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Global solar additions to fall for first time  in 2026, says BNEF
Global solar additions to fall for first time in 2026, says BNEF
23rd January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Solar installations are set to drop next year for the first time since the industry emerged as a global force two decades ago, as policy shifts and saturation in major markets temper demand. The... 


Flashback to CPM Group's Jeffrey Christian (right) being interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Long-run gold bull market expected by CPM Group of the US
23rd January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Given the state of the world politically, economically, financially and socially, the gold bull market is expected to continue in the long run, says Jeffrey Christian of New York-based CPM Group.... 


Newly appointed MC Mining CEO Christine (Yi) He.
Foreign direct investment providing quantum progress, new MC Mining CEO emphasises
23rd January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The mineral reserves of South Africa hold enormous potential for the country’s future economic growth, newly appointed MC Mining MD and CEO Christine (Yi) He emphasises in an Op-Ed released on... 


Aluminium smelting is electricity intensive.
South32, Eskom jointly exploring post-2031 power options for Hillside Aluminium
23rd January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different energy levers that can potentially be pulled. The... 


Kamoa-Kakula complex
Ivanhoe announces first anode production from Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter
23rd January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced that the first copper anodes were produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s on-site, state-of-the-art 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter, in the Democratic... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
New gold mine a milestone for industry, economy, communities – Minerals Council
16th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The new Qala Shallows gold mine is not only a milestone for West Wits Mining but also for South Africa's mining industry, the South African economy, and the communities that will share in the... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller and Valterra Executive Head Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Yvonne Mfolo.
Valterra Platinum’s market capitalisation soars to R300bn-plus in inaugural year
16th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Valterra Platinum, South Africa’s impressive 2025 platinum group metals (PGM) creation, is bringing its inaugural 2025 year to a massively fruitful close with a market capitalisation that has... 


Platinum mesh added to lithium-sulphur batteries.
Platinum metals could end up in both electric car technologies – BEV and FCEV
16th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum is already very well embedded as an indispensable catalyst in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology that very impressively powered the Toyotas that chauffeured... 


Improving asset performance for more resilient mining operations
12th December 2025

In today’s African mining sector, reliability has become a daily challenge rather than a maintenance metric. Teams work in environments where equipment rarely gets a break, conditions shift without... 


South Africa's Phalaborwa rare earths project.
Rare earth yttrium’s price surge uplifts South Africa’s Phalaborwa economics
12th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The economics of South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earths project in Limpopo province have been uplifted very materially by the 3 000%-plus surge in the European prices of yttrium, a silvery white,... 


soweto mine dump
Pan African advances Soweto tailings retreatment project
12th December 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed Pan African Resources has identified a preferred option to expand gold production by processing its Soweto tailings storage facilities (TSFs) through a 600 000-t-a-month integrated... 


Mine-to-market outline of platinum-catalysed electric car progression.
Engineering News & Mining Weekly driven around Joburg in platinum-based hydrogen fuel cell electric car
12th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining Weekly as well several B20 and G20 visitors were this week chauffeured around Johannesburg in a platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) that journalists attending South... 


World Platinum Research Director Edward Sterck.
China’s platinum futures exchange debut seen as major boost for South Africa’s PGMs
12th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Physically settled platinum and palladium futures contracts and futures options will commence trading on November 27 on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, which is cracking a world first by taking... 


Presenters are (from left) Laura Nicholson, Marit Kitaw, Frans Baleni and Zeinab El-Sayed
Africa’s biggest mining platform excited to advance new continental partnership era
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Leading Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 voices this week unpacked how regional integration promotion, pan-African partnerships and policy alignment are accelerating Africa’s mining... 


Platinum bars
China approves first-of-a-kind platinum, palladium derivatives, Heraeus reports
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The China Securities Regulatory Commission has approved the launch of platinum and palladium futures and options contracts on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange, Heraeus reports. The contracts will... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Balanced 2026 platinum market forecast dependent on trade tension let-up
5th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market is expected to move to being in balance in 2026 – but this is contingent on a lessening of the trade tensions that have accentuated this year’s substantial platinum market... 


The iron-ore terminal at Saldanha Bay.
South Africa iron-ore trade route to Europe could be green by 2029, study shows
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The South Africa-Europe iron-ore trade route could go green as soon as 2029 and scale toward full decarbonisation by 2035, according to a study released by the Global Maritime Forum. The... 


Now scarce yttrium emerging.
South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earth elements project is a gift that just keeps on giving
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rare earths endowment at Phalaborwa in Limpopo province is a gift that just keep on giving through the ongoing effort of Rainbow Rare Earths. In December, Mining Weekly reported that... 


Hillside Aluminium manager external affairs Craig Ullbricht; Hillside Aluminium marketing manager Njabulo Dlamini; Hillside Aluminium VPO Calvin Mkhabela; Hillside Aluminium finance manager Talhal Patel; and Hillside Aluminium technical director Adriano de Jesus
Hillside Aluminium pledges R200m to boost Richards Bay manufacturing
28th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium subsidiary has partnered with the Automotive Industry Transformation Fund (AITF) and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) to... 


Barrick Africa region delivers largest gold production rise.
Africa delivers largest production increase of all Barrick regions with earnings up 65%
28th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the Africa region of Barrick Mining Corporation delivered the largest quarter-on-quarter increase of all the Barrick regions. Moreover, the costs of the Africa... 


Partnerships strengthen water services in Northern Cape mining municipalities
28th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Municipal Capability and Partnership Programme (MCPP) has transformed water service delivery in the municipalities where South African mining group Kumba Iron Ore operates. The MCPP was... 


West Wits Mining CEO Rudi Deysel (left) at decline with Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Golden City being put back on gold map by exciting new West Wits gold project
21st November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining Weekly has just visited West Wits Mining, where Johannesburg’s former golden glow is beginning to re-show – and at a cracking pace. The gold project is a close 15 km west of Johannesburg’s... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum earnings up 213%, gold earnings up 177%
21st November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The significant leverage of Sibanye-Stillwater to precious metals prices is clearly illustrated by the skyrocketing of its South African gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) earnings in the three... 


Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne
Canada launches C$2bn Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund
21st November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada will establish a $2-billion Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund to accelerate investment in strategic mining projects and strengthen national security supply chains, Finance Minister... 


 Engineering inspection of concrete test cubes.
As Joburg’s gold begins to re-show, Pilgrim’s Rest gold plant project accelerates
21st November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg and Pilgrim’s Rest, two locations steeped in South African gold mining history, are both making it clear that their gold resources are far from done. Mining Weekly chalked up reads... 


Harmony Gold chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
Harmony Gold committed to creating lasting socioeconomic impact, says Motsepe
14th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Harmony Gold is committed to creating lasting socioeconomic impact, Dr Patrice Motsepe, the chairperson of South Africa’s largest producer of gold by volume, has highlighted in the latest suite of... 


Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in DRC.
Glencore outlines cobalt strategy amid lifting of DRC’s cobalt export ban
14th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday outlined its strategy surrounding the export of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which follows the lifting by the... 


 	Ntsiki Adonisi, Rachel Dagadu, Zinzi Lawrence, Amarachukwu Odo, and Chimwemwe Tembo-Shula.
South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis
14th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 


Plaitnum
New partnership promotes responsible sourcing of PGMs
14th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Nonprofit organisation the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) and trade association the London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM) have announced a new, non-exclusive collaboration... 


Oil tanks at BME's premises
BME edges towards 100% used-oil explosives breakthrough
14th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Explosives manufacturer BME intends to replace 100% of the virgin oil used in the fuel phase of its emulsions with used oil within the next few years, Mining Weekly has learned. This would be a... 


Nafasi Water helps mining’s dirty water flow towards a clean future
14th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Water treatment solutions at mines are central to safeguarding South Africa’s scarce water resources, and Nafasi Water aims to support mining houses with water management and reclamation solutions,... 


Flashback to the listing of Southern Palladium on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Southern Palladium powers ahead with A$20m raise to fast-track Bengwenyama project
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Sydney- and Johannesburg-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) company Southern Palladium has locked in a A$20-million raise to ramp up work at its Bengwenyama PGM project in South Africa's Limpopo... 


Sibanye-Stillwater executive VP stakeholder relations Thabisile Phumo.
Sibanye-Stillwater highlights ‘expansive array’ of gold, platinum community upliftment initiatives
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Gold and platinum mining company Sibanye-Stillwater on Wednesday highlighted its expansive array of community development projects that are contributing to a future where near-mine communities are... 


Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal.
South Africa’s Hillside aluminium production holds steady as smelter tests capacity
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, production at South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, increased by 1% to 181 000 t amid the smelter continuing to test maximum... 


Yellow equipment on mining site
How elastomeric couplings drive mining efficiency
7th November 2025

The mining industry relies on equipment that operates under extreme stress, encompassing heavy loads, shock vibration, abrasive dust and unpredictable conditions. Every component in that system... 


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