The automotive market will remain the biggest demand segment for platinum for the foreseeable future, comprising between 31% and 46% of total demand, as it has for the last five years, reports the... 

Mounting fears over the US debt ceiling crisis will benefit gold as investors brace for potential chaos in financial markets, according to RBC Capital Markets. Hopes for a deal to avert a... 

Metals explorer Chalice Mining will raise some A$70-million in a private placement to major institutions to fund ongoing exploration and pre-development work at its Julimar nickel/copper/platinum... 

There is increasing pressure on listed and multinational companies to properly understand their environmental and social impact, to commit to sustainable operational and business practices, and to... 

Global hydraulic and industrial hose products manufacturer Alfagomma’s 740AA 85 bar high-pressure concrete pumping hose offers a range of benefits to customers and has been designed to suit their... 

When it comes to green energy technology advances, South Africa is showing creditable wisdom. The partnership of our Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) with Johannesburg Stock... 

Eastplats has raised C$7.04-million through a rights offer to help fund its growth projects, with the Zandfontein underground project at the Crocodile River mine being a priority. 

To successfully effect a just energy transition (JET), South Africa needs to urgently identify the skills required and create a skills development roadmap, as it could take between five and ten... 

Will it be 100% battery electric vehicle (BEV) dominance by 2035? That was the question posed in the title of the SFA (Oxford)'s Battery Metals Lectures on May 11, when slides projected a 45% BEV... 

South Africa's mining production decreased by 2.6% year-on-year in March, with the diamonds and platinum group metals (PGMs) having been the biggest contributors. Diamond output was 54.7% lower... 

Africa will need more than $700-billion in finance over the next decade to develop renewable power and mines to extract the metals required for the green energy transition, according to Standard... 

An outline of the short-term and medium-term renewable energy plans of South Africa’s large platinum group metals (PGM) mining companies is provided in the latest Auctus Metal Portfolios report, a... 

Southern Africa-focused metals exploration company Kavango Resources has announced the start of a drilling campaign on its Kalahari Suture Zone (KSZ) North project, in Botswana. On May 10, the... 

Multotec has developed a range of composite integrated mill liners in response to the needs of local and international mining clients. The solution not only showcases the company’s advanced... 

Platinum group metals, green metals and gold producer Sibanye-Stillwater is pursuing self-generation projects that will improve the security of its energy supply in South Africa, the company said... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome miner Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has raised C$7.04-million through a rights offer. The company in March announced that it would undertake the rights offer... 

Platinum group metals and chrome producer Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has received the written reasons for the Supreme Court of British Columbia’s judgment in the petition of shareholder Xiaoling... 

Terence Goodlace has resigned as director and chairperson of platinum group metals (PGMs) company Southern Palladium, with immediate effect. “I have made this decision reluctantly, based solely on... 

Martin Creamer discusses renewables, education funding, green hydrogen 

TSX-V-listed Clean Air Metals has announced a new mineral resource estimate for the Thunder Bay North critical minerals project, with an indicated resource of 14-million tonnes, containing... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Gold Fields’ progress in wind energy generation at its South Deep gold mine; Barrick's belief in adding ounces through the drill bit rather than... 

While the world’s attention has been focused on the exponential advances being made in robotics and artificial intelligence, technological development in mechanical exoskeletons has largely been... 

While the world’s attention has been focused on the exponential advances being made in robotics and artificial intelligence, technological development in mechanical exoskeletons has largely been... 

Platinum group metals miner Impala Platinum (Implats) has acquired a further 334 000 shares in takeover target Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat). The shares represent about 0.12% of RBPlat's shares... 

Ahead of the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, the UK Royal Mint has released its 2023 Britannia platinum bullion coin range, carrying the first coinage portrait of the king. The range... 

The 2nd Annual Mine Security Conference is a global platform to collaborate on the deteriorating security conditions around mining and infrastructure, hosted by Pinpoint Stewards on June 21 and 22... 

Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum intends to conduct a share buyback on-market to buy ordinary $0.01 shares of the company’s issued share capital, up to a maximum consideration of $10-million. The... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Impala Platinum (Implats) CEO Nico Muller says in a production report for the three- and ninth-month periods ended March 31 that the well documented increased... 

In a positive display of collaboration between South Africa’s public and private sectors, Anglo American Platinum’s Mogalakwena platinum group metals operation in Limpopo province hosted a... 

Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has highlighted the country’s determination to develop a hydrogen economy, for a low carbon-emissions future. He did so at the... 

Orion Minerals, the promising emerging copper zinc miner in South Africa’s prolific Northern Cape will set out to update Australia on the Prieska copper-zinc revival next week. Errol Smart, the CEO... 

Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has announced that CEO Mike Schmidt has stepped down as CEO and executive director, with COO Velile Tobias to succeed him as CEO. Schmidt will... 

ASX-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Zimplats has posted lower production for all its metals in the quarter ended March 30, as well as lower grades, compared with the same quarter of last... 

Both hydrogen and battery technologies are expected to operate in the power sector, but in different areas, says independent risk management and assurance firm DNV. Hydrogen is expected to play a... 

The metals and minerals price index rose 10% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the final quarter of 2022, the World Bank’s latest ‘Commodity Markets Outlook’ report shows. It says... 

Aim-listed Sylvania’s Dump Operations (SDO) produced 17 926 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) platinum group metals (PGM) in the quarter ended March 31 – the third quarter of the... 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has struck a $14-million deal with ASX-listed Platina Resources to acquire its Platina scandium project, in New South Wales. The project comprises a long life,... 

Mining luminary of South Africa’s shaft-sinking boom period at the beginning of the millennium Nigel Townshend is back in action as the newly appointed nonexecutive chairperson of United Mining... 

Platinum group metals miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) remains “highly concerned” about ongoing delays in relation to the closing of the acquisition offer made by Impala Platinum (Implats) in... 

South Africa’s premier yearly platinum jewellery design and manufacturing competition, PlatAfrica, has opened for entries from professional and student designers. Now in its twenty-fourth year,... 

This week: Anglo’s 680 MW prioritised first-wave renewable energy projects on way; and, Platinum-based hydrogen production is in competitive upscale mode 

The R105-billion investment pledge by Hive Hydrogen at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s fifth South Africa Investment Conference was the biggest by far, resulting in Engineering News & Mining Weekly...