Northern Cape

EXPANSION INAUGURATED: President Cyril Ramaphosa was present earlier this month at the inauguration of Vedanta Zinc International’s Gamsberg Phase II Concentrator Expansion, in the Northern Cape.... 

South Africa remains one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions, Anglo American has spelt out emphatically, amid itself investing R11.2-billlion in the ultra-high dense media separation... 

Overall progress has reached about 60%. 

Orion Minerals announced on October 19, 2026, that the $40-million Tranche A financing from Glencore for construction and startup of the Upper-Level (Uppers) had become unconditional. 

Earlier this month, extensive maintenance was undertaken along the 861-km iron-ore export line stretching from Sishen in the Northern Cape to the Port of Saldanha in the Western Cape. Maintenance... 

The Phase II expansion was officially opened on October 16, 2026. 

Making green iron-ore for exportation is a great opportunity, South Africa’s Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday, October 8, when Kearney South Africa energy partner Frances Phillips drew attention to... 

ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals, which is developing the Prieska copper/zinc mine and the Okiep copper project in South Africa's Northern Cape province, has appointed Stephen Rowse interim CFO,... 

TSX-V-listed Lithium Africa has received two nonbinding offers from entities to finance the development of its Springbok lithium project, in the Northern Cape. The offers include a prepayment... 

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) says it has achieved a global freight rail milestone, safely operating a 696-wagon empty train on the Iron Ore Export Line from Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, to the... 

The R10-billion Gamsberg Phase II expansion of Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), the Southern African zinc business of Vedanta Limited, was officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on October... 

The first copper and zinc production from Uppers at the reviving Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is targeted for the end of next year, Orion Minerals reported... 

JSE-listed Copper 360 advises that the incline at the Rietberg underground mine, in the Northern Cape, has intersected copper sulphide mineralisation about 16 m before reaching the planned 300... 

The State-owned Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) says extensive maintenance and renewal work is under way along the 861 km iron-ore export line stretching from Sishen, in the Northern... 

South Africa remains one of the world's premier mining jurisdictions, Anglo American has spelt out emphatically, amid itself investing R11.2-billlion in the ultra-high dense media separation... 

Private equity firm Tembo Capital Management has disposed of its shareholding in JSE- and ASX-listed diversified metals exploration company Orion Minerals. Tembo Capital CEO David Street remarks... 

Global bearing and seal manufacturer SKF recently supplied its Cooper 03 series split cylindrical roller bearings to a leading iron-ore mine in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, noting that... 

Two Team Europe Global Gateway projects valued at R1-billion-plus were unveiled at the 2026 African Green Hydrogen Summit held in Cape Town last month. Global Gateway is the EU’s strategy to fund... 

Making green iron-ore for exportation is a great opportunity, South Africa’s Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday, October 8, when Kearney South Africa energy partner Frances Phillips drew attention to...