Epiroc secures underground mining equipment order for Sibanye-Stillwater PGMs mine

Productivity and sustainability partner for the mining and infrastructure industries Epiroc has won a large order for underground mining equipment from multinational metals and mining company... 

Akobo achieves best quarterly performance to date

Scandinavia-based gold producer Akobo Minerals has delivered its strongest quarter since production started at its Segele mine, in Ethiopia, with record gold production and earnings before... 

French companies look to bolster investment as South Africa progresses reforms

South Africa is already implementing various reforms to improve the performance of State-owned enterprises like Eskom and Transnet and, thereby, drive higher growth rates. With progress evident in... 

Kganyago outlines challenges, opportunities for South Africa in current climate

The world needs to contend with a new, “fragile”, reality – while the world economy and trade continue to grow, debt levels and geopolitical stresses are undeniable and risks are increasing, which... 

UIF, NEF launch R1bn enterprise fund

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) on September 25 launched a R1-billion partnership, which aims to stimulate enterprise growth and create upwards of 30... 

ACSA focused on next phase following strong year

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger... 

Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 

Outlook for platinum buoyed by new industrial applications as investment demand weakens

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 

Koryx completes drill programme at Namibian project

TSX-V-listed Koryx Copper has announced assay results from 18 drill holes (7 074 m) received as part of the ongoing infill and expansion drill programme on the wholly-owned Haib copper project, in... 

Tetra Pak commissions R19m Gauteng PolyAl plant

Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has commissioned a new PolyAl processing plant in Germiston, Gauteng – a R19-million investment that will help convert used beverage... 

De Beers publishes 2025 sustainability report

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s 2025 Sustainability Report has outlined progress in its ‘Building Forever’ sustainability framework, with advances in livelihoods, nature conservation, climate action... 

TotalEnergies, partner launch Ima gas development for Nigeria LNG supply

Global integrated energy company TotalEnergies, with a 40% interest and as the operator, together with its partner Nigerian company AMNI (with a 60% shareholding), have taken the final investment... 

Impala Rustenburg bolsters women leadership

Two recent appointments at Impala Rustenburg mark firsts for the operation and reflect the growing contribution of women in senior mining leadership positions. Nonkululeko (Nonku) Mosikare has been... 

Airbus looking to tap African market, while embarking on engineering education collaboration

Global major aerospace group Airbus has highlighted the relevance of its C295 aircraft to the South African market, with the company also looking to bolster uptake of the aircraft in the rest of... 

Nissan launches new Tekton for the South African market

Automotive company Nissan has launched the new Nissan Tekton for the South African market during the company’s Nissan Auto Festival, held at the Gallagher Convention Centre, in Midrand, on... 

Denel engineer outlines strategic shift for ailing entity

State-owned aerospace and military technology company Denel systems engineer Dr Makhabane Molapo has outlined his view of what the struggling entity should pursue to revitalise this strategic asset... 

Concern raised over Chinese firms being set up in South Africa to target grid build

Industry organisations the Power Line and Substation Association of South Africa, the Manufacturing Circle, the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa and the Association of... 

AAD calls for South Africa to underpin nascent regional defence cooperation

While South Africa’s defence industry does face challenges and has been struggling, it stills hosts considerable capabilities and capacity that can be leveraged, and the country should be the... 

Ongwe starts drilling at newly discovered gold prospect

TSX-V-listed Ongwe Minerals has started drilling at its newly discovered Nguni gold prospect, situated 17 km east of the Manga gold discovery, at the Omatjete gold project in Namibia. Two drill... 

Tertiary announces positive analytical results from Zambia project

Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has announced additional laboratory analytical results from the recent Phase 4 drill programme at the Discovery zone in Target A1 at the Mushima North project, in... 

Thor Explorations reports encouraging drilling results from Côte d’Ivoire project

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has announced “encouraging” maiden exploration drilling results from its Marahui gold project, in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire. The project forms part of a... 

De Beers Science and Technology division releases new diamond screener

Diamond miner De Beers Group’s Science & Technology division has revealed SynthDetect 2, the next generation desktop diamond screening instrument. De Beers Group states that the first SynthDetect... 

Sylvania launches share buyback following record full-year performance

Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum achieved record production of 95 885 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold (4E) platinum group metals (PGMs) from its Sylvania Dump Operations (SDO) and the Thaba... 

URU advances drilling contractor selection for South African project

London-listed URU Metals has advanced the drilling contractor selection process for the drilling programme at its Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, and is now completing the final... 

DBSA invests R240m into Airnergize Capital’s over R3bn Fund I

Airnergize Capital, the clean technology investment platform of New GX Capital, has confirmed the final close of Fund I at R3.89-billion, with the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)... 

Premier, Canmax extend long stop date of offtake, prepayment agreement

London-listed Premier African Minerals has reached agreement with Canmax Technologies to further extend the long stop date under the restated offtake and prepayment agreement originally entered... 

Jubilee looks to further production growth after higher 2026 output achieved

Integrated copper producer and resource developer Jubilee Metals’ combined production prior to refining from the Roan operations and Molefe mine totalled 3 739 t of copper for the financial year... 

Mike Ralston resigns as Blencowe CEO

Mike Ralston has resigned as CEO of London-listed Blencowe Resources with immediate effect. He will, however, continue to support the company on a full-time consultancy basis until his planned... 

BLSA CEO calls for confidence, investment to improve GDP growth

South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter, with trade, manufacturing and mining all shrinking. These figures underscore the point that reform creates conditions for growth but... 

Vanadium Resources receives A$1m commitments to advance South African smelter

ASX-listed Vanadium Resources has received firm commitments from sophisticated and institutional investors to raise about A$1-million, before costs, through an oversubscribed share placement. The... 

Reunert Applied Electronics positioned for growth on the back of defence supercycle

Defence company Reunert’s Applied Electronics segment is being repositioned as a global integrated-solutions platform by 2030, with the business targeting revenue growth and a long-term project... 

ACSA focused on next phase following strong year

Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger... 

Platinum market records second-quarter surplus, but inventories still constrained

The platinum market recorded a surplus in the second quarter of the year, for the second successive quarter, at 244 000 oz, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council’s (WPIC’s)... 

DMCC launches world’s largest silver bar as pioneer tokenised commodity asset

Commodities exchange and free-trade zone Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has announced the formal launch of the world’s largest silver bar as the first tokenised commodity asset under the... 

Kefi suspends Ethiopia project development activities following serious safety incident

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper reports that its Tulu Kapi gold project, in Ethiopia, experienced a serious security incident on September 4, resulting in multiple fatalities involving security... 

URU complete Leapfrog model for South African project

An updated Leapfrog three-dimensional (3D) geological model for London-listed URU Metals’ Zeb nickel project, in Limpopo, South Africa, has been completed, with this being used to define, position... 

Cora reports encouraging drill results from Mali project

First assay results from recent drilling being conducted at West Africa-focused gold company Cora Gold’s Sanankoro project, in southern Mali, show high-grade gold intercepts from Zone B outside the... 

Rainbow, Mosaic initiate PFS for Brazil rare earth project

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has started a prefeasibility study (PFS) for the Uberaba project, in Brazil, in conjunction with partner NYSE-listed Mosaic Company.   Following the positive... 

Botswana Minerals’ AI programme shifts to identify drill sites

Dual-listed Botswana Minerals says that while its AI-assisted exploration programme across its north-west (Ngamiland) Botswana licences continues to identify significant opportunities, it is moving... 

SAIMM president proffers solutions to industry capability challenge beyond more graduates

What is commonly described as a skills shortage in the country’s mining industry has become a much broader capability challenge and this will accelerate over the next decade as an experienced and...