Seven years ago, Cape Town made global headlines for all the wrong reasons. The city faced the very real possibility that its municipal water supply would run dry amid a severe, multiyear drought,... 

The Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans has raised concerns that the ongoing budgetary constraints experienced by the Department of Defence (DoD) will result in the ongoing decline... 

Cyber security in the age of AI is a key topic for the forthcoming Security Summit, to be held in Cape Town and Johannesburg. As AI transforms both the digital threat landscape and the tools we use... 

Australia's Victory Metals on Wednesday announced that it had received a letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $190-million in project financing... 

DP World and the government of India have launched the Bharat Africa Setu, a trade initiative designed to double India-Africa trade. DP World is a logistics and trade group controlled by the... 

Australia-based Jindalee Resources has welcomed the inclusion of its McDermitt lithium project in Oregon among the first ten mining initiatives selected by the US government for accelerated... 

China's export controls on three metals important across the defence and chip sectors are keeping shipments at historically low levels despite high prices worldwide as Beijing flexes its control... 

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, according to two sources close to the private security executive, a... 

Global economic growth is expected to be significantly and immediately curtailed as a result of the ongoing US trade actions, global advisory firm Oxford Economics warned in a recent webinar on... 

London-listed Harena Resources says metallurgical test results have confirmed that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) can be efficiently recovered from its 75%-owned  Ampasindava project,... 

UK-based brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance has reported that, perhaps surprisingly, in its latest survey US aerospace giant Boeing remained the most valuable aerospace and defence brand in... 

Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its... 

AfriForum’s Private Prosecution Unit has urged the National Prosecuting Authority to give corruption cases appropriate attention and allay fears that politicians implicated in serious corruption... 

More than three decades after the first inclusive election the country faces pressures locally and internationally.  Now more than ever leaders in Government and SOE’s are called to prove the... 

The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP superintendent for geometallurgy, Dr Kathy Ehrig, honouring her decades-long... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), an entity of the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, for its commitment to excellence... 

Brazil-based global major aerospace group Embraer has announced that it has signed a service support agreement with Kenya Airways. The agreement sees the East African carrier joining the Embraer... 

As South Africa’s demand for reliable and cost-effective power solutions continues to grow, diesel engine dealer YC Diesel has identified the need for a factory-supported supplier that provides... 

Ionic Rare Earths has confirmed that it is advancing discussions on the development of the project. 

Government has denied accusations that South African National Defence Force soldiers were deployed to Matatiele, in the Eastern Cape, this week, where protestors demanded justice following the... 

ASX-listed Ionic Rare Earths says it is advancing discussions on the development of its Makuutu rare earths project, in Uganda, as China’s latest rare earth export restrictions increase focus on... 

ASX-listed Victory Metals has underlined the growing geopolitical importance of its North Stanmore project in Western Australia, as China moves to tighten control over exports of key heavy rare... 

China’s move to restrict exports of key rare earth elements is a “precision strike” on US defence and technology supply chains, says Nasdaq-listed NioCorp Developments. The restrictions, announced... 

 Australian-listed miners of heavy rare earths rallied on Monday, shrugging off major selloffs across other markets, on bets Western governments would renew their push to develop a separate supply... 

Global aerospace company Embraer has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South African aerospace and defence company Denel to collaborate on the KC-390 Millennium aircraft. The MoU... 

China said it had opened a formal complaint against the new US tariffs with the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday, saying the measures violate WTO rules and requesting consultations.... 

South Africa has confirmed that it has no intention of imposing retaliatory tariffs on the US after President Donald Trump announced that South African imports faced so-called “reciprocal tariffs”... 

Critical minerals exploration and development company Graphite One has expanded the mineral reserves at the project. 

The White House is floating the idea of potentially launching a tariff investigation into critical minerals imports, causing further confusion on a key market prioritized by President Donald Trump.... 

A panel of transport experts examined the profound implications of emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning (ML) in a dynamic webinar hosted by Creamer Media Webinars on April 1 for... 

US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and whether they lead to successful negotiations,... 

Airbus Defence and Space has been chosen by the European Space Agency (ESA) and mission prime industrial contractor Thales Alenia Space (TAS – a JV between Thales and Leonardo) to design and build... 

Critical minerals exploration and development company Graphite One has expanded the mineral reserves at its Graphite Creek project in Alaska, with a new feasibility study expected to show a... 

At the 2025 edition of its annual, sustainable aerospace-focused, Airbus Summit, the Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group reaffirmed its commitment to develop and market a... 

The European Commission has designated 47 strategic projects across 13 member States as part of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) implementation. The selected projects, announced on Tuesday,... 

Mining companies are welcoming the latest executive order aimed at bolstering domestic mineral production, with Northern Dynasty Minerals seeing a sharp rise in its stock price amid renewed... 

Investors are responding to opportunities in Africa’s oil and gas sector with optimism and caution, influenced by a variety of geopolitical and economic challenges across the continent, says data... 

Britain's financial regulator on Thursday fined the London Metal Exchange 9.2-million pounds ($11.9-million) over its handling of the 2022 nickel crisis, and said the exchange had failed to ensure... 

Despite low pricing and the higher growth rates for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) than for full electric vehicles (EVs), London-listed rare earth elements (REEs) project developer... 

ASX-listed European Lithium on Thursday announced a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 45-million tonnes at 0.4% rare-earth oxide from the Tanbreez project, in Greenland. The MRE 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... 

ASX-listed Victory Metals has completed a scoping study for the North Stanmore rare earths project in Western Australia, confirming the project is a world-class opportunity for the critical...