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Vareš silver project, Bosnia and Herzegovina – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ASX- and LSE-listed Adriatic Metals has achieved commercial production. 


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Witwatersrand Basin Project – Qala Shallows, South Africa – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

West Wits Mining has executed definitive legal agreements for a senior syndicated loan facility to fund project development. 


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Back River Gold – Goose mine gold project, Canada – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

B2Gold has poured first gold at its Goose mine. 


Location map of the Etango project
Etango-8 uranium project, Namibia – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

A final investment decision is targeted in 2025. 


Location map of the Longonjo project
Longonjo neodymium/praseodymium project, Angola – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Pensana Rare Earths has reported that the completion of the extended processing plant plot area on the project has laid the groundwork for accelerated construction activities. 


Drill core from the Rhyolite Ridge project
Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

ioneer has formally started a strategic partnering process to identify a new equity partner for the project. 


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Santa Cruz underground copper mine, US – update
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for the project. 


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Astratek to Showcase World-Class Factory Design at Manufacturing Indaba 2025
3rd July 2025

Astratek Manufacturing Engineers(AME), a leading specialist in the design and construction of consumer goods manufacturing facilities, will be participating at the Manufacturing Indaba 2025... 


Supporting SA’s crucial construction sector - understanding the role of construction and engineering insurance
3rd July 2025

By: Yatinne Ramdin - (Claims Manager: Mirabilis), Tyrelle Correa (National (SA) Business Development Manager: Mirabilis) & Koketso Shabalala (Underwriting Head: SHA Risk Specialists) Employing... 


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Sungrow, WBHO collaborate on sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable-energy project
3rd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global inverter and energy storage system provider Sungrow, is partnering with South African construction group WBHO in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable energy project. Sungrow says its... 


Rethinking healthcare infrastructure: why SA needs a stronger focus on risk management and cost control
Rethinking healthcare infrastructure: why SA needs a stronger focus on risk management and cost control
3rd July 2025

South Africa’s healthcare system is at a crossroads. On one hand, there is a growing demand for accessible, high-quality care. On the other, the infrastructure meant to deliver that care is under... 


NRW awarded A$167m Brockman contract by Rio Tinto
NRW awarded A$167m Brockman contract by Rio Tinto
3rd July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NRW Civil & Mining, a division of ASX-listed NRW Holdings, has been awarded a A$167-million contract from Rio Tinto for work at the Brockman Syncline 1 (BS1) mine development, located within the... 


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Redefining utility-scale solar projects
3rd July 2025

The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that over 5 500 GW of renewable energy will be added globally by 2030, with new solar capacity accounting for 80% of this growth. With the solar... 


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Custom chute for Saudi mine
3rd July 2025

A custom-engineered transfer point solution has helped a Saudi Arabian mine overcome complex operational challenges. The chute from Weba Chute Systems resolved critical material flow and... 


Milken-Motsepe launches $2m Africa AI, manufacturing challenge
2nd July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Development think tank the Milken Institute and philanthropy organisation the Motsepe Foundation have announced the Milken-Motsepe Prize in AI and Manufacturing. The challenge calls on... 


Achieve elevated productivity with truck-mounted cranes
Achieve elevated productivity with truck-mounted cranes
2nd July 2025

With projects in construction, mining, logistics and other industries driving the crane market in South Africa, this equipment is a crucial component of infrastructure development in the country.... 


BHP VP Emma Roberts and COSCO VP Ji Lin signing green shipping agreement.
BHP moves into greener shipping amid cleaner transport ventures intensifying globally
2nd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In fewer than three years, major Johannesburg Stock Exchange secondary-listed mining giant BHP will be shipping ore from Australia to Asia in a greener manner amid intensification of transportation... 


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AfDB approves R2.5bn loan for City of Joburg
2nd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Development finance institution the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a R2.5-billion corporate loan to the City of Johannesburg metropolitan municipality. This is the bank’s first... 


Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
Santana secures key landholding for NZ mine development
2nd July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Santana Minerals on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, Matakanui Gold, had entered into a binding agreement to acquire Ardgour Station – a strategic landholding with competing land... 


Updated PFS shows strong fundamentals for Santana’s New Zealand project
1st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Sanatana Minerals’ updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Bendigo-Ophir gold project, in New Zealand, has shown strong fiscal outcomes, with an after-tax net present value (NPV) of... 


Itac imposes 52.34% duty on corrosion-resistant steel coil, raises transformer core customs duty
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has requested the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to impose a provisional safeguard duty of 52.34% of the value of... 


South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Driving Growth Through Key Industries
South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector: Driving Growth Through Key Industries
1st July 2025

South Africa’s manufacturing sector remains a cornerstone of the nation’s economic growth and industrialisation ambitions, contributing approximately 13 % to GDP and employing over 1.6 million... 


Globeleq CEO Jonathan Hoffman
South Africa’s largest standalone battery storage project advances to financial close
1st July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Africa’s largest standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project, the 153 MW/ 612 MWh Red Sands project in the Northern Cape, has reached financial close, having raised some R5.4-billion in... 


Raw copper produced in Zambia
India sends geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, sources say
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral supplies... 


Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and LSE-listed Adriatic Metals said on Tuesday it had achieved commercial production at its Vareš silver operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company declared commercial production after... 


Pensana completes extended processing plant area at Longonjo
30th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Rare earths developer Pensana has reported that the completion of the extended processing plant plot area on its Longonjo rare earths refinery project, in Angola, lays the groundwork for... 


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Babcock, Volvo showcase new gen machines to Southern African market
30th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Engineering and plant services provider Babcock and machine industry company Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) on June 26 launched the new generation of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to... 


West Wits signs senior loan facility agreements to advance Qala Shallows
30th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed West Wits Mining has executed definitive legal agreements for a senior syndicated loan facility of up to R875-million to fund the development of the Qala Shallows gold project, the first... 


FNB senior economist Siphamandla Mkhwanazi
Construction sector remains downbeat about lack of large-scale projects
30th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research Civil Confidence Index decreased to 41 in the second quarter of the year, from 45 in the first quarter. FNB senior economist Siphamandla... 


Cementation Africa MD Japie du Plessis interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Newly named Cementation Africa excited about setting business on new growth path
30th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The newly named Cementation Africa is excited about setting the rebranded business on a new growth path. As part of preparations to operate outside of the Murray & Roberts Group, the new “own... 


COO Lyndon Hopkins and CEO Richard Hyde with first Kiaka gold bar.
West African pours first Kiaka gold ahead of schedule
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed West African Resources has poured first gold at its flagship Kiaka project in Burkina Faso, delivering the milestone ahead of schedule and under budget, as the company progresses... 


Gabon, Afreximbank sign $3.8bn accord on manganese, gold
27th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gabon’s government signed a $3.8-billion memorandum of understanding with the African Export-Import Bank to fund the development of manganese, gold trading, energy and rail infrastructure. The... 


At the signing ceremony from left to right: Khanyiso Zihlangu (Project Officer, IPP Office), Antony Phillipson (British High Commissioner to South Africa), Lena Mangondo (Head of Legal Department, IPP Office), Jonathan Hoffman (CEO, Globeleq), Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (Minister of Electricity & Energy), Segomoco Scheppers (Interim CEO, NTCSA) and Ambassador Gjermund Sæther (Norwegian Embassy in SA)
Big 153 MW/612 MWh Red Sands battery storage project achieves commercial close
27th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The 153 MW/ 612 MWh Red Sands battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Northern Cape has advanced to commercial close, following the signing of project agreements with the Department of... 


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Cape Town revises by-law to boost selected backyard housing developments
27th June 2025 By: Irma Venter

Cape Town’s City Council has approved a number of changes to the Municipal Planning By-law (MPBL) in a move it believes will make it easier to develop and build affordable housing, especially in... 


Kavango begins construction of 50 t/d gold processing plant at Bill’s Luck
27th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

LSE-listed Kavango Resources has started construction of a 50 t/d carbon in pulp (CIP) gold processing test plant at the Bill's Luck gold mine at the Hillside gold project in Zimbabwe. Further to... 


Dale Henderson, CEO of Australian miner Pilbara.
Lithium industry bemoans 'paradox' of low prices, rising demand
27th June 2025 By: Reuters

An ongoing slide in lithium prices even as demand for the battery metal continues to climb is a frustrating "paradox" not likely to be resolved before at least 2030, the world's largest producers... 


Atlantic Strategic Minerals starts commercial production at Virginia operations
Atlantic Strategic Minerals starts commercial production at Virginia operations
27th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US critical minerals producer Atlantic Strategic Minerals (ASM) has started commercial production at its mining and mineral processing operations in Virginia. ASM is producing ilmenite and zircon... 


Mbamwabi Chilembo stands with his arms crossed.
Consultants key to building climate-ready infrastructure
27th June 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

As Africa faces growing climate threats – from droughts and floods to rising temperatures – the continent’s infrastructure must become more resilient. Consulting engineering company Alpenglow... 


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Procurement woes stall South Africa’s infrastructure progress
27th June 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

Despite growing demand for engineering services across South Africa and the continent, infrastructure project delivery continues to lag. This is not for lack of capacity but rather because of... 


SHARPEST TOOLS IN THE SHED
The new Volvo articulated dump trucks encompass the most significant updates the group has undertaken in more than 20 years, with the new models boasting a new electronic system and an in-house developed transmission
Innovative new dump trucks, excavators launched
27th June 2025 By: Halima Frost

A range of new Volvo equipment for the earthmoving and surface mining sector was launched earlier this month at equipment supplier Babcock Africa’s eMalahleni branch, in Mpumalanga. Babcock is the... 


A large yellow grader made by Bell Equipment in the bush grading a road
New grader range breaking ground in S Africa
27th June 2025 By: Halima Frost

After a successful launch at Bauma 2025, held in April in Munich, Germany, South African earthmoving equipment manufacturer and supplier Bell Equipment introduced a new range of motor graders to... 


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PEX piping vulnerable to long-term UV exposure from artificial light
27th June 2025

Crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) piping may be adversely affected by UV emissions from certain artificial light sources over a long period of time, states US-based non-profit trade association... 


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Hydrogen projects to boost UK’s sustainability
27th June 2025

Green and renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe has announced that it has been shortlisted under the UK Government’s Hydrogen Allocation Round 2 (HAR2) – a public auction system to support the... 


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