Western Australian Premier Roger Cook on Wednesday announced the new Ministerial portfolios for the WA Labor government, outlining a vision focused on economic diversification, energy transition,... 

There is a long history of conflict between farmers and entities looking to prospect and mine on agricultural land in South Africa. However, the complexities involved in navigating this conflict... 

In the next ten years, renewable energy market growth indications point to 30 GW of clean power capacity coming into play. That is the calculation of Leon Groenewald, the MD of Exxaro Energy, the... 

Diversified commodities major Glencore is positioning itself for copper production growth in the coming years, with CEO Gary Nagle stating that the company is on a clear path to return to producing... 

Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resource has secured a $6.1-million matching grant from the Wyoming Energy Authority. The funding, authorised by Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, will support the development of a... 

US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorising his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil... 

Australian coal miner New Hope is on the hunt for acquisitions, said CEO Rob Bishop, and given improving investor appetite for New Hope debt he had no worries about financing growth in... 

Demand for electricity in South Africa continued to trend down in 2024, a new Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) report confirms. It shows that peak demand was a per cent lower... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed Thungela Resources delivered a resilient performance for the financial year ended December 31, 2024. The company reports that full-year export saleable production... 

The newly established Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) has confirmed that it received 98 applications for slots being made available across the network to private train operating... 

Coal miner MC Mining has recorded a 31% year-on-year decrease in run-of-mine (RoM) tonnes from the Uitkomst Colliery, in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, for the six months ended December 31,... 

India plans to establish a coal trading exchange to buy and sell domestically produced coal amid growing output from mines operated by private companies, the federal government said in a notice... 

“King coal is back!” Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Mantashe exclaimed at the ribbon cutting of coal producer Seriti’s new Naudesbank Colliery, near Carolina, in Mpumalanga, on... 

Mozambique’s main rail line for its top export of coal halted operations this week because of a tropical cyclone that also cut off a national highway. Nacala Logistics, which operates the railway... 

Anglo American is planning more job cuts at its corporate office, as it restructures its business by selling assets and spinning off its platinum unit. The company has sent notices to employees who... 

By: Devan Pillay - Cluster President, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric Business success and sustainability have become inextricably linked; however, the definition of the latter is not as... 

Australian miner Bowen Coking Coal has reported a significantly improved financial performance for the first half of 2025, narrowing its loss to A$8.7-million, a substantial reduction from a... 

The Trump administration approved a plan to expand a Montana coal mine and extend its life by 16 years, the Interior Department said on Thursday, a move aligned with President Donald Trump's goal... 

Coal miner Kangra’s Udumo shaft, in Mpumalanga, is set for a significant production ramp-up, with output expected to rise from the current 40 000 t a month to about 105 000 t a month by mid-2026.... 

US President Donald Trump’s recently published trade policy agenda leaves absolutely no room for nuance. Not even the tiniest crack has been left to allow light to be shed on the possible... 

As at the end of December, the social investments of Exxaro Resources amounted to R2.1-billion amid the bettering of lives and livelihoods being declared core by this black-controlled Johannesburg... 

Statistics South Africa reports that mining production decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in January, with the largest negative contributors having been iron-ore, platinum group metals (PGM) and coal.... 

Renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) Red Rocket has reached financial close on the first 242-MW phase of the Overberg Wind Farm, which will be built on 15 farm portions covering 8 721... 

Mining veteran Bennetor (Ben) Magara has been appointed as the new incoming CEO of Exxaro Resources, effective from April 1. Magara, a mining engineer with more than 35 years of mining industry... 

While Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said that additional guarantees will be considered to refinance Transnet’s maturing debt and its capital investment programme, no equity support was... 

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is worried about a “possible bloodbath of job losses” across multiple sectors, including steel, transportation, ferrochrome and mining, on the back of... 

The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal (PGM) grades, lower unit costs, enhance safety, and streamline downstream materials handling,... 

A routine night shift ended in tragedy for Alseny Camara. The 32-year-old was working for a Chinese subcontractor building a railway to reach Simandou - the world's largest new iron mining... 

Indonesian Mining Association on Tuesday urged the government to reconsider a plan to hike royalty rates for mining products as miners are already struggling with rising operational costs and tight... 

As talks intensified earlier this year between primary steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) and government to mitigate the impacts of AMSA’s wind-down of its longs business, the Select... 

Indonesia is proposing hiking royalties paid by miners in a bid to bolster public finances that are being strained by President Prabowo Subianto’s spending plans. The Energy and Mineral Resources... 

By: Mila Vicquery - General Manager of Sustainability at Energy Partners  The recent withdrawal of the United States from South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET) partnership is another stark... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed exasperation and disappointment over the most recent implementation of Stage 3 loadshedding by Eskom over the weekend starting... 

South Africa-based opencast mining contractor Trollope offers a range of services, including opencast contract mining, crushing and screening, mine infrastructure development, bulk earthworks,... 

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that platinum group metal (PGM) prices will increase in the... 

A decision on a disbursement by the World Bank-linked Climate Investment Funds that would trigger a $2.6-billion green-finance package for South Africa may be made as early as Friday, people with... 

China's coal imports rose 2.1% year-on-year to a record high for the January-February period, official data showed on Friday, as arbitrage opportunities remained open, but risks grew for imports in... 

Eskom again resorted to Stage 3 loadshedding on Friday, after a loss of 2 700 MW in 14 hours, including Koeberg Unit 2, which was taken offline on March 2 and was meant to have been returned to... 

JSE-listed Exxaro Resources has warned shareholders that its headline earnings per share for the year ended December 31, 2024, are expected to have decreased by between 30% and 44% year-on-year to... 

The board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has declared an interim dividend of R4.50 a share amounting to R1 011-million for the half-year of financial year (FY) 2025, the Johannesburg Stock... 

An influential South African government agency recommended the country phase out coal-fired power stations on Thursday as it published a ten-year study which found that people living near them were... 

Boosting local rail infrastructure through government and private-sector collaboration – in the form of public–private partnerships (PPPs) – while harnessing complementary assistance from...