An often impenetrable logjam of trucks laden with coal at South Africa’s crossing with Mozambique has brought chaos to a sleepy border town. Elephants escaping from the nearby Kruger National Park... 

Junior mining and exploration company Diamcor has narrowed its net loss for the financial year ended March 31, to $762 308, compared with a loss of about $2.4-million for the 2022 financial year.... 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has moved to formally appeal a decision of the National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) to decline its application to have its Secunda boilers regulated using a... 

The price of uranium has risen only slightly since a military coup in Niger last week as mining operations have continued in the world's seventh largest producer of the radioactive metal, but a... 

Funding has closed for the gold-from-dumps mining project west of Johannesburg, which has the potential to make the surrounding towns thrive once again, and be a shining example of what modern... 

In an international showdown that is pitting China against dozens of other nations, one company’s quest to strip-mine the seabed for valuable metals has hit a roadblock. Friday marked the... 

Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm said on Tuesday the global miner is focused on small, bolt-on acquisitions to shape its portfolio and is looking at a number of potential lithium acquisitions but... 

Despite some softness in some areas of the market, the World Gold Council’s (WGC’s) ‘Gold Demand Trends’ report for the second quarter, released on August 1, shows that investment demand has shown... 

State-owned rail companies from Botswana and South Africa are seeking funding for a three-billion pula ($230-million) railway line between the two countries to transport commodities including coal.... 

TSX-V-listed Aton Resources has released the latest results from its surface sampling programmes at the Zeno and Semna regional target areas at its Abu Marawat concession in the eastern desert of... 

London- and Johannesburg- listed Gemfields produced 17.4-million carats of emeralds in the six months ended June 30, including 85 000 ct of premium emeralds, from the Kagem emerald mine, in Zambia.... 

Aim-listed phosphate miner Kropz’s shares have resumed trading on the London Stock Exchange following a temporary suspension since July 3. The company’s shares were suspended owing to its results... 

An updated life-of-mine (LoM) plan and coal reserve estimate for MC Mining’s fully-licensed and shovel-ready Makhado steelmaking hard coking coal project have significantly increased the LoM and... 

Despite ongoing loadshedding, President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to highlight some of the implementation progress under the Energy Action Plan (EAP), which marked its first anniversary in late... 

ASX-listed Orion Minerals has confirmed that a feasibility study on the Okiep copper project, in the Northern Cape of South Africa, is well advanced, and that the results thereof will be published... 

Employees for the construction of the Mogale Tailings Retreatment project on Gauteng’s West Rand will be largely locally sourced. “We aim to employ approximately 500 employees during construction... 

Gold production from the Gruyere mine, in Western Australia, declined slightly in the three months to June following mining delays, with the company adjusting full-year guidance. ASX-listed Gold... 

A $2.6-billion deal announced last week has set the stage for a potentially landmark shift in the metal and mining investment landscape: the arrival of Saudi Arabia as a pivotal player. The... 

Gold regained some ground on Friday as the dollar retreated, but still headed for its worst week in five after data pointing to a resilient US economy soured bets for a dovish tilt in US monetary... 

Construction has started on a demonstration plant at rare earth minerals developer Ionic Rare Earths’ (IonicRE’s) 60%-owned Makuutu heavy rare earths project, in Uganda. The installation contract... 

Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals has announced that its subsidiary, Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries Holdings (VRFB-H), received notice from Garnet Commerce that it is exercising an option to acquire... 

The De Beers Group faced off tricky macro-economic conditions to record first-half earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $0.3-billion, with the diamond... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the Mogale Tailings Retreatment project which had its sod turning this week; Anglo American Platinum finalising the permitting process for the future... 

The government of Tanzania has reportedly lodged a request with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to annul a $109.5-million award to ASX-listed Indiana... 

Southern Africa is now the only region in the Anglo American business fold that is not on renewable energy because the company cannot go to a market and acquire that energy in the same way that it... 

CEOs from over 115 leading corporations operating in South Africa and which collectively employ 1.2-million people and have a combined market value R11-trillion, have formally pledged to help the... 

Anglo American Platinum FD Craig Miller is the new CEO of Anglo American Platinum, with effect from October 1. This follows incumbent CEO Natascha Viljoen’s decision in February 2023 to take up the... 

Africa-focused gold miner Resolute Mining has reported cost increases and decreased production in the June quarter, compared with the previous quarter. During the three months to June Resolute... 

ASX-listed Sierra Rutile has closed the door on a tough quarter, with the miner forced to revise its full year production guidance. Rutile production in the three months to June dropped to 25 000... 

Copper miner Sandfire Resources has taken the decision to transition the DeGrussa mine to care-and-maintenance, and was now considering a number of alternatives for the mine, including closure,... 

TSX-V-listed Deep-South Resources has announced the third batch of assay results from its drilling programme, which was interrupted in June 2021, at its Haib copper project in southern Namibia. The... 

An international team of scientists led by the University of Southampton has discovered that the breakup of tectonic plates is the main driving force behind the generation and eruption of...