance extends beyond direct economic contribution, as it supports extensive downstream industries including smelting, refining, manufacturing and logistics.

Mining News


Rental and Independent Power for Africa
Rental and Independent Power for Africa
Updated 1 hour 21 minutes ago

Jozi Power Limited rents out, operates and maintains a fleet of containerised 1MW and 2MW diesel generator sets to African mines and other large consumers for short to medium term periods.  


Heemskirk tin project
Tin explorer Stellar Resources expands mineral resource at Heemskirk by 64%
Updated 2 hours 6 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Stellar Resources has made a significant update to the mineral resource estimate of the Heemskirk tin project, in Tasmania, expanding the resource by 64%, or by 8.4-million tonnes... 


Pirtek Africa: Growing With the Continent
Pirtek Africa: Growing With the Continent
Updated 2 hours 44 minutes ago

Africa is not short of opportunity, however it is short of reliability. Across mining operations, agricultural holdings, construction sites, manufacturing plants, forestry concessions and more, one... 


Gallium
MRG Metals confirms high levels of gallium in South Africa for byproduct production
Updated 2 hours 46 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed MRG Metals has confirmed significant levels of gallium returned from analytical results as the company works to define its Garies project resource, in South Africa's Northern Cape... 


Value-driven solutions to the mining and mineral processing markets
Value-driven solutions to the mining and mineral processing markets
Updated 2 hours 59 minutes ago

Specialised, turnkey engineering and management services provider the United Mining Services Group (UMS Group) provides expertise that allows mining companies to access their most challenging ore... 


Almonty tungsten mining at Sangdong in South Korea
Almonty reaches first tungsten processing throughput in South Korea
Updated 3 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq- and ASX-listed tungsten producer Almonty Industries has started processing operations at its Sangdong mine, in South Korea. The company this month started feeding stockpiled run-of-mine... 


Kangra’s Water and Agriculture Projects cultivate change
Kangra’s Water and Agriculture Projects cultivate change
Updated 3 hours ago By: Haydon Whitley

Over 1200 residents of Donkerhoek, in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga, have gained access to clean tap water. The water project and other economic initiatives spearhead by Kangra, have unlocked agricultural... 


Geobrugg: Seven Decades of High-Tensile Protection, Now Serving Africa's Mining Sector
Geobrugg: Seven Decades of High-Tensile Protection, Now Serving Africa's Mining Sector
Updated 3 hours ago

There are few sectors where the margin for error is as narrow as it is in geohazard protection for active mining operations. Rockfall barriers that underperform, mesh systems that fail to arrest a... 


Antofagasta's Los Pelambres mine
Antofagasta agrees spot-indexed copper ore sales with some Chinese smelters, SMM says
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

Chilean miner Antofagasta has agreed to sell term copper concentrate supplies to some Chinese smelters at spot-indexed prices with a guaranteed floor, industry information provider SMM reported on... 


Fortescue's Eliwana iron-ore operation
China restricts some Fortescue iron-ore cargoes as talks drag, sources say
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

China's State iron-ore buyer has asked some domestic steel mills not to take delivery of certain portside iron ore products from Fortescue, industry sources said, the latest Australian miner to... 


Rolled aluminium
UAE's IHC, Adani plan $11bn aluminium project in India
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

Abu Dhabi's International Holding Company plans to invest $11.5-billion in an integrated aluminium project in India's eastern state of Odisha through a joint venture with Adani Group, a State... 


Nishen Hariparsad, General Manager for Technology and Marketing at BME
BME drives the development of connected AI-powered mining operations
Updated 5 hours ago

In the fast-evolving mining industry, BME – a member of the Omnia Group – is transforming traditional blasting from a rock-breaking activity into a sophisticated, data-driven enabler of safer, more... 


Is Zambia the most attractive renewable energy investment market in Africa in 2026?
1st July 2026

By: Dominic Goncalves - Advisory Partner for Energy Strategy at Cresco Project Finance, Founder & Director of Naviara Energy 


A map indicating the location of Aterian's projects in Morocco
Aterian, Lithosquare start joint exploration programmes in Morocco, Botswana
1st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed critical minerals exploration and development company Aterian says field operations have started under its recently established strategic joint venture with AI and geology company... 


Exxaro's Leeuwpan mine
Exxaro appoints two new nonexec directors
1st July 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources has appointed two new nonexecutive directors – Shireen Naidoo and Kefilwe Bopape – with effect from July 1. Naidoo has also been appointed a member of... 


Penouta mine, in Spain
ETM steps closer to restarting EU's only domestic primary source of tantalum, niobium
1st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A shuttered mine in the hills of inland Galicia is a step closer to becoming the EU's only domestic primary source of tantalum and niobium - strategic metals the bloc today imports almost in their... 


Emma Chapman
Sibanye-Stillwater appoints new investor relations head
1st July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater has appointed Emma Chapman as its new investor relations senior VP, effective September 1. Chapman will succeed James Wellsted, who, in support of the... 


SiTration critical minerals recovery process
MIT-spinout verifies breakthrough low-cost copper recovery process at BHP operation
1st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Premier private research university Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT's) spinout materials recovery and processing startup SiTration has completed a five-week propotype testwork... 


Copper oxide mineralisation
Australian companies Maverick, Rincon form JV on West Arunta project
1st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed explorers Rincon Resources and Maverick Minerals Australia have entered into a binding heads of agreement to form a joint venture (JV) on Rincon's West Arunta copper/gold/rare... 


Why South Africa’s TVET system will continue to fail without industry at the helm
Why South Africa’s TVET system will continue to fail without industry at the helm
1st July 2026

The recent Sunday Times article written by Isaak Mahlangu titled ‘Why TVETs are failing our youth’ paints a bleak predicament. The article paints a picture of a system desperately trying to find... 


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