The global platinum jewellery market saw growth across key regions in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest Platinum Jewellery Business Review published by Platinum Guild... 

Discovery’s renewable-energy business Discovery Green has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with independent power producer Red Rocket for the Tournee solar park, a 300 MW solar farm... 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s Administration expenditure for the year ended December 31, 2024, increased by R70.2-million to R98-million from R27.8-million year-on-year. Provision for legal claims... 

A targeted 600 MW pipeline of solar and wind projects has been developed by platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold mining company Sibanye-Stillwater which, combined with other energy management... 

South Africa recorded foreign direct investment (FDI) outflows of R73.5-billion in the second quarter of 2025, compared to inflows of R11.7-billion in the first quarter, central bank data showed on... 

Gold major Newmont on Monday named COO Natascha Viljoen as its next president and CEO, marking the first time in the company’s 104-year history that a woman will lead the world’s largest gold... 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum has informed shareholders that it expects to report a loss a share of between 12.78c and 12.94c for the year ended December 31, 2024, representing a widening on the loss... 

Key hydrogen systems laboratories will go live next month in China, where rapid growth is reported in the platinum-catalysed proton exchange membrane (PEM) green hydrogen technology that is poised... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing demand for platinum in the medical technology sector; the advances being made by Rainbow Rare Earths at its Phalaborwa rare earth element... 

An international panel of jewellery experts highlighted platinum’s present and distinct advantages of price and technical brilliance at the Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong 2025 trade show.... 

Embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies in a comprehensive business framework has enabled platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) to... 

This year’s Joburg Indaba will focus on creating an enabling environment that supports mining opportunities in South Africa, providing insights into the global outlook for platinum- group metals... 

The mining and marketing of South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) is very important to the South African economy and the more open the trading of these special metals is, the better. What is... 

My first exposure to underground mining was in the early 1990’s at Thabazimbi iron-ore sublevel cave section. It was hard not to be fascinated by the three-dimensional labyrinth of tunnels filled... 

South Africa's mining sector has always been central to the country's economic story, and today, it is equally central to its energy future. The mining industry's heavy reliance on electricity, its... 

The demand for platinum in medical technology is on its way to reaching a 320 000 oz high point this year amid growth being at a consistent 3% compound annual growth rate since 2013 and 4% more... 

The North West province of South Africa sits on a bedrock of riches. From platinum to chrome, vanadium to gold, the region is among the most mineral-endowed in the world. Yet its communities remain... 

Five megatrends, namely climate change, technological disruption, demographic shifts, a fracturing geopolitical world and their impact on social instability, are driving a global geoeconomic... 

The divestment by diversified mining company Anglo American of its residual shareholding in Valterra Platinum was on Tuesday highlighted by enabler Standard Bank as “the largest equity capital... 

ASX-listed Duketon Mining has entered into an option agreement to acquire the Boodanoo gold project, located about 80 km south-south-east of Mount Magnet in Western Australia. The company said on... 

Falling interest rates may be supportive of precious metal prices in the medium term, particularly if inflation holds up and real interest rates turn negative, global technology group Heraeus... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining group Valterra Platinum’s vertically integrated processing value chain – with processing assets that are “the largest and most technologically advanced” in the... 

South Africa has China to thank for uplifting the platinum price out of the post-pandemic doldrums into the top-echelon of top global commodity performers. In the first six months of this year,... 

Vibrating mineral processing equipment manufacturer Vibramech has 48 years of design and manufacture experience and is Southern Africa’s predominant supplier of vibratory equipment for the mineral... 

One of the challenges faced by rock and mineral mining operations is that the extraction and processing of these materials often involve rigorous demands on equipment, particularly in the screening... 

Services and risk solutions company Fidelity Services Group has acquired a majority shareholding in security, facilities management and cleaning services company SSG Holdings, which will accelerate... 

International data and analytics company GlobalData has reported that African production of platinum group metals (PGMs) is expected to fall by 6.4% this year, in year-on-year terms. This forecast... 

Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines on Wednesday announced a $500-million investment from sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Under the terms of the private placement, Ivanhoe will... 

Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper/zinc mine, in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape, has received a prospective financing and offtake uplift through the signing of a non-binding term sheet with... 

South Africa needs both a competitive mining sector and a strong manufacturing base but supporting one sector by undermining another is an unsustainable strategy, Chrome SA has cautioned in a... 

This week: Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'; Year of records for booming Pan African as eyes turn to promising Soweto gold project and, Teck, Anglo American agree... 

South African financial markets have outperformed expectations, with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange reaching record highs and the rand/dollar exchange rate rising despite a threat to exports from... 

Following go-ahead for the required renewable energy generation, South Africa’s R105-billion Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has now advanced to front-end engineering design... 

Having been over a decade since Japan’s Tanaka Precious Metals developed the world’s first platinum-based powder for 3D printers, the World Platinum Council (WPIC) highlights how the use of... 

Martin Creamer discusses significant developments in the mining industry. Pan African Minerals is planning to mine 500,000 ounces of gold, a new mining method that will cut costs and slash mine... 

Amid a soaring gold price, global platinum jewellery marketing organisation Platinum Guild International (PGI) says it will spotlight a new era of platinum jewellery opportunities at the Jewellery... 

JSE-listed Mantengu has entered into a binding term sheet to acquire 100% of the ordinary shares of New Salt Rock City (NSRC), which owns 60% of Kilken Platinum, which, in turn, owns 70% of the... 

The Karo platinum project in Zimbabwe represents a rare greenfield development in the platinum group metals (PGM) space, offering JSE- and LSE-listed integrated resource group Tharisa the chance to... 

An optimised prefeasibility study on Southern Palladium's advanced, shallow, high-grade project proposes to unlock value through a staged production approach. 

Southern Palladium has started its detailed metallurgical and geotechnical drill programmes as part of ongoing field work to support the delivery of a definitive feasibility study. 

The demand for platinum as an investment product is currently “extremely strong”.. “We’re seeing Chinese consumers who are looking for hard assets that are also liquid. With the increase in the... 

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has reported that mining production increased by 4.4% year-on-year in July. Iron-ore and platinum-group metals (PGMs) were the most significant positive...