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Iamgold's Côté receives C$1.48m from govt for green transition
Iamgold's Côté receives C$1.48m from govt for green transition
14th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Côté gold mine in Sudbury, owned by precious metals miner Iamgold, is set to receive a boost toward reducing its environmental footprint, thanks to a C$1.48-million investment from the federal... 


Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage.
Business organisations express discontent with VAT increase
13th March 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

In response to the budget speech presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on March 12, Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says it welcomes the focus on macroeconomic stability, structural... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum deficit worsens beyond forecast, World Platinum Investment Council reports
5th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market recorded a deficit of 995 000 oz for full year 2024, which is 46% higher than previously forecast, as total demand exceeded eight-million ounces for the first time since 2019... 


Sappi issues €300m senior notes to refinance debt
3rd March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global renewable resource company Sappi has announced the offering of €300-million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due in 2032, in an offering that is exempt from the registration... 


iron ore lump
Zanaga announces $21.5m equity fundraise to advance iron-ore project
3rd March 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim-listed Zanaga Iron Ore Company has announced an equity fundraise for gross proceeds of $21.5-million, with the potential to upsize to $23-million, conducted by way of subscriptions to a group... 


The above image depicts a line up of the MACH Reactor by GoldOre
Novel technology now more energy efficient
28th February 2025 By: Lynne Davies

Metallurgical technology company GoldOre has made concerted efforts to optimise the energy efficiency of its MACH Reactor – an industrial-scale hydrodynamic cavitation device. The company has “. .... 


Allied Gold partners with UAE investment fund to develop Mali mine
Allied Gold partners with UAE investment fund to develop Mali mine
25th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX- and OTCQX-listed Allied Gold Corporation has announced a strategic partnership with United Arab Emirates- (UAE-) based investment fund Ambrosia Investment Holding to help realise immediate... 


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Ishwati Emoyeni Wind Farm reaches financial close, construction under way
24th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Renewable-energy companies African Clean Energy Developments (ACED), Energy Infrastructure Management Services (EIMS) Africa and NOA Group Trading report that financial close has been reached and... 


Weir
Weir
21st February 2025

Market leader in slurry handling equipment Weir Africa boasts an unrivalled installed base of its WARMAN® centrifugal slurry pumps across the continent. The company offers an extensive range of... 


NCPC-SA national programme manager Victor Manavhela
By-product paving the way to circularity
21st February 2025 By: Halima Frost

Reported as an “industry first” in Southern Africa, silicomanganese slag, a by-product of ferromanganese alloy and steel production, has been used as construction material in a 2 km stretch of road... 


The recently commissioned greenfields aggregate plant for Pilot Crushtec’s customer in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Largest Pilot Modular aggregate plant commissioned in the DRC
19th February 2025

In a milestone project, Pilot Crushtec International has commissioned its largest ever Pilot Modular plant. Supplied to produce five aggregate sizes for an existing customer in the Democratic... 


IMF senior resident representative Tidiane Kinda
Economists ponder fiscal consolidation, tax increases ahead of Budget speech  
17th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Ahead of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2025 Budget speech, a panel of economists deliberated on the potential outcomes of the Budget, including the impact of fiscal consolidation and tax... 


The NOA Group's 10.1 MW Eland Solar PV plant, in Welkom
NOA Group gearing up to supply wheeled electricity after securing trading licence
17th February 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The trading arm of private energy company NOA is gearing up to supply wheeled renewable electricity to multiple customers in South Africa following the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s... 


truck loaded with building aggregates
Afrimat notes some improvement in conditions following tough first-half
17th February 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed mining and materials group Afrimat has warned that losses in its cement segment and a weaker-than-expected performance from its anthracite segment will mean that its results for the 2025... 


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The recently commissioned greenfield aggregate plant for Pilot Crushtec’s customer in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Modular aggregate plant commissioned
14th February 2025

In a milestone project, local mobile and semi-mobile crushing and screening equipment provider Pilot Crushtec International has commissioned its largest ever Pilot Modular plant, which is being... 


Farm fields
BFAP commends agriculture sector for having sustained growth over three decades
12th February 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

From heavy government intervention leading up to South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, through two financial crises and other macroeconomic challenges, the agriculture sector has still... 


Precast beams are being manufactured on site close to the project’s concrete batching plant, allowing the beams to be transported just 1 to 2 km to the bridges
Concor JV builds bridges to growth in Lesotho
11th February 2025

Work is surging ahead on the two bridges over the Mabunyaneng and Khubelu Rivers, part of the Polihali Dam programme of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II. Driving this progress is the... 


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Trump’s policies likely to weigh on platinum demand, prices, WPIC warns
7th February 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

US President Donald Trump’s economic policies are, in aggregate, expected to be negative for near-term platinum demand and prices, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council’s... 


Digitalisation in mining – the advantage you need now
Digitalisation in mining – the advantage you need now
7th February 2025

By: Johan Pretorius, MMM Segment Lead, Anglophone Africa and Hennie Colyn, MMM, Strategic Account Executive (RKAM) at Schneider Electric If one had to define digitalisation, phrases like “improved... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Anglo reports solid copper, iron-ore operational performance as portfolio simplification continues
6th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner Anglo American's copper and iron-ore operations delivered a good performance for the fourth quarter of 2024, as well as for the full-year, in line with the group's growing focus... 


Image of Tru-Trac’s EXHD dynamic impact idler bed
Durable solution for conveyor belts
6th February 2025

A  solution designed to protect conveyor belts in mining and heavy aggregate operations aims to address a range of challenges, especially those encountered in loading zones, where falling materials... 


Positive new-vehicle sales momentum continued in January – naamsa
4th February 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Industry body naamsa | the Automotive Business Council has expressed optimism that the positive new-vehicle sales momentum of the fourth quarter of 2024 has continued into the first month of this... 


Mkango closes £2.34m private placement
3rd February 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

A private placement by Aim-listed Mkango Resources to raise gross proceeds of £2.33-million through the issuance of 29.19-million common shares at a price per subscription share of 8p, has closed.... 


The Kayelekera mine
Lotus signs terms sheets for up to $38.5m as Kayelekera advances to production
28th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Lotus Resources has signed termsheets with two Southern African banks – Standard Bank and First Capital Bank – for equipment finance and working capital facilities to support the restart... 


dtic agroprocessing chief director Ncumisa Mcata-Mhlauli
Poultry sector to pursue export-driven growth strategy – dtic
27th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa’s poultry sector intends to, under the leadership of  Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi, pursue an export-driven growth strategy to advance the South... 


Pilot Crushtec
Pilot Crushtec
24th January 2025

With over three decades of experience in the crushing, screening and materials handling industry, Pilot Crushtec International is not only an approved distributor of world class leading brands such... 


Localised laboratories strengthens Chryso's support across Africa
Pioneering a greener construction future for Africa
23rd January 2025

As Africa’s construction industry embraces greener practices in meeting its infrastructure needs, CHRYSO is on board with a rebranded focus on sustainability. Having merged with GCP Applied... 


limeco plant
Aggregate production at Firering’s Limeco reaches nameplate capacity
22nd January 2025 By: Darren Parker

Emerging quicklime producer and critical minerals exploration company Firering Strategic Minerals’ aggregate production has reached nameplate capacity of 350 000 t/y at its Limeco quicklime... 


The WMWP features a TRIO TC 36 cone crusher designed for secondary and tertiary crushing
Rapid interest in Weir Modular Wheeled Plant concept
21st January 2025

Since its official introduction earlier this year, the Weir Modular Wheeled Plant (WMWP) has generated a lot of interest amongst customers in southern Africa. This was particularly apparent at... 


Ivanhoe prices an offering of $750m of senior notes due 2030
17th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has priced the offering of aggregate principal amount of $750-million of senior notes due 2030. Ivanhoe says the notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the company... 


Image of Tru-Trac technicians calibrating belt scales
Technology improves accuracy of bulk materials measurement
17th January 2025

Innovative technologies are being used to ensure precise and reliable measurement of bulk materials, essential across industries reliant on efficient materials handling. In industries such as... 


Uranium
Neo Metals appoints Bacchus Capital as strategic financial adviser
16th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

Uranium developer Neo Energy Metals has appointed investment and merchant banking boutique Bacchus Capital Advisers as its strategic and financial adviser. Bacchus Capital specialises in strategic... 


Canada’s KWG joins US defence consortium
14th January 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

KWG Resources, which is operating at the Canadian Chrome Company (CCC), has announced its membership in the US Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a platform designed to strengthen... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
The dtic says it will continue to seek ‘workable resolution’ to closure of AMSA’s longs unit
9th January 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) says it intends to continue its engagements with ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) “until a workable resolution to the problems faced by... 


An image showing Kagem Mining
Gemfields urges Zambia to reconsider emerald export duty
8th January 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Gemfields said on Wednesday that it would lobby the Zambian government to suspend the newly reinstated 15% export duty on precious gemstones, which would directly impact the emeralds... 


The Johannesburg skyline
Municipalities spend 22% of budget in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year
20th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

The National Treasury, on December 20, published the local government revenue and expenditure report for the first quarter period from July 1 to September 30, which showed that aggregate spending... 


Allied Gold receives first construction payment for Ethiopia project
20th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Allied Gold Corporation has received the first construction payment under a $175-million streaming agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals, signed earlier this month. Under the terms... 


The Shaakichiuwaanaan project
Volkswagen invests C$69m in Patriot Battery Metals
19th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Vancouver-headquartered Patriot Battery Metals has entered into a subscription agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen for the sale of 15.58-million Patriot shares at C4.42 a share for aggregate... 


Mechanic working on a car engine
Metair finalises R278.5m AutoZone acquisition, restructures debt
17th December 2024 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed energy and automotive manufacturing holding company Metair has finalised the acquisition of automotive parts distributor AutoZone for R278.5-million after the remaining conditions... 


Silver bars
Silver Crown Royalties to acquire 15% royalty on PPX's Igor 4 project
17th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-based mining company PPX and royalty company Silver Crown Royalties (SCRi) have entered into a royalty agreement for up to 15% of the cash equivalent of silver produced from PPX’s Igor 4... 


The Marban deposit is adjacent to Agnico-Eagle's Canadian Malartic complex (pictured).
Agnico Eagle to acquire O3 Mining in C$204m cash transaction
13th December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian miner Agnico Eagle Mines on Thursday announced the acquisition of O3 Mining in a C$1.67-a-share cash transaction, valued at about C$204-million. O3 Mining’s primary asset, the 100%-owned... 


dragline on coal mine
Thungela expected to exceed full-year export saleable production guidance for 2024
10th December 2024 By: Darren Parker

Based on coal producer Thungela Resources’ performance from January 1 to November 30, CFO Deon Smith has expressed confidence that the company would exceed its full-year export saleable production... 


Climate risks and the socialisation of costs
6th December 2024 By: Saliem Fakir

Climate risks are a product of rising greenhouse-gas emissions caused by our dependence on fossil fuels, with these risks distributed unequally at a local level. What is local becomes a burden... 


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