Anglo American appoints Anne Wade as nonexec director

Diversified miner Anglo American has appointed Anne Wade as a nonexecutive director and member of its board audit and sustainability committees, with effect from January 1, 2025. Wade is... 

GoviEx, subsidiary starts arbitration process with Niger over uranium project

Mineral resources company GoviEx Uranium and its subsidiary GoviEx Niger have started arbitration proceedings against Niger under the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between... 

Minerals Council upbeat on South Africa’s electricity supply situation amid improved EAF

State-owned utility Eskom’s average energy availability factor (EAF) exceeded 60% for the seventh consecutive month in November. This milestone coincided with over 250 days without loadshedding and... 

Turaco secures rights to expand Afema project area in Cote d’Ivoire

ASX-listed Turaco Gold, and its 100%-owned subsidiary Turaco Côte d’Ivoire, have entered into an exclusivity and option agreement with Pioneer Minerals, securing acquisition rights over an... 

Star Minerals shareholders approve Namibia project earn in

Shareholders of ASX-listed Star Minerals have approved the Cobra uranium project earn in, in the Erongo region of Namibia, at a general meeting held on December 6. Earlier this month, Star... 

De Beers Group announces 2024 jewellery design competition winners

Diamond miner De Beers Group has announces the winners of the 2024 Shining Light Awards, a jewellery design competition for designers from the countries where De Beers recovers diamonds, including... 

Lotus increases mineral resource at Botswana project

ASX-listed Lotus Resources’ recent infill drill programme has successfully converted a significant portion of the inferred mineral resources at the Letlhakane uranium project, in Botswana, into the... 

Gold ETFs record first outflows since April in November

Global gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their first monthly outflow since April, losing $2.1-billion in November, according to industry body the World Gold Council. Europe (-$1.9-billion)... 

Platinum Group Metals enters into distribution agreement with agents

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals has entered into a new equity distribution agreement with BMO Nesbitt Burns, Beacon Securities and BMO Capital Markets for a new at-the-market equity... 

Wheaton subsidiary acquires gold stream over Allied Gold’s Ethiopian project

Canadian multinational Wheaton Precious Metals’ (WPM's) wholly-owned subsidiary Wheaton Precious Metals International (WPMI) has entered into a definitive precious metals purchase agreement with... 

Mining value rebounds in third quarter, but insufficient to lift overall GDP

A recovery in mining GDP during the third quarter of the year, after quarterly declines in the previous two quarters, was still unable to lift overall real GDP in the July to September quarter,... 

Akobo’s November production covers costs

Scandinavia-headquartered and Ethiopia-focused gold exploration and mining company Akobo Minerals produced an estimated 8 kg of gold in November. This includes 6.5 kg of gold already smelted and... 

Lexington Gold identifies encouraging exploration target at Free State project

Aim-listed Lexington Gold is “encouraged” by the significant exploration target potential identified at its Ventersburg gold project in the Free, State, South Africa, chairperson Ed Nealon says in... 

Gem Diamonds announces extended life-of-mine plan, revolving credit facilities

London-listed Gem Diamonds has announced a revised life-of-mine plan for its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, as well as a two-year extension to the group’s revolving credit facilities.  The revised plan... 

Savannah secures potential $270m loan guarantee for Portugal lithium project

German export credit agency Euler Hermes has confirmed in a non-binding letter of interest the potential for a guarantee on a loan of up to $270-million for UK-headquartered Savannah Resources’... 

Rio Tinto, Imperial College London launch centre to support global energy transition

Metals and mining corporation Rio Tinto and Imperial College London have launched the Rio Tinto Centre for Future Materials, as part of a programme aimed at accelerating the development of new... 

Aterian reports positive fieldwork results from Morocco project

London-listed Aterian has reported more positive results on the recent fieldwork conducted on its Tata copper project, in the western Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, with additional copper... 

Thor announces further positive drilling results at Nigeria project

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... 

Innomotics unveils new geared motors assembly factory in Midrand

Motor and large-drive systems supplier Innomotics (formerly Siemens Large Drives and Low Voltage Motors) on November 28 launched its new Geared Motors assembly factory in Midrand. The factory is... 

M&R voluntarily suspends trading in its shares as it places division in business rescue

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

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... 

Liberty Coal launches court proceedings against illegal mining operations

Coal mining company Liberty Coal has launched proceedings out of the Mpumalanga division of the High Court of South Africa against another mining entity, in relation to alleged illegal mining... 

Articulated skip trial improving efficiencies at Maydon Wharf Terminal

A trial to use articulated skips instead of traditional skips in the chrome loading operation at the Maydon Wharf Terminal, in KwaZulu-Natal, has set an efficiency record of more than 50%,... 

New solar rental solution launched in South Africa

ReCharge Rental Solutions (RRS) has officially launched its energy rental solution, supported by international bank and wealth manager Investec, in South Africa. RRS rents and maintains bespoke... 

Marula accelerates work programme at Northern Cape lithium, tungsten project

Africa-focused Marula Mining has opted to accelerate its initial work programme at the Northern Cape lithium and tungsten (NCLT) project and also seek to leverage its flexible mining and processing... 

Capital appoints Graeme Dacomb independent nonexec director

London-listed mining services company Capital has appointed Graeme Dacomb as an independent nonexecutive director, effective from December. Dacomb, who is based in London, will join the company’s... 

Summit underscores importance of just energy transition, C&I industry

It is imperative that South Africa and industry decarbonises and, with the transition towards more sustainable forms of energy already occurring, stakeholders should focus on how the transition is... 

Sibanye-Stillwater secures six health and safety awards

Multinational miner Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African operations received six industry health and safety awards at the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM) MineSafe 2024... 

Bannerman Energy appoints Bruce McFadzean as nonexec director

ASX-listed Bannerman Energy has appointed Bruce McFadzean as a nonexecutive director, effective November 18. McFadzean is a mining engineer with over 40 years of mining and process experience... 

Bezant commissions technical report for Namibia project

Aim-listed Bezant Resources has commissioned independent consultancy firm Sound Mining International to generate a technical report focusing on the near-term development of the Hope deposit, in... 

Coal, gold weigh on mining industry’s production increases

South Africa’s gold and coal sectors were the only sectors to post decreases in production for September and the situation is unlikely to turn around markedly in the near term. Statistics South... 

Sustainable Fitch expands Transition Assessment to mining, steel, cement sectors

Sustainable Fitch, a FitchSolutions company, has launched an expanded Transition Assessment analytical product, through the development of new sector-specific methodologies, covering additional... 

Mining production, sales up in September

South Africa’s mining production increased by 4.7% year-on-year in September, Statistics South Africa reports. The largest positive contributions came from platinum group metals (PGMs) (6.7% and... 

Progress continues to be made at Giyani’s demo plant commissioning

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project in Botswana, says the demo plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, is progressing efficiently through the... 

Anglo American, Cefetra reinforce European fertiliser partnership

Diversified miner Anglo American has signed a new polyhalite fertiliser agreement with Cefetra Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of BayWa, further reinforcing the companies’ European partnership.... 

Pasofino continuing discussions with counterparty for strategic acquisition

Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources has provided an update on its 53%-owned subsidiary Pasofino Gold’s progress on a potential strategic transaction. Pasofino is continuing discussions with a... 

Lexington Gold, Gold One Africa mull cooperation at their South African projects

Aim-listed Lexington Gold and its broad-based black economic empowerment partner Letsema have entered into an intention to cooperate agreement with Gold One Africa, which will see the parties seek... 

Lucara records strong quarter marked by exceptional discoveries, shaft sinking progress

TSX-listed Lucara Diamond Corp recovered two exceptional diamonds larger than 1 000 ct and sold 116 221 ct of diamonds in the third quarter ended September 30, generating revenue of $44.3-million.... 

Sovereign completes mining trials at Malawi project

Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has successfully completed the mining trials stage of its pilot mining and land rehabilitation programme (pilot phase) at the Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in... 

Bushveld production to continue to decrease on liquidity challenges

Aim-listed Bushveld Minerals will continue with a controlled slowdown of production owing to liquidity challenges, CEO Craig Coltman says in an operational update for the three months and nine...