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Perseus remains upbeat about Nyanzaga’s development as investment decision nears
5th December 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

Africa-focused gold miner Perseus Mining says it is well advanced in its review of existing geology, mining engineering and mineral processing studies at the Nyanzaga gold project, in Tanzania,... 


A$30m raise caps successful year at  Larvotto’s Hillgrove antimony project
A$30m raise caps successful year at Larvotto’s Hillgrove antimony project
5th December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian exploration and development company Larvotto Resources on Thursday announced a A$30-million capital raise to continue advancing its Hillgrove antimony project. The capital raise, which... 


Ascot restarts mine development at Premier Northern Lights
4th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Ascot Resources has begun mobilising personnel and equipment to advance the underground development of its Premier Northern Lights (PNL) mine in British Columbia. Following the... 


Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto reinforces strategy for diversified growth, targets 1Mt/y of copper
4th December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has reaffirmed its goal of producing one-million tonnes a year of copper by the end of the decade, as part of its strategy to become a global... 


Karowe
Lucara sets 2025 sales guidance at up to 420 000 ct
4th December 2024 By: Darren Parker

Diamond producer Lucara Diamond Corp expects to sell between 400 000 ct and 420 000 ct in 2025 for a total diamond revenue of $195-million to $225-million. CEO William Lamb said in an operational... 


An illegal gold mining operation in Ghana
The fight over Ghana’s illegal gold rush exposes election risks
4th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

There’s no escaping gold in Tarkwa. It’s in the forest. It’s under your feet as you walk the streets of Ghana’s biggest mining town. It’s the economy. Exposed holes in the ground bear witness to... 


Vale completes Voisey's Bay mine expansion
Vale completes Voisey's Bay mine expansion
4th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global metals company Vale has announced the successful completion of the Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion (VBME) project in Canada. The expansion shifts the Voisey’s Bay operation from openpit to... 


Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria has taken a big step forward as ECM Lithium (ECM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals, received confirmation from the Carinthian... 


Spartan doubles Pepper resource
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Spartan Resources has updated the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Pepper and Never Never gold deposits, part of its Dalgaranga gold project, in Western Australia. The firm... 


Thor announces further positive drilling results at Nigeria project
2nd December 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has announced further positive results from the initial proof-of-concept drilling programme that targets the down-plunge potential beneath the current... 


Image of Booyco Electronics’ hand held device used din the field
Field support service ensures consistent results
29th November 2024

The correct, safe and effective operation of both proximity detection systems (PDS) and collision prevention systems (CPS) can be enhanced through the deployment of field support service teams,... 


Australian Pacific Coal CEO resigns
29th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian Pacific Coal (AQC), the owner of the Dartbrook coal mine, said on Friday that Ayten Saridas had resigned as CEO and that she had stepped down from the board of directors. Saridas, a... 


TSHEPISO MOTHIBINYANE
Laone Mining can compete within the medium-diameter drilling market
Female-led company redefines raise boring drilling in Africa
29th November 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

In a sector known for its high barriers to entry, 100% black-owned and female-led Laone Mining and Engineering is confident that it is changing the landscape of raise boring drilling in Africa... 


EXPANDED SERVICE
KonNx has expanded its capacity to offer full-service solutions to mining clients
Company advances cable solutions
29th November 2024 By: Simone Liedtke

Electrical cable coupler manufacturer KonNx Africa is meeting the growing demand in the African mining industry for safer and more efficient power solutions with its innovative high-voltage cable... 


An image of Cobra Projects' ventilated operator cabins
Filtration system improves ventilated cabins’ safety, efficiency
29th November 2024

South Africa-based manufacturer Cobra Projects is producing 14 ventilated operator cabins for a Tier 1 mining company in Australia – fitted with air filtration manufacturer Sy-Klone’s filtration... 


Image of pumped storage scheme
Alcántara II reversible hydroelectric pumpstation, Spain
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Iberdrola plans to build a hydroelectric pumpstation, which will be able to generate more than 1 000 additional gigawatt hours a year using the same water resources. 


Aerial view of the Cariboo project
Cariboo gold project, Canada – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Osisko Development has announced the approval of the BC Mines Acts permits for the project. 


IMAGE OF DRILL RIG AT THE DALGARANGA GOLD PROJECT
Dalgaranga gold project, Australia – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Spartan Resources has secured all the necessary regulatory approvals to start underground mining and processing operations at the site. 


Drill bit at the Kola potash project
Kola potash project, Congo-Brazzaville – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Kore Potash has signed a final engineering, procurement and construction contract for the construction of the project. 


Image of the periodic table symbol for uranium
Rook 1 uranium project, Canada – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

NexGen Energy has announced a significant milestone in the federal environmental assessment for the project. 


Large native copper nugget
Tizert copper project, Morocco – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Managem Group has appointed an excavation equipment provider to provide the necessary digital tools to modernise the operation and ensure efficiency and safety at the site. 


Aerial view of the Qala Shadows project
Witwatersrand basin project – Qala Shallows Phase 1, South Africa – update
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Progress, including a detailed funding model to underpin the company’s financing initiatives, has been made. 


Image of Mexico flag and periodic table symbols for gold and silver
Ermitaño mine, Mexico
29th November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A gold and silver mine in Sonora state, Mexico. 


Spartan confirms new gold discovery at Dalgaranga
28th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration and development company Spartan Resources has made a new gold discovery, named "Freak", at its 100%-owned Dalgaranga Gold Project (DGP) in Western Australia's Murchison region. The... 


West Wits Mining CEO Rudi Deysel.
Western Johannesburg’s gold endowment set for upliftment by new CEO appointment
28th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Developing gold mining company West Wits Mining, which is reinvigorating the gold mining prospects west of Johannesburg with its Witwatersrand Basin project (WBP), on Thursday, November 28... 


Mistra executive director Joel Netshitenzhe
South Africa could play indispensable role in the global hydrogen value chain, says Mistra's Netshitenzhe
27th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Speakers participating in the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection’s (Mistra’s) ninth yearly platinum group metals (PGM) roundtable, on November 27, agreed that South Africa has potential... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu
Competition approval awaited for re-start of major ferromanganese facility – Menar
27th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Private investment company Menar, which is awaiting Competition Commission approval following its bid for the large Metalloys ferromanganese facility in Meyerton, is looking to restart at least two... 


Managem appoints Epiroc to modernise Tizert copper project in Morocco
26th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining group Managem has appointed excavation equipment provider Epiroc to enhance safety and productivity at the Tizert copper project, in Morocco. Epiroc will provide Managem with the necessary... 


Spartan receives regulatory green light for Dalgaranga gold project
Spartan receives regulatory green light for Dalgaranga gold project
25th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Spartan Resources has taken a step forward in the development of its Dalgaranga gold project, in Western Australia, announcing on Monday that it had secured all the necessary regulatory... 


True North raises cash for new exploration vision
25th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian copper company True North has successfully raised A$50.3-million as part of a broader recapitalisation to extinguish debt and fund a revised exploration strategy. The capital raise, at... 


Kavango begins drilling at Prospect 3 of its Hillside project
25th November 2024 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Kavango Resources has begun drilling at its Prospect 3 target at the Hillside gold project  in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. The drilling programme is designed to delineate a... 


Zambia miners rescued after nationwide power outage
Zambia miners rescued after nationwide power outage
25th November 2024 By: Reuters

Miners at two copper mines in Zambia were rescued after being trapped underground following a nationwide power outage, the energy ministry said on Monday. Zambia suffered a nationwide blackout... 


Barrick’s Bristow calls Fourmile ‘world-class’ as mineral resources soar
Barrick’s Bristow calls Fourmile ‘world-class’ as mineral resources soar
25th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Gold has announced a 192% increase in the mineral resource estimate (MRE) for its wholly-owned Fourmile project, with CEO Mark Bristow hailing the asset as “truly... 


NovFeed fish feed
Tanzanian startup scaling sustainable fertiliser, fish feed solutions
25th November 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The high cost and inconsistent quality of feedstock for fish in Tanzania and other African countries negatively impacts on the region’s aquaculture growth landscape and competitiveness, says... 


BHP bets billions on Chile mines to face global copper crunch
BHP bets billions on Chile mines to face global copper crunch
25th November 2024 By: Reuters

BHP Group expects a global copper deficit of 10-million metric tons a decade from now, a shortfall that is driving its plans to spend at least $11-billion at the world's biggest copper mine,... 


Simulacrum entrance at UJ
Sibanye-Stillwater’s R43m investment in Simulacrum training facility at UJ recognised at launch
22nd November 2024 By: Darren Parker

Multinational metals and mining group Sibanye-Stillwater and the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have launched the Sibanye-Stillwater Simulacrum mining facility and the Sibanye-Stillwater Centre... 


M&R's head office
M&R voluntarily suspends trading in its shares as it places division in business rescue
22nd November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Murray & Roberts (M&R) has voluntarily requested a halt in the trading of its shares after announcing that its M&R Limited division and the division’s subsidiary OptiPower have been... 


Kavango to build new plant to increase production at Zimbabwe prospect
22nd November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Kavango Resources plans to increase high-grade gold production at Prospect 4 at the Hillside project in Matabeleland, southern Zimbabwe. High-grade gold mineralisation is currently... 


Image of a customised IPR SlurrySucker
Acid mine drainage tackled
22nd November 2024

A local innovation is helping to dredge sediment more efficiently from water cleaning reactors, contributing to the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) from historic mine workings in Gauteng.... 


Mathews Phosa
Witness To Power: A Political Memoir – Mathews Phosa
22nd November 2024

Mathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to the dramatic shifts of political power in South Africa. He was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement, the UDF and the ANC, before fleeing into exile... 


Image of the Mogalakwena mine
Mogalakwena mine, South Africa
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

A platinum group metals mine 30 km north-west of the town of Mokopane, in Limpopo. 


Image of massive sulphide intersections in the contact ore at Crean Hill typically exhibit high grade pentlandite and chalcopyrite
Crean Hill project, Canada
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Magna Mining Inc is developing an underground nickel, copper and platinum group metals mining project, in Sudbury, Ontario. 


Image of coal shovel
Curragh coal mine capacity expansion, Australia – update
22nd November 2024 By: Sheila Barradas

Legal charges have been filed in the Magistrates’ Court District of Emerald, in Queensland, against Coronado Curragh, following a fatal incident at the Curragh mine. 


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