Mining companies across South Africa invest significant resources in enterprise and supplier development (ESD), yet supplier failure rates remain persistently high. Many small, medium and micro... 

For more than 35 years, crushing and screening solutions provider Pilot Crushtec International has been a driving force in mining productivity, delivering world class crushing and screening... 

The Competition Commission has recommended to the Competition Tribunal that it approve the proposed transaction whereby Cennergi Holdings and Cennergi Services intend to acquire AESA and O&M... 

Even if only incremental steps are taken, South Africa must continue to progress its electricity market liberalisation and reform agenda, such as launching the South Africa Wholesale Electricity... 

Reflecting the ongoing benefits of simplified operating structures, London- and Johannesburg-listed Glencore on Thursday reported full-year key-commodity production volumes within guidance ranges.... 

Whitehaven Coal logged a bigger-than-expected 13.5% rise in second-quarter output on Thursday, helped by improved mining conditions and higher output from its Queensland and New South Wales... 

Major diversified mining companies are set to accelerate earnings upgrades this year, with current spot metal prices implying about 18% to 21% upside to one-year forward consensus earnings before... 

The new automation at Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in KwaZulu-Natal has begun with very efficient coal stacking and reclaiming processes that have millimetre accuracy. The stacker reclaimer,... 

Amid growing concern over the affordability of electricity for businesses and households, the head of the energy secretariat at the South Africa National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) has... 

State-owned rail enterprise Transnet and privately owned Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) have jointly agreed to establish a project office. This structured office will identify projects with the... 

ASX-listed Yancoal Australia has delivered a record production performance in 2025, reporting attributable saleable coal output of 38.6-million tonnes and closing the year with a cash balance of... 

Syndicates are having a significant impact on the productivity and financial wellbeing of South Africa’s mining industry – from cable theft to the pilfering of other resources such as explosives... 

A novel platinum development has resulted in the $2 per kilogram 2026 green hydrogen cost target being beaten. The new approach results in more hydrogen being obtained from less platinum and is... 

In today’s mining and industrial landscape, safety and productivity are inseparable priorities. For nearly two decades, engineering design consultancy Matrix Design Group has been at the forefront... 

Germany's special envoy for the Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa Rainer Baake says his country’s ongoing commitment to the initiative is reflected by the fact that Germany has... 

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Utilities and municipalities are facing a pivotal challenge as the country’s legacy power grid – engineered for... 

With its comprehensive support of the mining sector through commodity-specific drivetrain solutions, motors and drives supplier SEW-EURODRIVE has cemented its reputation as a trusted partner to the... 

Although challenges remain on the path to long-term sustainability and energy security, the 2025 financial year showed meaningful progress in restoring operational stability and financial... 

International investment opportunities for nuclear energy development are available, but South Africa must prepare and equip its industry to capitalise on these opportunities by learning from the... 

The revised Eskom unbundling strategy announced is emerging as something of a touchstone for government’s commitment – or otherwise – to reforming the structure of an electricity industry that has... 

Renewable energy’s contribution to South Africa’s yearly generation has not grown since 2023, according to data from Eskom’s National Transmission Company of South Africa.  

A mining and metals 2026 survey by global law firm White & Case found an optimistic outlook for the sector with strong growth expected in the market as participants adapt to the policy-driven... 

The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who is overseeing the economic reforms being implemented under Operation Vulindlela, says the unbundling of Eskom’s transmission business cannot be done... 

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) has welcomed the state government’s decision to extend the operational life of Griffin Coal’s Ewington mine by up to five years, saying... 

JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol, reporting on its performance for the six months to December 31, 2025, says its Southern Africa destoning plant reached beneficial operation in... 

The UK and the African Development Bank extended a climate-linked $1-billion debt guarantee to South Africa, saving a $400-million municipal funding deal that was in jeopardy if it had expired. The... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated that the cost of the solution being pursued to salvage South Africa’s ferrochrome smelters, most of which have been closed on... 

South Africa’s mining production decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in November, with the largest negative contributors having been coal, iron-ore, platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold. According to... 

Origin Energy said on Tuesday it will extend the operation of all four units of its coal-fired Eraring Power Station to April 2029, to support energy supply in New South Wales state. The 2 880 MW... 

Mining major BHP has lifted its 2026 copper production guidance after delivering record operating performances across its copper and iron-ore assets in the half year ended December 31, capitalising... 

ASX-listed Yari Minerals has appointed coal geologist Courtney Taylor as executive director and incoming MD, as the company advances its flagship Rolleston South coal project in Queensland’s Bowen... 

Commodities are entering 2026 on a firmer footing, with gold and copper supported by strong structural drivers and the potential for recovery emerging in oil and grain markets later in the year,... 

China's coal output rose to a record in 2025, statistics bureau data showed on Monday, as lower domestic prices prompted buyers to cut imports and rebuild stockpiles with cheaper local supply,... 

Across the mining industry, a notable trend has emerged where original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractors and mine operators are... 

The last Czech black coal shaft will shut at the end of January, closing the door on more than 250 years of deep mining and bringing to an end an industry that powered the rise of heavy industry in... 

Coal company Liberty Coal has confirmed that about 540 employees have been transferred to Liberty Mine Services (LMS), following its appointment as the principal independent mining contractor at... 

 Iron-ore futures drifted lower on Friday as high prices and slim margins deterred buying in the biggest consumer China, with the Dalian iron-ore contract reporting a weekly decline for the first... 

Martin Creamer talks about hydrogen breakthroughs, precious metals demand and Africa’s value chain moment 

Heavy rainfall in northeast Australia has triggered floods that are hampering mine operations and disrupting supplies of metallurgical coal in the region. Some coal miners have declared force... 

US coal major Peabody Energy president and CEO Jim Grech has been made chairperson of the National Coal Council (NCC), with the appointment formalised at a meeting at the White House on Thursday.... 

South Africa is one of the top countries in the world for the amount of electricity it generates from coal. It ranked seventh in 2024, generating just over 200 TWh of coal-powered energy. 2024 is... 

Coal India is scouting partnership opportunities in rare-earth mining across Australia, Russia, Argentina, Chile and several African countries, a top executive of its coking coal-focussed unit said...