A State-owned Zimbabwean mining firm is trying to protect assets that risk being seized because the country failed to honour a debt incurred when it lost an international arbitration case over... 

ASX- and Aim-listed Future Metals on Thursday announced a nonbinding agreement with investment company Zeta Resources to explore the potential for processing ore at the idled Savannah plant in... 

Gold edged higher after posting its biggest one-day gain in 18 months, as confusion over US President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda drove investors to buy the precious metal as a haven. During a... 

South Africa rose to seventh position from eleventh in the emerging markets rankings section of Kearney’s Global Business Policy Council’s 2025 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index, a... 

Minerals Council South Africa has been scoring big on the transformation front, going well beyond compliance, and hopes are now high that the upcoming Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development... 

South African diversified mining and minerals company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has re-introduced its Technical Services division, which will be headed up by Thando Mkatshana as CEO. The... 

Aim- and AltX-listed Jubilee Metals has signed a partnership agreement with an undisclosed platinum group metal (PGM) producer to process part of the surplus PGM and chrome feedstock generated at... 

This week: Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US; New sun-track system could uplift South Africa’s concentrated solar plant performance; and, Pan African... 

Peabody Energy said on Tuesday it was reviewing all options related to its $3.78-billion acquisition agreement with Anglo American for some of its Australian steelmaking coal assets after an... 

Three new green hydrogen qualifications are being registered with the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations to enable South Africa to seize the platinum group metals (PGMs)-linked green... 

As part of its Decadal Plan 2022 to 2032 to support the commercialisation of intellectual property (IP) and increase collaboration in the business sector, the Department of Science, Technology and... 

The Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire has announced the fourth quarter of this year as the revised launch date for contactless payments along the Bakwena N1/N4 route. The new payment methods... 

Wesgro, the Western Cape provincial trade, investment and tourism promotion agency, has warned those provincial businesses that export to the US that there is still a lot of uncertainly about how... 

Although precious metals dodged the reciprocal import tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced last week, they were unable to avoid the wide-ranging sell-off that hit most assets, Heraeus... 

Following last week’s announcement by US President Donald Trump that South Africa will be subjected to 30% tariffs on all imports into the US, alongside the passing of the 2025 Budget that will see... 

The slowdown in the adoption rate of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) has granted some reprieve to the platinum group metals (PGM) industry; however, with zero-emission mobility still being... 

Following the announcement by US President Donald Trump on April 2 that South Africa would be subjected to 30% tariffs on its exports to the US, banker and academic Colin Coleman has said there is... 

South Africa’s rejigged green hydrogen corridor project, Project Rhynbow, has been shortlisted for just energy transition (JET) investment project funding, this week’s Platinum Group Metals (PGM)... 

Although the global economic and industrial “dashboard is littered with red and yellow indicators”, Metals Focus platinum group metals (PGMs) research director Wilma Swarts believes there are... 

Martin Creamer talks about SA mining, sun-tracking tech and Plug Power platinum PEM tech 

Despite challenges, elements of the platinum group metals (PGMs) industry offer opportunities and stakeholders are progressing key projects to capitalise on these and are also pursuing technology... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa reclaiming its position in the global mining industry by restoring trust; the new sun-tracking system that is attracting attention; Plug... 

The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last month encouraged South Africa to harness its superior sun, prime wind and overwhelming platinum group metals endowment by becoming a... 

The Minerals Council South Africa has expressed concern about the potential damage to global economic growth and the resultant lower demand for South Africa’s minerals as a result of sweeping... 

Despite the platinum group metals (PGMs) slump brought about by low prices and the advent of electric vehicles (EVs), Sibanye-Stillwater CEO-designate Richard Stewart remains optimistic about the... 

Although the announcement of a 30% tariff on all exports from South Africa to the US could have a serious impact on the platinum group metals (PGMs) sector, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister... 

In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out that platinum-based proton exchange membrane (PEM)... 

A massive arbitrage trade that has drawn tens of billions of dollars’ worth of gold and silver to the US came to an abrupt halt with Wednesday’s announcement that precious metals would be exempt... 

South Africa’s Presidency has expressed concern over new tariffs that have been imposed on South African exports to the US following President Donald Trump’s April 2 'Liberation Day' announcement.... 

Gold steadied as the market took a break from a record-setting run ahead of US President Donald Trump’s implementation of sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect later... 

The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) finds in its latest Platinum Essentials publication that the US’s 25% tariff on vehicle imports from April 3 and parts from May 3 will have a 70 000 oz... 

High-purity iron miner Ironveld’s shares have resumed trading on the Aim, after the company published its results for the financial year ended June 30, 2024, in addition to its results for the six... 

The surging gold price has propelled South African mining stocks to their best monthly performance on record, shielding the country’s benchmark index from the mayhem in global markets. An index of... 

Weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump gutted the country’s aid programs, cancelling billions of dollars of funding used to fight HIV in Africa, mining companies and South... 

Gold prices hit a record peak on Tuesday, as concerns that US President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs might fuel inflationary pressures and impede economic growth drove safe-haven demand. Spot... 

Aim- and AltX-listed Jubilee Metals has reported a 51% year-on-year increase in group revenue to $141-million in the six months ended December 31, 2024, mainly owing to higher production of chrome... 

German technology group Hereaus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that gold continues to enjoy strong support from institutional investors and price increases invoked by uncertainty on... 

TSX- and JSE-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has reported losses for the 12 months and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024. Revenue for the fourth quarter decreased by 44.3% to $17-million... 

The South African mining industry is not on its last legs, Manganese Metal Company chairperson and Zimplats and Impala Platinum nonexecutive director Bernard Swanepoel has insisted. Speaking at the... 

Gold rose to a record as concerns about a widening trade war remained front of mind for investors, after President Donald Trump pushed ahead with US tariffs on all auto imports. Bullion gained as... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks Anglo American Platinum's belief that growing co-product revenue is helping to provide pushback against PGM price volatility; Namibia, India, China,... 

Last month's EU-South Africa Summit in Cape Town was a real eye-opener. It showed the depth of insight that Europe has in South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) endowment, the ability of our...