Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has reported significant progress across its Zambia portfolio, which has in place all the assets the company needs to maintain the momentum on its copper... 

A years-long supply crunch in platinum has come to a head, with banks scrambling for dwindling stocks in London as buyers in China and the US hoover up much of the available metal. The market... 

This week: De Beers is well positioned to thrive as market recovers, Anglo believes; Valterra Platinum upping flood defence, envisaging underground trucking, hailing IRMA and, TAKRAF marks 300... 

A proposal by South Africa’s biggest mining company and other business leaders advising President Cyril Ramaphosa on how to offer the US access to Africa’s critical minerals angered the nation’s... 

Zimbabwe's platinum miners are owed millions of dollars in unpaid exports income under the government's foreign currency retention rules, the mining chamber has said, hurting operations in a sector... 

A development that is improving the demand outlook for South African platinum group metals (PGMs) is the announcement of a joint venture (JV) between Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation and China’s... 

Sibanye-Stillwater has asked the United States to consider imposing a tariff on Russian palladium imports to support the long-term viability of US supplies, in a move that could increase volatility... 

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... 

Refinery services provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that Chinese gold jewellery consumption has reduced owing to high prices – similar to what has happened in India.... 

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... 

Martin Creamer talks about Valterra Platinum, De Beers and Kumba Iron Ore 

The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) has appointed Brian Monakali as its new CEO, effective August 1. The appointment was approved by Cabinet and endorsed by the RSR board of directors. Following an... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Valterra Platinum’s feasibility study into the development of Sandsloot Underground in Limpopo; Anglo's belief that De Beers is well positioned to... 

This week we profile Japie du Plessis, MD of underground contract mining company Cementation Africa  

South Africans were in China so successfully for the Shanghai Platinum Week that our biggest platinum group metals (PGMs) company has decided to establish a permanent international metals marketing... 

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

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... 

Base and precious metals miner Ivanhoe Mines reported a second-quarter profit of $35-million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $123-million,... 

South Africa-headquartered Sibanye-Stillwater, together with the United Steelworkers union, has filed petitions with US trade authorities to impose duties on imports of Russian palladium, arguing... 

In the 2025 transition year, Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American has maintained an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin for its go-forward... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum, which experienced severe flooding in the first half of this year at its Amandelbult mine owing to extremely abnormal rainfall, is... 

Global mining technology company TAKRAF, which celebrates an extraordinary 300 years of industrial history in August, is marking the milestone by reaffirming its commitment to innovation,... 

Aim-listed platinum group metals (PGM) producer Sylvania has reached a new record yearly production of 81 002 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold for the financial year ended June 30.... 

London-listed Botswana Diamonds has been awarded four prospecting licences in Botswana following an extensive country-wide AI-driven exploration programme which generated several highly prospective... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum has received board approval to conduct a feasibility study into the development of Sandsloot Underground at the well-endowed Mogalakwena... 

This week we profile David Stanton, CEO of Methano Group, an engineering, procurement and construction management entity offering diverse engineering services  

The project is expected to be fully operational in 2027. 

The project is progressing as planned. 

Multinational mining and metals group Sibanye-Stillwater has appointed Richard Cox chief regional officer (CRO) for its Southern African operations, effective July 1. He has been acting CRO for the... 

Looking beyond this transitionary year, Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American will emerge as a highly differentiated, higher margin and more cash generative business, Anglo American CEO... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Northam Platinum has reported a solid operational performance from its Zondereinde and Booysendal mines, in Limpopo and Mpumalanga respectively, for the financial... 

-Impala Platinum's Zimbabwean business is considering reopening a mine mothballed in 1998, an official said on Wednesday, after platinum prices rallied to their highest level in more than a decade.... 

The platinum market has tightened to unprecedented levels in the past few days as tariff fears and speculative buying pull metal from the key London and Zurich markets into warehouses in the US and... 

A platinum price rally and increased mining royalties should ease the pressure on South Africa’s fragile coalition government ahead of its October budget, Old Mutual Investment Group, one of the... 

Johannesburg Stock Exchange AltX-listed emerging mining company Mantengu has obtained consent to take charge of Blue Ridge Platinum, which is currently on care and maintenance, but on which... 

Refinery services provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that physical gold demand is waning, while the gold price also trended slightly lower week-on-week, ending on $3... 

Russian precious metals exports to China almost doubled in the first half of the year, as record gold prices boost revenue. Chinese imports of Russian precious metal ores and concentrates,... 

Exploration and development company NexMetals Mining has received a letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim) for up to $150-million in potential financing to... 

Diversified metals producer Jubilee Metals has published its South African operational and project update for the fourth quarter ended June 30, with the company highlighting a strong production... 

Precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater has agreed to buy US-based metals recycler Metallix Refining for $82-million, expanding its “urban mining” strategy. Metallix, which operates two recycling... 

Martin Creamer talks about platinum tariffs, Transnet deal with UMK and Waterberg. 

Platinum group metal (PGM) miner Valterra Platinum, previously Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), expects to report a 76% to 88% year-on-year decrease in headline earnings and headline earnings per...