Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 

Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 

RE100, NBI launch recommendations to bolster renewable energy in South Africa

Global corporate renewable energy initiative RE100 and South African sustainable growth and development coalition the National Business Initiative (NBI) on July 8 launched their joint 'South... 

DPWI hands over unused property to Nkandla local municipality

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli officiated the handover of previously unused DPWI property to the Nkandla local municipality to... 

Traka warns its stake in Guinea project at risk

ASX-listed Traka Resources has received a notice from its project partner Alamako Resources, purporting to terminate the partnership agreement entered into on April 18 relating to the exploration... 

TNPA unveils new multi-purpose vessel

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on July 7 unveiled a R120-million new locally built multi-purpose vessel, which the entity says is a crucial addition to its marine fleet at the Port of... 

Old Mutual makes leadership changes

Financial services group Old Mutual has appointed Prabashini Moodley as CEO of its newly configured Life and Savings segment, effective August 1. She will continue to report directly to group CEO... 

Premier restarts Zulu lithium plant

Aim-listed Premier African Minerals has provided an update on the plant status and flotation plant test run at Zulu lithium and tantalum project, in Zimbabwe, following the installation of... 

Lexington’s South African subsidiary granted new prospecting right

Gold exploration and development company Lexington Gold’s South African subsidiary Reef Exploration has been granted a new consolidated prospecting right for the group’s Bothaville project in the... 

Kavango achieves encouraging drilling results at Bill’s Luck

The results from the latest high-grade gold intercepts from ongoing underground drilling at the Bill’s Luck gold mine, on the Hillside project, in Zimbabwe, are “highly encouraging”, London-listed... 

SA Reit Association bullish about sector’s prospects, despite June pullback

After a strong performance in April, the South African real estate investment trust (Reit) sector experienced a modest pullback in June, declining by 1%, trailing both equities (+2.4%) and bonds... 

Central bank gold buying picked up in May

Central banks added a net 20 t to global gold reserves in May, an uptick from the previous month; however, the overall pace has moderated slightly, industry organisation the World Gold Council... 

Trading in Orion’s securities halted on ASX ahead of capital raise

Trading in the securities of dual-listed Orion Minerals on the ASX will be halted at the request of the company, pending a material announcement regarding a capital raising being undertaken by the... 

Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa rebrands as Atana

A group of mostly South African engineering professionals who bought a controlling margin of the South African arm of Netherlands-based engineering consultancy Royal HaskoningDHV have rebranded it... 

Capricorn’s KGP project delivers at upper end of guidance

ASX-listed Capricorn Metals’ Karlawinda gold project (KGP), in Western Australia, produced 32 216 oz of gold in the quarter ended June 30, taking gold production to 117 076 oz for the full... 

Australian Mines secures earn-in rights to Brazilian project

ASX-listed Australian Mines has entered into a legally binding term sheet with Cabral Resources, a subsidiary of TSX-listed GoldMining and Majestic D&M, to earn-into the Boa Vista gold project in... 

Argyle Resources’ partner files 21 mineral lode claims in Wyoming

Junior mineral exploration company Argyle Resources’ exploration partner Rangefront Mining Services has filed 21 mineral lode claims on the company’s behalf with the US Bureau of Land Management... 

Blue Lagoon’s Dome Mountain marks major steps towards production

Canadian publicly listed mining company Blue Lagoon Resources says it has made significant progress at its Dome Mountain gold project, in British Columbia, as it prepares to enter production in a... 

Ero Copper achieves commercial production at Brazilian operation

TSX-listed Ero Copper announces that the Tucumã operation, located in Pará State, Brazil, achieved commercial production, effective July 1. During the month of June, following the completion of... 

Numsa warns of possible Gautrain strike amid deadlocked wage negotiations

Labour union the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has been granted a certificate to strike by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), after it... 

One of world’s largest container ships berths in South Africa

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) on July 3 berthed one of the largest container vessels in the world, MSC Nicola Mastro, on her maiden voyage at its deepwater Port of Ngqura, in the Eastern... 

Nersa approves Sasol Gas’s application for maximum gas price to June 2026

At a meeting on June 30, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) decided not to approve Sasol Gas’s application for a clawback of R1.80/GJ/y for the difference in gas price between... 

Eskom strengthens security following prepaid electricity breach

State-owned utility Eskom says it continues to take decisive action following the disclosure in its full-year 2024 financial results, released in December 2024, of a forensic report detailing the... 

Kazera’s South African project continues to perform well

Aim-listed Kazera Global says operations at its Whale Head Minerals (WHM) heavy mineral sands (HMS) project, in South Africa, continue to progress well, with new processing infrastructure... 

George welcomes $40m disbursement for Sanbi

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George has welcomed the Green Climate Fund’s (GCF;s) approval of the South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (Sanbi) Eco-Disaster... 

International Lithium completes sale of noncore Irish assets

TSX-V- and FSE-listed International Lithium Corp (ILC) has completed the sale of all its interest in the Avalonia project, in Ireland, and in Blackstairs Lithium, the company that owns that... 

TPT highlights youth opportunity initiative

In the 2024/25 financial year, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) allocated an average of 6% of its total procurement spend to youth-owned businesses and suppliers, while an additional R62-million was... 

AfDB approves R2.5bn loan for City of Joburg

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a R2.5-billion corporate loan to the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality. This is the bank’s first... 

No objections lodged against Bengwenyama environmental authorisation

JSE- and ASX-listed Southern Palladium advises that the period has ended for affected parties to object to the recently granted environmental authorisation for a mining right and related... 

Updated PFS shows strong fundamentals for Santana’s New Zealand project

ASX-listed Sanatana Minerals’ updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Bendigo-Ophir gold project, in New Zealand, has shown strong fiscal outcomes, with an after-tax net present value (NPV) of... 

Hyprop to dispose of 50% share in Hyde Park Corner and rental enterprise

JSE-listed Hyprop Investments on June 30 entered into a sale of rental enterprise agreement with MEP SPV 3, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Millennium Equity Partners, to dispose of a 50% undivided... 

Kavango exercises option to acquire Nara project; receives $5m funding commitment

London-listed Kavango Resources has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the Nara gold project, in Zimbabwe. Kavango entered the option to acquire Nara in June 2023. 

Ngqura Container Terminal set to handle its largest ever vessel

Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is set to welcome the ultralarge container vessel MSC Nicola Mastro to berth at the Ngqura Container Terminal (NCT), a milestone for the terminal and the Eastern Cape... 

Barloworld, Newco transaction on track

JSE-listed Barloworld and Newco, which is made up of a consortium that has made an offer to acquire Barloworld, have announced that Newco will irrevocably waive the 90% minimum acceptance condition... 

Shuka secures increased loan financing as it progresses Zambia acquisition

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has entered into an agreement with its second-largest shareholder Gathoni Muchai Investments (GMI) to increase a loan facility to Shuka by £1.5-million. Along... 

Copper 360 experiences difficult year, but optimistic about the future

JSE-listed Copper 360’s financial results for the year ended February 28 show that the company, which is transitioning from exploration to production, had a difficult year and that it needs to... 

SepHold achieves increases across the board for full year

JSE-listed Sephaku Holding (SepHold), its subsidiary Métier Mixed Concrete and its associate Dangote Cement achieved group consolidated revenue of R1.18-billion for the financial year ended March... 

Babcock, Volvo showcase new gen machines to Southern African market

Engineering and plant services provider Babcock and machine industry company Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) on June 26 launched the new generation of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to... 

Growthpoint meeting strategy targets

JSE-listed Growthpoint Properties says in a trading update for the nine months to March 31 that it remained focused on its two core strategies, mainly, improving quality through targeted disposals... 

Speakers mull geopolitical considerations for mining industry

The second day of the London Indaba kicked off with an opening keynote session delivered by British diplomat Lord Mark Sedwill, during which he pondered some broad considerations for the mining...