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Australia and EU determined to seal trade deal, Australian Minister says as talks revive
Updated 5 hours ago By: Reuters

Australia and the European Union have revived talks for a sweeping free trade agreement, after Australia's trade minister Don Farrell met with the European Commissioner for Trade Maroš Šefčovič in... 


Algeria plans to allow foreign firms to mine for critical metals
Updated 6 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Algeria is poised to allow wider foreign ownership of mines as the gas-rich nation looks to boost production of minerals including phosphate, iron ore and lithium to diversify its economy. New... 


The Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region is a key aluminium production centre for global miner Rio Tinto.
US tariff threatens century-old cross-border aluminium ties, says Canadian association
4th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC) has condemned the US’ decision to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminium, warning that the move could destabilise the North American supply chain and... 


Heraeus Precious Metals executive VP business line systems Dr Philipp Walter.
Storing hydrogen is best way to store green energy, Heraeus Precious Metals points out
3rd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Wilo, a global name in pump manufacturing, now has solar panels on the roofs of all of its buildings to enable green hydrogen generation through electrolysis. The stored hydrogen is then used as... 


Main wet plant area at the Namakwa Sands East OFS project
LTA Autecon provides SMPP for Namakwa Sands East project
3rd June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Industrial company LTA Autecon’s metals and minerals division is on track to complete the supply, fabrication, delivery and installation of structural steelwork, mechanical, plate work and piping... 


Mintek pyrometallurgy division in action.
Using hydrogen, South Africa demonstrates carbon-free manganese ferroalloys advance
2nd June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek has achieved a significant milestone in sustainable metallurgy by demonstrating production of manganese ferroalloys using carbon-free... 


Aluminium premium for US buyers soars after Trump doubles tariffs
Aluminium premium for US buyers soars after Trump doubles tariffs
2nd June 2025 By: Bloomberg

Premiums for consumers buying aluminium on the physical market in the United States soared on Monday after US President Donald Trump said he planned to increase tariffs on imported steel and... 


Iron-ore hits one-month low on Trump's plan to hike steel levies
Iron-ore hits one-month low on Trump's plan to hike steel levies
2nd June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore fell to its lowest level since early May alongside equity markets after President Donald Trump said he would double tariffs on steel and aluminum to help protect American workers. Futures... 


Expanding an industrial jetting and vacuuming business with the right equipment
Expanding an industrial jetting and vacuuming business with the right equipment
2nd June 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Repeat customers are a sign that you’re doing something right, according to George Jolly, National Sales Manager at Werner Pumps, leading local manufacturer of high-pressure... 


Eramet's manganese mining operations in Gabon
France's Eramet says it will work with Gabon despite manganese export ban
2nd June 2025 By: Reuters

French miner Eramet, the main shareholder in Gabon-based manganese mining firm Comilog, said it will aim to safeguard the 10 460 Gabonese jobs sustained by Comilog and Comilog railway transport... 


SteelXperts
Steel Xperts Completes Groundbreaking Redstone Tower CSP Project in South Africa
2nd June 2025

SteelXperts, a black woman-owned and managed South African-based provider of quality steel fabrication and steel installation services, participated in the ground-breaking, Redstone CSP Project in... 


Demand spikes for locally made Freedom Won megaTower energy storage solution
Demand spikes for locally made Freedom Won megaTower energy storage solution
2nd June 2025 By: Tracy Hancock

Since starting production early last year of its high-capacity, modular energy storage solution, the megaTower, South Africa’s largest and oldest lithium battery manufacturer Freedom Won has needed... 


SFA Oxford CEO Henk de Hoop.
Platinum attracting broad spectrum interest, SFA Oxford attendance the highest ever
30th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

SFA Oxford Platinum Lectures 2025 attracted the broadest spectrum of platinum interest amid the highest attendance ever, with a similar top-notch turnout evident at the London Platinum Week that... 


Simandou is a joint venture between Rio Tinto and China Baowu.
Iron-ore pessimism subsides despite looming Simandou supply
30th May 2025 By: Reuters

The prospects for iron-ore prices are improving thanks to a lower than expected global surplus this year, analysts and traders say, though looming new supply from the giant Simandou project in... 


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Pivot pin technology combats lug wear
30th May 2025

Comprising advanced pivot pin technology, Nord-lock bolting system’s Expander System, on offer from industrial solutions supplier BMG, offers dependable solutions that combat the challenges of lug... 


a man hitting a copper bar into a rewound motor
Motor manufacturer expands capabilities to meet demand
30th May 2025

To meet the growing demand for customised, high-performance specialised electric motors in heavy engineering, electric motor manufacturer Hexagon Electrical announced the expansion of its... 


An aerial view of cranes at a harbour loading a ship at sunset
Re-engineered brakes bolster crane efficiency
30th May 2025 By: Halima Frost

New standards and efficiencies are being reached in harbour crane technologies, owing to the re-engineering of the DX series’ electrohydraulic disc brakes, developed by couplings and freewheel... 


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From geological data to policy, Africa still has big critical-minerals gaps to close
30th May 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

As the world shifts towards a low-carbon future in response to unrelenting climate change, demand is surging for minerals essential to this transition, many of which are found in abundance across... 


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From geological data to policy, Africa still has big critical-minerals gaps to close
30th May 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

As the world shifts towards a low-carbon future in response to unrelenting climate change, demand is surging for minerals essential to this transition, many of which are found in abundance across... 


Aerial view of the LHWP
Lesotho Highlands Water Project – Phase II
30th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The contractor responsible for the Polihali transfer tunnel construction has resumed work. 


Image of Platreef project underground
Platreef palladium/rhodium/nickel/platinum/copper/gold project, South Africa – update
30th May 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Mining crews have driven underground development into the high-grade Flatreef platinum, palladium, rhodium, nickel, gold and copper orebody for the first time, as the Platreef mine rapidly advances... 


LH Marthinusen divisional CEO David Sullivan; Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau; ACTOM CEO Mervyn Naidoo; and ACTOM chairperson Andries Mthethwa with one of the industrial fans manufactured at the new facility.
ACTOM's LH Marthinusen division launches R32m industrial fan factory
29th May 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Transformer manufacturer LH Marthinusen (LHM), a division of electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM, has launched its new R32-million industrial fan production facility, in Germiston,... 


China’s steel output cuts could intensify coking coal’s plunge
China’s steel output cuts could intensify coking coal’s plunge
29th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

China’s declining steel demand is sweeping through related markets, with prices of the coking coal and coke used in blast furnaces plunging to their lowest since 2016. Steel mills are expected to... 


John Deere Dozers: A Legacy Carved in Steel
John Deere Dozers: A Legacy Carved in Steel
29th May 2025

In the world of heavy machinery, few names carry the same weight as John Deere. And when it comes to dozers – those rugged machines that shape landscapes, carve out mine benches, and clear the way... 


Water reuse & recovery - a lifeline for SA’s mining sector
29th May 2025

With many of South Africa's mining sites located in water-scarce regions, efficient water reuse is becoming a question of survival for mines. Efficient water reuse is a crucial strategy for... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa insists relations with the US have been ‘reset’ despite tense Oval Office meeting
27th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa insisted on Tuesday that South Africa’s deteriorating relationship with the US had been “reset” following recent meetings with President Donald Trump, notwithstanding an... 


Image of Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo
Polihali contractor back at work after suspension, LHWP project cost escalations, delays in spotlight
27th May 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

As the contractor responsible for the Polihali transfer tunnel construction resumes work on Tuesday following the acceptance of its proposed remedial measures over pollution, the delays, escalating... 


An LNG tanker
South Africa proposes buying US LNG as seeks trade deal
27th May 2025 By: Reuters

South Africa has offered to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States over a ten-year period as part of proposals to secure a trade deal, according to a ministerial statement posted on the... 


Indian steel tycoon’s pathway to Mozambique coal deal reopens
26th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

India’s largest steelmaker can proceed with the acquisition of a coal deposit in Mozambique after the seller recovered the concession rights from the country’s new government. JSW Steel's... 


US approves Utah uranium mine after two-week environmental review
US approves Utah uranium mine after two-week environmental review
26th May 2025 By: Reuters

The Trump administration approved Anfield Energy's proposed Velvet-Wood uranium mine project in Utah on Friday after a rapid 14-day environmental review as part of a new process to fast-track... 


Rio Tinto’s lithium pipeline of assets and options in South America.
Rio Tinto wins second major Chile lithium project at Altoandinos
23rd May 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's state-run mining body ENAMI has tapped Rio Tinto for a 51% share of the Altoandinos lithium project, it said on Thursday, giving the global miner its second major venture in Chile for... 


The opening of a firey furnance.
Low-carbon gunning mix helps cut Scope 3 emissions by 85%
23rd May 2025

A low-carbon refractory gunning mix was launched in March by Austrian refractory products supplier RHI Magnesita to assist mining and metallurgical sectors in reducing their environmental impact.... 


An image of the Cap2U plant’s absorber column being erected
Crane solutions improve efficiency at cement plant
23rd May 2025

The efficient and safe installation of heavy objects for a world-first, large-scale carbon capture and utilisation plant for building material manufacturer Heidelberg Materials, is under way with... 


A scrap of evidence
23rd May 2025 By: Riaan de Lange

You might be reading this article after the May 23 deadline for comments on the ‘Price Preference System (PPS) Discount on Ferrous Scrap’. But this does not mean you should stop reading. Instead,... 


Delba
DELBA Electrical’s expertise in rewinding a 17 MW stator – a showcase of engineering excellence
23rd May 2025

Large electrical rotating machine refurbisher DELBA Electrical continues to set new benchmarks in refurbishing of large electrical rotating machines.  A recent project at its Alrode Large Machines... 


Traxtion locomotive
Consultant proffers organised council for logistics in South Africa
22nd May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After two years of reforms driven through the National Logistics Crisis Committee (NLCC), Integrated Supply Chains executive consultant Ian Bird and various other stakeholders have advocated for a... 


Maximum performance, lowest SO2 emissions by BASF, the inventor of sulphuric acid catalysts
Maximum performance, lowest SO2 emissions by BASF, the inventor of sulphuric acid catalysts
22nd May 2025

BASF’s sulphuric acid production plants have had the lowest SO2 emissions in the world since 1913. That’s because the large surface area of our sulfuric acid catalysts delivers an unrivalled SO2... 


Fortescue sets revised production timeline for Iron Bridge
Fortescue sets revised production timeline for Iron Bridge
22nd May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian iron-ore miner Fortescue on Thursday announced a revised production timeline for the Iron Bridge magnetite project in Western Australia, with a slower ramp-up to nameplate capacity of... 


Andrew Forrest
Rio Tinto defends Pilbara after Forrest voices ‘wasteland’ fears
21st May 2025 By: Bloomberg

A Rio Tinto Group executive has defended the future of Australia’s iron-ore hub, after mining billionaire Andrew Forrest delivered a downbeat message on its prospects unless it gets more green... 


CSIR now producing stainless steel powder for 3D printing
19th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) can now provide the local additive manufacturing (AM – popularly called 3D printing) sector with 316L stainless steel powder on a pilot... 


Beauty Fires launches affordable, locally made Forge Fires Collection nationally
Beauty Fires launches affordable, locally made Forge Fires Collection nationally
19th May 2025

Fireplace manufacturer Beauty Fires has introduced the Forge Fires Collection of locally made fireplaces, delivering an affordable yet robust alternative to costly high-end European brands and... 


iron-ore
BMI expects iron-ore price to decline steadily over the next decade
16th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Research agency BMI maintains that the iron-ore price will average $100/t this year, with expected subdued demand and weighed down prices as a result. Although iron-ore will remain supported by... 


Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (16/05/2025)
16th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about green hydrogen, trade with US and a diamond mine 100% owned by Tananzanians. 


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