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Orion progresses with internal reviews for Okiep DFS
Providing an update on the timing of the release of the definitive feasibility study (DFS) on the Flat Mines Project, part of the Okiep copper project, in the Northern Cape, JSE- and ASX-listed...
Minerals Council celebrates women in mining sustainability heroes
As part of its Women in Mining Programme, the Minerals Council South Africa hosted a breakfast to mark International Women’s Day under the theme ‘For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality....
Black Rock completes A$5M placement bookbuild
ASX-listed Black Rock Mining has received firm commitments to raise A$5-million – before costs – at A$0.023 a share for a placement to new and existing institutional and sophisticated investors....
BMI expects lower metal prices this year
Market analyst BMI – a unit of Fitch Solutions – has forecast that metal prices will average slightly lower this year than in 2024, with BMI head of commodities analysis director Sabrin Chowdhury...
Product design, consideration of the local context key to a successful circular economy
The promotion of a circular economy could provide valuable solutions for dealing with South Africa’s growing waste generation and the pressure it is putting on municipal waste facilities, while...
Kasiya graphite suitable for expandable, expanded graphite applications – Sovereign
Aim-listed Sovereign Metals has reported that further testwork completed on graphite from its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, has confirmed that the graphite has the key characteristics...
African Rainbow Minerals warns of up to 55% fall in interim headline earnings
JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals has warned that its headline earnings for the first half of the 2025 financial year are expected to be between 45% and 55% lower year-on-year, at between...
Tertiary Minerals appoints new MD
Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has appointed Dr Richard Belcher as MD. He will begin his role on March 7, the day after the company’s AGM. Tertiary says Belcher has over 22 years of geological...
Unicorn carries out site visit on potential copper asset in Namibia
Following a preliminary independent technical evaluation of a potential copper exploration and development project, in Namibia, London-listed Unicorn Mineral Resources’ management team and...
Central bank, investor buying continue to drive record gold prices – Heraeus
Technology group Heraeus has described gold’s price performance over the last 18 months as “remarkable”, noting that, as the price nears $3 000/oz, signs of “excess frothiness are becoming...
Gemfields generates $4.8m in mini auction of previously unsold emeralds
London-listed Gemfields has generated $4.8-million in revenue from a mini auction, held from February 19 to 21, of previously unsold higher-quality emeralds. The Gemstone miner says 10 of the 13...
Hydropower study confirms sustainable, low-cost power supply for Orom-Cross
London-listed Blencowe Resources has completed an initial hydropower study for its Orom-Cross graphite project, in Uganda. The study confirms the availability of abundant, low-cost and renewable...
Appian to acquire the majority shareholding in Rosh Pinah Solar Park
Metals and mining private capital investor Appian Capital Advisory has announced that it will acquire the majority shareholding in Rosh Pinah Solar Park (RPSP) from Emesco Energy to exclusively...
Tertiary Minerals advances drilling at Konkola West
Aim-listed Tertiary Minerals has reported that the drilling of hole KWDD001 at its Konkola West copper project, in Zambia, has advanced past 2 600 m down-hole depth and is now drilling ahead in the...
West Wits secures credit approval for R902m loan facility to advance Qala Shallows
ASX-listed West Wits Mining (WWI) has agreed a credit approved term sheet for a senior debt syndicated loan facility of up to R902.5-million to provide senior funding for development of the Qala...
GoviEx progresses Muntanga project financing
TSX-listed GoviEx Uranium has taken the first step in securing project financing for its Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia, by appointing Endeavour Financial as its financial adviser. Muntanga is...
Higher gold price boosts AngloGold’s headline earnings, free cash flow
Global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has reported a nine-fold year-on-year increase in free cash flow to $942-million for the financial year ended December 31, while adjusted earnings...
Northam finalises PPA for wheeled wind energy
Platinum group metal (PGM) producer Northam has finalised a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an independent power producer (IPP) to supply wheeled electricity from the 140 MW Karreebosch Wind...
Metlen secures long-term strategic agreements with Rio Tinto for bauxite, alumina
Athens-listed industrial and energy company Metlen Energy & Metals has entered into two long-term strategic agreements with global mining major Rio Tinto, securing supply chain improvements in both...
Sovereign completes Kasiya testwork
ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has reported that testwork completed on graphite from its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, has confirmed that the project’s graphite has the key...
Ivanhoe unveils independent Phase 2, Phase 3 expansion studies for Platreef
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ subsidiary Ivanplats and its partners have welcomed the positive and significant results from two independent technical studies completed on the Phase 2 and Phase 3...
MMC procures crystalliser plant to produce battery-grade manganese material
Manganese producer and exporter Manganese Metal Company (MMC) has awarded crystallisation and evaporation plant and systems provider JordProxa Africa a contract to supply it with a crystalliser...
Orion Minerals’ BEE transactions for Okiep clear path for project financing
The suspensive conditions to transactions between ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals’ New Okiep Exploration Company (NOE) and New Okiep Mining Company (NOM) and historically disadvantaged South...
Marula to finalise NCLT project acquisition following receipt of prospecting right
Following the receipt of the signed prospecting right for the Northern Cape lithium and tungsten (NCLT) project in December, Africa-focused mining and exploration investment company Marula Mining...
Mantengu buys MIB’s iron beneficiation plant
JSE-listed Mantengu Mining has acquired Masorini Iron Beneficiation’s (MIB’s) iron beneficiation plant in Phalaborwa, Limpopo, for R18.97-million. Mantengu says this strategic move positions the...
Implats delivers ‘commendable’ operating performance, but warns of lower headline earnings
JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) says it delivered a commendable operating performance in the first half of financial year 2025, following group-wide labour restructuring and changes to...
Katoro raises funds as it seeks to expand its critical minerals portfolio in Canada
Aim-listed Katoro Gold has announced conditional equity financing of £317 500 through the issue of 635-million new ordinary shares, at a placing price of 0.05p per placing share. Katoro says the...
Trump’s policies to have major impact on global critical minerals sector
The global minerals and metals sector is expected to face significant volatility owing to expected dollar strength and trade policy shifts led by US President Donald Trump, with sentiment highly...
BMI expects lower metal prices this year
Market analyst BMI – a unit of Fitch Solutions – has forecast that metal prices will average slightly lower this year than in 2024, with BMI head of commodities analysis director Sabrin Chowdhury...
Barrick reports higher reserves, with Reko Diq making a substantial contribution
Global gold and copper miner Barrick Gold Corporation has reported that its attributable proven and probable gold mineral reserves have increased by 17.4-million ounces before 2024 depletion....
Metso launches new screening fabrication, assembly, testing and painting facility in Gauteng
Minerals and aggregates process solution company Metso, in partnership with specialist fabrication company Efficient Engineering, has launched its screening fabrication, assembly, testing and...
Updated Uis MRE shows increases in average lithium grade, contained metal tonnage
Aim-listed Andrada Mining’s updated mineral resources estimate (MRE) for the V1V2 pegmatite at the Uis tin mine, in Namibia, shows increases in average lithium grade and volumes of the measured and...
DRDGOLD expects to report up to 70% increase in EPS, HEPS
JSE-listed DRDGOLD says it expects to report earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between 109.2c and 116c for the six months ended December 31. That compares with the...
Jubilee progressing plans to accelerate copper production in Zambia
London- and Johannesburg-listed Jubilee Metals has reported progress on restarting its Roan operations, in Zambia, following stable power delivery, as well as the processing of new higher-grade...
Copper 360 completes first on-ore blast at Rietberg
JSE-listed Copper 360 reports that it successfully executed the first on-ore blast at its Rietberg mine, in the Northern Cape, on January 31. The company says this marks the first such blast in 42...
Mkango closes £2.34m private placement
A private placement by Aim-listed Mkango Resources to raise gross proceeds of £2.33-million through the issuance of 29.19-million common shares at a price per subscription share of 8p, has closed....
Eger takes over as Resolute CEO as Holohan resigns
Terry Holohan has resigned as CEO, MD and director of ASX- and LSE-listed Resolute Mining, with immediate effect. Resolute notes that it is discussing the terms of a proposed settlement in...
Podium Minerals joins WPIC as new pre-production member
Australian platinum group metals (PGMs) developer Podium Minerals has joined the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) as a pre-production member. The ASX-listed company aims to be Australia’s...
MC Mining records 26% decline in coal production for the Dec quarter
JSE-, ASX- and Aim-listed MC Mining has reported a 26% year-on-year decrease in run-of-mine (RoM) coal production from the Uitkomst steelmaking and thermal coal mine, in KwaZulu-Natal, to 95 489 t...
South32 provides new community healthcare clinic in Meyerton, Gauteng
Globally diversified mining and metals company South32 on January 30 celebrated the official opening of the Sicelo Clinic in Meyerton, Gauteng. The company says the R4.1-million healthcare facility...
Gemfields continues funding MRM processing plant, pauses Kagem mining
JSE- and LSE-listed Gemfields has reported total auction revenues of $196-million for the year ended December 31, and a net debt position of $80.5-million – before auction receivables of...
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