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Regis Resources MD and CEO Jim Beyer says 'plenty of companies will bend over backwards to have McPhillamys' in their portfolio.
Regis determined to bring McPhillamys project to life
5th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Regis Resources is standing firm in its commitment to bring the McPhillamys gold project in New South Wales to life, with MD and CEO Jim Beyer saying the company is exploring all... 


Australia to provide A$135m bailout for Trafigura lead, zinc smelters
Australia to provide A$135m bailout for Trafigura lead, zinc smelters
5th August 2025 By: Reuters

The Australian government said on Tuesday it will provide A$135-million in financial support for two smelters owned by Nyrstar, a unit of commodity trader Trafigura, in the country's south.... 


An image of the Marula operation
Implats improves units costs during full-year, but production volumes decrease
4th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) says it delivered a “commendable” performance across its mining and processing assets for the full-year ended June 30. Unit costs benefitted from easing input... 


Gold Fields' South Deep mine
Gold Fields foresees 203% interim headline earnings rise
4th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Gold Fields expects to report at least a 203% year-on-year increase in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to between $1.09 and $1.21 for the six months ended June 30. The company... 


workers under steel structure at sunset
US tariffs expected to have significant impact on metals, engineering sector, Seifsa warns
4th August 2025 By: Darren Parker

The 30% tariff on South African exports to the US is expected to have a significant and multidimensional impact on the South African metals and engineering sector, Steel and Engineering Industries... 


Lower interest rates boosting car sales; Asian brands expanding their influence
Lower interest rates boosting car sales; Asian brands expanding their influence
4th August 2025 By: Irma Venter

New-vehicle credit application volumes at WesBank are more than 20% higher than a year ago, says the asset finance group. This comes as new-vehicle sales blitzed through the 50 000-unit-a-month... 


Jupiter Mines MD Brad Rodgers speaking at the Diggers and Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie, Australia.
Kalahari manganese field ripe for consolidation, says Jupiter MD
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines is eyeing consolidation opportunities in South Africa’s Kalahari manganese field, one of the richest manganese-bearing regions globally, to unlock further value from its... 


Goldplat gold recovery plant
Goldplat’s full-year results hampered by forex losses in Ghana
4th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed gold recovery company Goldplat has advised that, despite an excellent operational performance for the three months ended June 30, the company results for the full 12 months to June 30... 


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Mpact’s interim trading, profitability impacted by challenging trading environment
4th August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Paper and plastics packaging business and recycler Mpact says it continued to face a persistently challenging trading environment during the six months ended June 30, resulting in trading and... 


Outgoing Boss Energy MD and CEO Duncan Craib
Boss Energy CEO urges Australia to capitalise on uranium opportunity
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Uranium mining company Boss Energy MD and CEO Duncan Craib has called on Australia to unlock its vast uranium resources, warning that the country is missing out on a once-in-a-generation... 


Aiden Morris speaking at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum.
Australia’s energy transition 'simply impossible', mining conference told
4th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s energy transition is “simply impossible” under current policy settings and economic realities, analyst Aiden Morrison told delegates at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in... 


Progress on the wharf.
Pacific Lime and Cement greenlights PNG lime project
4th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Pacific Lime and Cement has approved the final investment decision (FID) to move ahead with its flagship Central Lime Project (CLP) in Papua New Guinea, charting a debt-free development... 


Northern Star's Jubilee mill.
Gold miners shine as WA Index climbs 3.7% on M&A, geopolitical turmoil
4th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The market capitalisation of Western Australia’s listed entities climbed 3.7% over the past financial year to A$362.7-billion, buoyed by soaring gold prices and a wave of mergers and acquisitions,... 


Gold rush fills coffers of Aussie miners as bullion prices surge
Gold rush fills coffers of Aussie miners as bullion prices surge
3rd August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s leading gold miners are sitting on war chests of cash and bullion worth hundreds of millions of dollars as record gold prices swell balance sheets and prompt questions about how... 


Caracal enters into exclusivity agreement with Tanzanian company
1st August 2025 By: Darren Parker

LSE-listed Caracal Gold has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Tanzanian mining and exploration company Pumba Resources in respect of its portfolio of gold prospecting licence applications... 


Codelco says it has yet to reach missing workers at El Teniente mine
Codelco says it has yet to reach missing workers at El Teniente mine
1st August 2025 By: Reuters

Chilean copper producer Codelco has still not had contact with five missing workers at El Teniente's Andesita unit following a seismic incident that killed one person, El Teniente's general manager... 


Daimler Truck signs letter of intent on truck assembly plant in Senegal
Daimler Truck signs letter of intent on truck assembly plant in Senegal
1st August 2025 By: Irma Venter

Daimler Truck has signed a letter of intent on the establishment of a local truck assembly plant together with the government of the Republic of Senegal and private sector company Global Truck... 


Koryx president and CEO Heye Daun.
Koryx closes $25m fundraising drive
1st August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-V-listed Koryx Copper has closed its previously announced bought deal public offering of an aggregate of 19.05-million common shares of the company at a price of C$1.05 per common share for... 


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AI-driven research tool speeds up product development in SA companies
1st August 2025

A new product designed to enable companies to fast-track research and development (R&D) is set to change the pace and costs of product development across sectors. Software development and... 


Capstone Copper hits revenue record in Q2
1st August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper reported its highest-ever quarterly revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda), buoyed by strong sulphide copper... 


Trump administration to expand price support for US rare earths projects, sources say
Trump administration to expand price support for US rare earths projects, sources say
1st August 2025 By: Reuters

Top White House officials told a group of rare earths firms last week that they are pursuing a pandemic-era approach to boost US critical minerals production and curb China's market dominance by... 


The world's biggest iron-ore windfall is fading for Australia
The world's biggest iron-ore windfall is fading for Australia
1st August 2025 By: Bloomberg

Flying deep into the heart of Western Australia, Rio Tinto Group executives, politicians and media step off a chartered jet into a Pilbara airport, little more than a sunbaked shed with metal... 


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Ecological solutions enable adaptable, long-term value
1st August 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Ecologically engineered wetlands and algae-based systems can play a significant role in managing acid mine drainage and sulphate-rich waters at active and legacy mining sites, while enabling... 


An image of a water treatment facility at a copper mine
Climate change adds impetus for strengthened systems
1st August 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Climate change-related impacts on water resources require strengthened water conservation efforts and long-term planning, says water sector association Water Institute of Southern Africa mine water... 


Strangers in transit?
1st August 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

A chartered Global Crossing Airlines flight touched down at Eswatini’s King Swati III International Airport on the morning of July 16, carrying five passengers described by a US official in... 


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Sidi Bouzid II solar power plant, Tunisia
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Renewable-energy solutions provider Scatec plans to build a 120 MW solar power plant in Sidi Bouzid. 


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BMM iron-ore project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Commercial and legal processes under way for finalisation. 


Image of the Gamsberg zinc mine
Gamsberg Phase 2 expansion project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Project completion is targeted for the 2025/26 financial year.  


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Gamsberg smelter project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The smelter will treat all zinc concentrate from the Gamsberg operation.  


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Green hydrogen project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Keren Energy has made significant progress in the development of its green hydrogen production facility. 


Image of fertiliser
Hiryo coal-to-fertiliser and methanol project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The African Export-Import Bank Advisory and Capital Markets department has been appointed and mandated as the exclusive financial adviser to raise capital for the project. 


Image of Langer Heinrich operations
Langer Heinrich uranium restart project, Namibia – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Paladin Energy issued its 2026 financial year guidance for the Langer Heinrich mine on July 23, projecting increased output as mining operations ramp up. 


Image of Australia flag and periodic table symbols for zinc/copper
Sulphur Springs zinc/copper project, Australia – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Work on surface infrastructure and early-stage underground mining activities has started.  


Image of South African flag and periodic table symbols for platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold
Thaba Joint Venture project, South Africa – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

All project design work, fabrication and delivery of mechanical items have been completed.   


Stockpile of copper/zinc at the woodlawn project
Woodlawn copper/zinc mine, Australia – update
1st August 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Develop Global has started concentrate shipments from the mine. 


The Dalgaranga processing plant
Ramelius eyes 500 000 oz/y as it completes Spartan acquisition
31st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Ramelius Resources has completed its acquisition of Spartan Resources by way of a scheme of arrangement, positioning the merged group to pursue a production target of 500 000 oz/y within... 


Jupiter records strongest performance on record at Tshipi
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has reported that the Tshipi manganese mine, in South Africa, has achieved another strong quarter, contributing to several record-breaking achievements for the 2025... 


Mineworkers underground at Cullinan mine
Mining Cost Index shows cost pressure easing
31st July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

In line with the general inflation trend in South Africa, mining input cost pressures remain well under control, with the latest data, including labour costs, showing a 1.1% year-on-year increase... 


Transnet Group CE Michelle Phillips.
Transnet welcomes conviction of infrastructure criminals
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet has welcomed the conviction of 26 individuals in the Xhariep district, in the Free State, for theft of Transnet copper cables and essential infrastructure estimated at... 


Dr Rethabile Melamu
SAPVIA welcomes new solar PV projects under Bid Window 7
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) celebrates a significant milestone following the Department of Electricity and Energy’s (DEE’s) allocation of six new solar PV projects... 


AMSA production plant
AMSA’s decarbonisation plans on hold while long steel crisis persists
31st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is effectively putting its ambitious decarbonisation plans on hiatus while it figures out how to navigate the crisis surrounding the impending closure... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
$500m Credit Guarantee Vehicle to be launched in time for first private grid projects
31st July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The National Treasury has confirmed that it will inject 20% of the $500-million initial funding required to set up the Credit Guarantee Vehicle (CGV) being established to derisk South African... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad.
De Beers is well positioned to thrive as market recovers, Anglo believes
31st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The commitment of Anglo American to exit De Beers is unwavering, despite the belief of this secondary-listed Johannesburg Stock Exchange company that its iconic diamond mining and marketing... 


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