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A festive season salute to the supply chain Elves ensuring that the right goods are on the right shelves at the right time
A festive season salute to the supply chain Elves ensuring that the right goods are on the right shelves at the right time
Updated 5 hours ago

With the festive season around the corner, supply chain industry body SAPICS is urging South Africans to spare a thought for Santa’s busiest helpers. No, not the elves, the supply chain managers... 


Gold recovered at the Segele operations in Ethiopia
Akobo Minerals achieves first positive Ebitda in the third quarter
Updated 6 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Scandinavian gold producer Akobo Minerals has reported revenues of SKr22.9-million and achieved its first positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of... 


St Barbara reports progress on Touquoy restart
St Barbara reports progress on Touquoy restart
Updated 6 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed St Barbara has confirmed it will move the proposed restart of the Touquoy gold operation in Nova Scotia into the permitting phase, after a new study outlined a low capital expenditure... 


What Bidvest’s Eurobond Tells Us About the Maturation of SA’s Debt Capital Market
9th December 2025

By: Victor Germeshuizen - [Senior Investment Banker, Absa CIB] and Simon Rankin [Head of Internation Syndication, Absa Securities] The international high-yield bond market functions as one of the... 


Lundin Gold outlines 2026 guidance, explores expansion options at Fruta del Norte
Lundin Gold outlines 2026 guidance, explores expansion options at Fruta del Norte
9th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-headquartered Lundin Gold has issued its 2026 production guidance and a three-year outlook for the Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine, in Ecuador, signalling further growth, a step-up in... 


$812m Contango, Dolly Varden deal creates new North American miner
$812m Contango, Dolly Varden deal creates new North American miner
9th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Contango ORE and explorer Dolly Varden Silver on Monday announced an all-stock merger to create a new North American mid-tier precious-metals producer with operating cash flow,... 


Gold surge sees shift to speculative asset from haven, BIS says
Gold surge sees shift to speculative asset from haven, BIS says
8th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Retail investors drove the recent gold price surge, pushing bullion out of its traditional safe haven pattern to a more speculative asset, according to the Bank for International Settlements.... 


 Vertiv Completes Acquisition of PurgeRite, Expanding Leadership in Liquid Cooling Services
Vertiv Completes Acquisition of PurgeRite, Expanding Leadership in Liquid Cooling Services
8th December 2025

Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure, has announced the successful completion of its previously reported intent to acquire Purge Rite Intermediate... 


Nampak grows full-year revenue and Ebitda, reduces debt
8th December 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed packaging company Nampak increased its revenue for the financial year ended September 30, by 8% year-on-year, while trading profit increased by 26% and trading margin improved to 12.3%... 


Kropz Elandsfontein
Kropz secures R250m loan facility from ARC Fund
8th December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed phosphate producer and developer Kropz has reported that its subsidiary Kropz Elandsfontein and ARC Fund have agreed to a R250-million loan facility. Kropz reports that its Elandsfontein... 


A Weba Chute Systems field advisor inspects a conveyor transfer point in operation, underpinning the company’s ongoing commitment to ensuring optimal material flow and performance across all installations
Weba Chute Systems delivers decade-long performance at Palabora Copper Mine
8th December 2025

More than a decade after installation, the custom engineered transfer chutes supplied by Weba Chute Systems to Palabora Copper Mine (PMC) continue to operate with virtually no maintenance - a... 


Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
Silver, copper eclipse gold as top metals bets on supply fears
8th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Silver and copper have replaced gold as the hot metal trade heading into 2026, with institutional and retail traders positioning for record rallies. Silver has nearly doubled this year, with most... 


An image of TLT Turbo's SMART Fan
TLT Turbo Africa launches SMART Fan for mining
5th December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Technology-driven mining and industrial fan and ventilation manufacturer TLT Turbo Africa on December 4 launched its new sustainable monitoring and airflow response technology (SMART) Fan for... 


Image of a Weba cascade chute
Transfer point design sees an industry shift
5th December 2025

Transfer points in mining are increasingly seen as critical to plant performance, prompting a shift toward custom engineered solutions that prioritise controlled material flow, reduced dust and... 


ACTOM chairperson Andries Mthethwa, Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya and ACTOM CEO Mervyn Naidoo
ACTOM unveils revitalised transformer factory in Pretoria
5th December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has unveiled a revitalised transformer production and testing facility in Pretoria. The 40 000 m2 site previously served as a factory for Powertech... 


Location map of the Bougouni project
Bougouni lithium project, Mali – update
5th December 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Kodal Minerals’ maiden shipment of 28 950 t of lithium spodumene concentrate is bound for the destination port in Hainan province, in China. 


An image of pumping at the Phalaborwa project
Project targets low-cost rare earths supply outside China
5th December 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Leveraging phosphogypsum waste residue, rare earth element producer Rainbow Rare Earths’ Phalaborwa rare earths project, in Limpopo, aims to support the development of a diversified global supply... 


An image of the Maxwell Solar Power Plant stakeholders
Solar plant success heralds Namibia’s wheeling push
5th December 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Making headway in the Namibian energy sector, renewable-energy solutions provider Sustainable Power Solutions’ (SPS’s) latest project – the 10 MW Maxwell solar power plant – is a wheeling project... 


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Renewables company provides key services to Namibian energy sector
5th December 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Renewable energy project solutions company Harmattan Renewables is involved in the Mariental and Greenam solar PV plants, providing due diligence services, and is currently Lenders’ Technical... 


Sappi CEO Steve Binnie and UPM President and CEO Massimo Reynaudo
Sappi, UPM propose combining their European graphic paper businesses
4th December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Paper and pulp manufacturer Sappi and Finland-based material solutions company UPM-Kymmene Corporation have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to combine their European graphic paper businesses... 


The Moanda metallurgical complex in Gabon
Eramet eyes manganese, lithium growth in turnaround plan
4th December 2025 By: Reuters

Eramet aims to deliver more manganese from Gabon and lithium from Argentina as part of efforts to strengthen its finances, which have been hit by falling profits and rising debt, the French mining... 


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DBSA reports higher interim net profit, operating income
2nd December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has reported a 9.3% year-on-year increase in its net interest income to R4.4-billion and a 55.9% increase in operating income to R5.6-billion for the... 


Black Cat strikes JV to mine high-grade Star of Mangaroon
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Western Australian gold producer Black Cat Syndicate has entered into a binding heads of agreement and ore purchase agreement with Dreadnought Resources to develop and process ore from the... 


Firefly CEO Darren Cooke
FireFly launches dual-market equity raise totalling A$139m
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper/gold explorer FireFly Metals has unveiled a major dual-market equity raising package that will bring in more than A$139-million to accelerate development and exploration at its high-grade... 


Tharisa mine
Tharisa declares lower dividend, lower output in FY25
1st December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) miner Tharisa has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in its operating profit to $125-million for the financial year ended September 30, despite lower PGM and... 


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DFS considerably derisks Blencowe’s Orom-Cross graphite project
1st December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Blencowe Resources has confirmed the Orom-Cross graphite project’s potential to produce 20 000 t/y of concentrate in Phase 1 of its development before expanding to 70 000 t/y of... 


Patrice Motsepe-backed transport platform Linebooker.
Patrice Motsepe-backed transport platform Linebooker.
1st December 2025

African mining supply chains stand or fall because the continent tests every weakness without mercy. With rail unable to support the volumes required for iron ore, manganese, coal and chrome, mines... 


Shaun Blumberg, COO of Tru-Trac
Tru-Trac leverages AI to bring real-time accuracy for conveyor belt scales
1st December 2025

As the industrial sector undergoes rapid digital transformation, conveyor systems - once regarded as passive infrastructure - are emerging as intelligent data sources. Shaun Blumberg, COO of... 


Concrete is cast at Concor’s The View project at Fourways Mall using a boom pump to ensure efficient, accurate placement on the structure
Concor advances major upgrade of the view at Fourways Mall
1st December 2025

Significant progress is being made on Concor’s major refurbishment project at The View, an existing section of Fourways Mall that borders Witkoppen and Cedar Roads. The project forms part of a... 


Image of open sluice gates at Vaal dam
Two sluice gates closed at Vaal dam, outflow increased at Bloemhof dam
1st December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) closed two sluice gates at the Vaal dam over the weekend to reduce outflow. Eight sluice gates will remain open. 


Havieron will use the existing processing infrastructure at Telfer, which Greatland acquired from Newmont.
Greatland feasibility study confirms A$1bn Havieron build
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed Greatland Resources on Monday confirmed the development pathway for its Havieron gold/copper project in Western Australia, releasing a feasibility study that positions the asset as a... 


Multistage Dewatering Pumps Improve Efficiency for UK Mining Facility
Multistage Dewatering Pumps Improve Efficiency for UK Mining Facility
28th November 2025

Effective dewatering sits at the heart of modern mining. It ensures operations remain productive and that the mine can continue to function safely and sustainably. When water isn’t properly... 


Image of The PAC SH pump from IPR
New pump for deep mining environments
28th November 2025

A new self-priming centrifugal single-stage pump range, now available from Integrated Pump Rental (IPR), offers a maximum head of 235 m and a maximum flow of 2 000 m³ and is said to provide... 


New feasibility study outlines 70-year potash mine for Karnalyte
New feasibility study outlines 70-year potash mine for Karnalyte
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada's Karnalyte Resources has unveiled an updated feasibility study for its Wynyard project in central Saskatchewan, outlining a 70-year mine life and positive economics that could underpin one... 


An image of he Fleetguard filtration products
Filtration solutions enhance performance, service life
28th November 2025

Industrial equipment supplier BMG’s fluid technology services include solutions for fuel and industrial filtration systems, hydraulics and pneumatics, lubrication, hydraulic hose and fittings, as... 


An image of bitumen storage tanks
Bitumen import terminal bridges supply gap
28th November 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Following the shutdown of local refinery production, independent bulk liquid storage providers FFS Tank Terminals’ recently completed R370-million bitumen import storage facility at Maydon Wharf,... 


Seacom embarks on new chapter as it rebrands
28th November 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Digital infrastructure group Seacom has undertaken a brand overhaul as it marks a new chapter and reaffirms its commitment to innovation, client focus and digital leadership. The “strategic leap”... 


Pensana's Longonjo site
Pensana confirms scope to produce higher-value MREC at Angola project
27th November 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Following a detailed evaluation of the Longonjo flow sheet, London-listed rare earths miner Pensana says there is scope to increase the content of heavy rare earths within its high-value mixed rare... 


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Denel assures that its restructuring is going well
27th November 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Long-troubled State-owned defence industrial group Denel assured, on Thursday, that its latest restructuring is giving “encouraging” results. The group further assured that it is receiving... 


soweto mine dump
Pan African advances Soweto tailings retreatment project at MTR
27th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed Pan African Resources has identified a preferred option to expand gold production by processing its Soweto tailings storage facilities (TSFs) through a 600 000-t-a-month integrated... 


Precise, Cost-Effective, and Innovative: Kobold’s Magnetic-Inductive Flow Meter MIK, with effective Compact Electronics and IO-Link
Precise, Cost-Effective, and Innovative: Kobold’s Magnetic-Inductive Flow Meter MIK, with effective Compact Electronics and IO-Link
27th November 2025

Kobold expands measurement capabilities for neutral and aggressive media in small and large process manufacturing plants. "The global market for magnetic-inductive flow meters is stable, with sales... 


Uis mine in Namibia
Andrada reports higher production, stronger revenue, reduced operating loss
27th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim- and OTCQB-listed Andrada Mining has reported improved operational and financial performance for the six months ended August 31, with higher production, increased revenue and a reduced... 


Bayhead Road
TNPA completes Durban’s Bayhead road ahead of schedule
27th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has reported that it has successfully completed the rehabilitation of Bayhead road at the Port of Durban a month ahead of schedule. The utility... 


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