Magnet metal and rare earths miner Pensana has completed the front-end engineering design (FEED) for its UK-based Saltend rare earths production facility and its Angola-based Longonjo mine,... 

Sovereign Metals has entered into a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with global rutile product distributor Hascor International to potentially supply it with rutile from the Kasiya rutile... 

Construction is continuing on all four projects at the Matla mine. 

Sovereign Metals plans to develop the Kasiya rutile project, which is considered to be the biggest undeveloped rutile deposit in the world. 

Following structural changes at several client organisations that affected the available internal Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) implementation capacity, ESD advisory and project... 

With multidimensional and multifaceted change being the only constant in the mining industry, nonprofit organisation Project Management Institute (PMI) says an agile approach to project management... 

AVZ Minerals has reached an agreement with private investment firm Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies on a $240-million investment in the project.  

Construction has started at the Mardie salt and potash project. 

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) has announced the appointment of former Xstrata Nickel executive Ian Pearce as its incoming president elect. He will assume the... 

AVZ Minerals has reached an agreement with private investment firm Suzhou CATH Energy Technologies for a $240-million investment in the Manono project. 

BCI Minerals has been granted a mining lease for the project. 

Chaarat Gold has said it has established a good working relationship with the government of Kyrgyzstan. 

Diversified miner BHP has appointed Catherine Tanna as an independent nonexecutive director with effect from April 4. Tanna has more than 30 years’ experience in the resources sector and was the... 

Despite North America and the UK being the global frontrunners in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), with more than 40 new related projects announced last year, society body the... 

The Northern Australian Infrastructure Fund has approved a A$140-million investment in the construction of the project. 

Zest WEG, a subsidiary of leading Brazilian motor and controls manufacturer WEG, is committed to the development of the African region, and has been servicing the continent for over 40 years.... 

Gold miner Barrick Gold revealed at a media briefing in Kinshasha, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on January 21, that underground drilling at the Kibali gold mine’s KCD orebody was... 

Mining and mineral exploration consultancy SRK Consulting has appointed geological consultant Dominique Sambwa as chairperson of SRK Consulting Congo, based in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic... 

The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority has granted Hastings key environmental permits for its Yangibana rare earths project. 

The federal Department of Water, Agriculture and Environment has issued BCI Minerals with the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act approval for its Mardie salt and... 

East African gold producer Caracal Gold has appointed Riaan Lombard as GM of its Kenya-based Kilimapesa gold operations and Paul Reeves as group CFO. Both appointments are effective as of February... 

AVZ Minerals completed a A$75-million share placement to sophisticated investors in December 2021, allowing the company to start early site works at its Manono lithium project ahead of the award of... 

Canadian intermediate gold producer Alamos Gold has appointed Luc Guimond as operations VP and Khalid Elhaj as business strategy VP. Léon Grondin-Leblanc has also been promoted to GM of the... 

TSX-V-listed Gold Line Resources has appointed Douglas Cater as a technical adviser for the company's mineral exploration projects in Finland and Sweden. 

Consulting engineering and project management company Bosch Projects was named a joint winner in the 2021 CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards, for the UCL 175 TCH Factory Expansion Project, in... 

BCI Minerals has successfully completed the institutional equity raising to partially fund the development of its Mardie project. 

AfriTin Mining’s density-based lithium beneficiation testwork at its Uis tin mine has achieved petalite concentrate grades of more than 4% lithium oxide. 

The Western Australian Minister of Environment has determined that recommendations made by the state’s Environmental Protection Authority on the Mardie salt and potash project should be amended. 

Uranium junior Vimy Resources on Thursday announced that it would undertake a strategic review after receiving unsolicited approaches from a number of parties. The strategic review will assess... 

Consulting engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Zutari provided design and construction supervision of the mechanical services, as well as environmentally sustainable design (ESD)... 

Demand for gas as an alternative energy source across Africa is increasing, as more cost-effective energy solutions are required than the traditional coal-based energy strategy, gas technology... 

There is much scepticism about the ability of Eskom to deploy the grid capacity needed to unlock the 30 GW of new, mostly renewable, generation capacity that has to be introduced into the network... 

Pensana is aiming to establish, subject to funding, a world-class, independent and sustainable supply chain of rare-earth metals vital for electric vehicles, wind turbines and other strategic... 

Diversified mining company Anglo American can uplift the livelihoods of many thousands of people living around its communities in South Africa and support many jobs through its sustainability... 

Project management in South Africa requires continued change in all facets of society, with projects having to consider and address the needs of a multitude of stakeholders while being successful... 

The multidisciplinary nature of mining projects requires strict, iterative processes in terms of establishing what will make the project and its future operation viable, says Johannesburg-based... 

The concept of project co-sourcing – a hybrid model that uses in-house management and outsourced project managers – is not yet readily practiced in South Africa because of perceived resource and... 

UK-based exploration and development company Pensana, formerly Pensana Rare Earths, is aiming to establish, subject to funding, a world-class, independent and sustainable supply chain of rare-earth... 

BCI Minerals has taken a final investment decision on the project. 

The federal Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) has finalised its environmental approval for the hydrometallurgical plant at the Yangibana project. 

Uncertainty seems to be the only certainty when it comes to the security of South Africa’s electricity supply and associated utility costs.   

Last year, South African engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Lesedi Nuclear Services (LNS) established a 100% held subsidiary called Lesedi Renewables Africa (RA) to offer...