The first batch of 275 new container wagons bought from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa has arrived in Lobito, Angola, to reinforce the transport capacity of the Lobito Atlantic Railway... 

 Desperate family members of illegal miners believed to number in the hundreds waited outside a disused mine shaft in South Africa on Friday in the hope of their loved ones emerging from the hole... 

Mines supplying coal for steelmaking will face new pressure over methane emissions as a United Nations watchdog expands its work. The International Methane Emissions Observatory will extend a... 

The JSE has decided to impose a public censure on Thabi Leoka, the former independent nonexecutive director of listed companies Remgro, Netcare and Anglo American Platinum, along with a fine of... 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has committed $16-million to the Makira Natural Park’s Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) project, in northern... 

Aim-listed Greatland Gold’s $475-million acquisition of the Telfer and Havieron assets, in Australia, from gold major Newmont is nearing completion, with a conclusion date set for early December.... 

Zimbabwe lithium miners want royalty payments to the government linked to metal prices as the current market downturn threatens the viability of investment projects. That will ensure “the... 

Barloworld is in talks with a group of investors that includes a unit of Saudi Arabia’s Zahid Group about the acquisition of the African distributor of Caterpillar Inc. equipment. The... 

Exploration and development company Osisko Metals has announced an updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Gaspé copper project, near Murdochville, in Quebec. The updated estimate includes... 

South Africa’s gold and coal sectors were the only sectors to post decreases in production for September and the situation is unlikely to turn around markedly in the near term. Statistics South... 

Sustainable Fitch, a FitchSolutions company, has launched an expanded Transition Assessment analytical product, through the development of new sector-specific methodologies, covering additional... 

ASX-listed Cyclone Metals has announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with diversified major Vale regarding the development of an iron-ore project in Canada. The MoU outlines the terms for a... 

French nuclear fuels company Orano warned on Friday of a "deteriorating financial situation" at its Somair uranium plant in Niger, whose board it said had sought a temporary halt on expenditures... 

Australia-based Peninsula Energy has confirmed that its MD and CEO, Wayne Heili, will step down next year, triggering the start of a formal succession planning process. Heili’s decision comes as... 

Mineral Resources (MinRes) said it paid rent to entities associated with its MD Chris Ellison amounting to well over A$34-million between 2007 to 2024, according to a filing with the Australian... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa's impressively low battery manganese incentive price; Barrick’s third-quarter results, which showed that the African region delivered its... 

Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has requested that the board of rare earths developer Hastings Technology Metals explain how it intends to repay its debt to the company and to clarify its position... 

Copper prices could fall towards $8 500 a metric ton within the next four months on expectations that demand will be hurt by potential trade disruptions when Donald Trump returns to the White House... 

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7 500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct... 

Any move by the Trump administration to change US climate policy could benefit Australia's ambitions to attract greater investment to its critical minerals and green energy industry, Prime Minister... 

A Brazilian federal court ruled miners Vale, BHP Group and their joint venture Samarco are not criminally liable for the deadly 2015 Fundao tailings dam collapse, according to a statement from the... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

South Africa’s mining production increased by 4.7% year-on-year in September, Statistics South Africa reports. The largest positive contributions came from platinum group metals (PGMs) (6.7% and... 

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, says the demo plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, is progressing efficiently through the... 

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has approved another €400-million policy-based loan to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET), increasing its approvals to €700-million out of... 

In line with its copper diversification strategy initiated in early 2024, Helix Resources on Thursday announced conditional agreements to acquire a strategic portfolio of Western Australian copper... 

Railway safety incidents, such as pedestrian and vehicle collisions at level crossings, are not only tragic but are severely undermining South Africa’s rail recovery plans, Transnet Freight Rail... 

TSX-V and ASX-listed Euro Manganese has appointed CFO Martina Blahova as its interim CEO to replace Matthew James, who had resigned from the company. The board will conduct a search for a new CEO. 

ASX-listed Coronado Global on Thursday stated that legal charges had been filed in the Magistrates Court District of Emerald against its subsidiary, Coronado Curragh (CCPL), following a fatal... 

South African police were in a standoff on Thursday with hundreds of illegal miners believed to be underground in a disused shaft, a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to... 

People are sitting up and taking notice of South Africa being very much back on the investment radar screen, Southern Palladium executive chairperson Roger Baxter said on Thursday. This follows the... 

Top global iron-ore exporter Australia could lose as much as half its revenue from the sector if it fails to start producing green iron fast enough, as other countries start making steel using... 

JSE-listed Gold Fields made notable operational improvements in the quarter ended September 30, resulting in a 12% quarter-on-quarter increase in output to 510 000 oz and a 3% quarter-on-quarter... 

Lithium is enjoying a mini-revival on an uptick in Chinese electric vehicle demand and supply cuts, although analysts caution there’s still likely to be a surplus of the battery metal in 2025.... 

Gold miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has appointed Beyers Nel to succeed Peter Steenkamp as CEO, with effect from January 1. Floyd Masemula has also been appointed deputy CEO from January 1,...