Anton Falck has been appointed as the new VP of Hino South Africa (SA). Falck takes his first step into the world of trucking as he replaces Ernie Trautmann, who has retired.  

Neometals has concluded a prefeasibility study update for the production of direct shipping ore and mixed gravity concentrate from the Barrambie project, with ilmenite the primary product to be... 

The project prefeasibility study proposes a dredge mining operation, as the deposit is located below the water table. 

Lucara Diamond Corp has delayed the completion of the project by a year and a half. 

GoviEx Uranium has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for Muntanga project. 

If fuel cell electric vehicles can capture 10% of the global car market, demand will be created for five-million to six-million ounces of incremental platinum group metals (PGMs) a year, this... 

Diversified major BHP has reported record production at some of its assets during the full year ended June. The miner on Thursday reported annual production records at its Western Australian... 

South Africa dare not fail in securing future demand for its ‘incredible’ platinum group metals (PGM) endowment, the Hydrogen Economy Discussion heard on Wednesday. Anglo American Platinum projects... 

US policymakers, eager to foster the country’s own electric-car supply chain, mostly agree Chinese raw materials shouldn’t play a prominent role in tomorrow’s American-made EVs. But what about... 

Hydrogen developer Countrywide Hydrogen has unveiled plans to supply hydrogen directly to customers through its own branded refuelling stations, rather than using third-party resellers. The... 

The Western Australian government and lithium miner Talison Lithium would each contribute A$3.3-million towards investigating the recommissioning of the Greenbushes to Bunbury railway line. The... 

Booyco Engineering – a South African company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing of custom designed heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems – has implemented... 

US-headquartered equipment manufacturer John Deere promises to deliver 1.5-million low or no carbon machines by 2026 to dealers across its 54-country network, including the company’s South African... 

Namibia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has renewed Deep-South Resources' Haib copper licence for two years. 

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. 

Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), Hino Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) have concluded a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on accelerating the development... 

Your mining business relies on premium lubricants to help reduce downtime and prevent unscheduled maintenance. Rely on Astron Energy to help keep profitability piling high—with our Caltex extensive... 

Stellantis and Toyota Motor blasted a Biden administration plan to squelch auto pollution, saying it would compel aggressive and unrealistic sales of electric vehicles that strain critical mineral... 

Steps being taken to add value to manganese waste placed on tailings dams may result in an announcement early in the New Year regarding the turning of that waste into a ferromanganese product,... 

West African Resources has reported that it is fully funded to first gold at its Kiaka gold project. 

Sayona Mining has marked another milestone at the project. 

State-owned Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has announced the completion of the construction of the Mamathwane crossing loop, in the northern Cape, 30 days ahead of schedule. The completion of the loop... 

The Queensland Resources Council’s (QRC’s) latest State of the Sector report found that uncertainty created by government policy and regulation changes was overshadowing optimism over new... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines' Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) produced a record 103 786 t of copper concentrate in the second quarter, compared with the 93 603 t... 

Long respected for its contribution to mine safety, Proximity Detection System (PDS) specialist Booyco Electronics has highlighted how data can be leveraged to improve safety on mines while making... 

Combating climate change is a process. We are all in it together. We need to work together, and we need to be strategic about how we do it, how we report it, and how we talk about it. 

Steel, tube and engineering product supplier Stewarts & Lloyds’ Pipes & Fittings branch has secured a multimillion-rand order for high pressure valves with the Chris Hani district municipality, in... 

Micromine, a leader in next-generation technology for the global minerals resources industry, has successfully implemented its innovative fleet management system (FMS) and mine control solution,... 

A World Bank Group-funded effort to increase train access to a power plant in South Africa’s coal-rich region has started to significantly backslide as criminals target the country’s rail system.... 

It’s that time again on a Friday when Update At Noon presents another Update From The Coal-Face with Martin Creamer, publishing editor of Engineering News and Mining Weekly. The use of platinum in... 

Commercial production of spodumene concentrate has started. 

Mining major BHP is working towards the full electrification of its Escondida and Spence copper operations, in Chile. BHP’s Minerals America VP for planning & technical, Alejandro Tapia said that... 

Green energy developer Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) on Monday announced plans to expand its battery and electric powertrain production operations in the UK with an additional facility in... 

As the City of Cape Town investigates the viability of building up its own infrastructure and managing an independent passenger rail network, it has expressed concern about government’s having... 

Globe Metals & Mining has been given a slight reprieve in the timeline to develop its Kanyika niobium project. 

 Down a steep dirt road from the Baishi Huashan lithium mine in southern China, trucks laden with silvery grey ore rumble towards a cluster of smelters in the valley below that have sprung up to... 

A severe talent shortage is becoming a near existential challenge for mining companies globally, according to auditing firm PwC’s ‘Mine 2023: The era of reinvention’ report.  In a presentation on... 

Junior ReNu Energy has inked a platform agreement with superannuation fund HESTA which could result in the development of hydrogen projects. The platform agreement provides for the potential... 

Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), will be deployed soon across four troubled coal-fired power stations to assist Eskom... 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has achieved a historic milestone at the Boron mine, in California, which has become the world’s first openpit mine to operate a fleet running entirely on renewable... 

Carbon reduction company First Mode purchased 80 Bordline energy storage system (ESS), 2.6 MWh lithium-ion battery systems from electrification and automation corporation ABB in May, to help power... 

Energy management and automation company Schneider Electric and information technology management company 4Sight have embarked on a project at a prominent South African mining group that sees both...