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            <title>Modernisation of South African mining is an ‘urgent strategic priority’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining modernisation, with private and public sectors as drivers, is an urgent strategic priority for the South African economy, a study undertaken by industry leaders, researchers, government partners, and innovators from across the South African spectrum reported very forcefully this week. “We see that our competitors are investing heavily in digitisation and automation, as well as critical minerals and beneficiation.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>SOUTH AFRICAN MINING</category>
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            <title>China's PGMs focus, AI efficiencies, DRDGold's R10bn expansion make headlines</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer talks about China’s Five-Year Plan, which has a focus on platinum group metals; the benefits of AI efficiencies, particularly for lower quality operations; and DRDGold’s regional tailings storage facility, which forms part of its R10-billion expansion.  ]]></description>
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            <category>DIVERSIFIED MINERS </category>
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            <title>Newmont tops profit estimates on higher gold prices, sees steady output</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Newmont, the world's biggest gold miner, beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday after a rally in bullion prices outweighed the impact of lower output, while it forecast steady production in the third quarter.

Gold has rallied on safe-haven demand and hopes of US interest rate cuts, although a stronger dollar and a crude oil-led inflation scare amid the Iran war have occasionally limited gains.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Industry leaders, researchers, govt partners, innovators gather to modernise mining</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The future of modernisation in South African mining will not be forged by individual companies or institutions working in isolation but collectively by industry leaders, researchers, government partners, and innovators from across South Africa's mining community, who gathered on Thursday, July 23, for this shared purpose. “The modernisation of our mining industry is not a task any single organisation can undertake alone,” Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised at the council's upbeat Modernisation Showcase event undertaken in partnership with the Research Institute for Innovation and Sustainability (RIIS), the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators' research unit within South Africa's Human Sciences Research (HSRC-CeSTII) Council, PwC's Smart Mining, the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, and the National Advisory Council on Innovation. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>MINING MODERNISATION</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Teck boasts 314% attributable profit growth in Q2</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Canadian miner Teck Resources managed to deliver another quarter of strong operational and financial performance in the three months ended June 30, generating significant earnings and robust cash flow on the back of strong copper sales volumes, a favourable commodity price environment and disciplined execution across its operations.

Teck president and CEO Jonathan Price says the company achieved a third consecutive quarter of stable operating performance at the QB mine, which demonstrates the progress having been made to strengthen reliability and consistency at one of the world's most important new copper operations. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
            <category>COPPER &amp; ZINC </category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>AI’s efficiencies keeping even lower quality operations going longer, energy event hears</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/ais-efficiencies-keeping-even-lower-quality-operations-going-longer-energy-event-hears-2026-07-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The increased efficiencies achieved by AI are ensuring that even lower quality operations are kept going for longer which benefits all stakeholders, Thungela Resources CEO Moses Madondo made clear to Coal & Energy Transition Day attendees on Wednesday, July 22. Madondo did so in response to mining luminary and event chairperson Bernard Swanepoel drawing attention to the propensity of CEOs announcing the number of people that they were laying off because of the benefits of AI and asking about the prospect of AI reducing coal mining workforces.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>COAL &amp; ENERGY TRANSITION</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Optimum back from the dead with historic dragline returned to production</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/optimum-back-from-the-dead-with-historic-dragline-returned-to-production-2026-07-22</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The troubled Optimum Colliery, having emerged from a business rescue process in February 2024, is being rapidly revived with a multibillion-rand investment from Liberty Coal to ramp up mining, processing and exports. This investment – in excess of R3-billion to date – is driving significant revitalisation activity around the once expansive and highly productive mining complex.]]></description>
            <author>Donna Slater</author>
            <category>COAL</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Australia's Lynas flags cost overrun after revenue miss, shares tumble</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Australia's Lynas Rare Earths on Wednesday warned of a cost overrun at its heavy rare earths expansion project in Malaysia after reporting fourth-quarter revenue below analyst expectations, sending its shares to a more than five-month low.

The world's largest rare earths producer outside China said the estimated cost for the Malaysia project rose to nearly A$294-million from A$180-million, underscoring the challenges Western producers face in producing the niche metals.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
            <category>RARE EARTHS</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mammoth regional tailings dam is centrepiece of DRDGOLD’s R10bn expansion</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/mammoth-regional-tailings-dam-is-centrepiece-of-drdgolds-r10bn-expansion-2026-07-21</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The centrepiece of the R10-billion five-project Vision 2028 of DRDGOLD is the mammoth regional tailings storage facility (RTSF) at Far West Gold Recoveries surface retreatment operation, near Carletonville, in South Africa’s Gauteng province. The commissioning of the fully lined RTSF, which covers an area of 800 ha, is being sequenced through defined regulatory, construction and seasonal gates.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>GOLD</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BHP resumes negotiations with Port Hedland iron-ore unions</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[BHP and unions representing workers at Western Australia's Port Hedland, the world's largest iron-ore export hub, edged closer to a deal on Tuesday, though talks ended without an agreement and will resume next week, the union said.

Port Hedland is a major artery for Australia's iron ore, through which $80-million of BHP's products transit each day.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Timing of R10bn capital spend ‘could not have been better’, DRDGOLD CFO points out</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/timing-of-r10bn-capital-spend-could-not-have-been-better-drdgold-cfo-points-out-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When the R10-billion five-project Vision 2028 expansion plan of Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed surface gold company DRDGOLD was conceived in 2024, its market capitalisation was about R13-billion and the gold price R1.2-million per kilogramme. Currently, DRDGOLD’s market capitalisation is in the region of R30-billion and the gold price R2.1-million per kilogramme.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUP METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Note holders group of Sherritt claims proper recapitalisation engagement is lacking</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/note-holders-group-of-sherritt-claims-proper-recapitalisation-engagement-is-lacking-2026-07-20</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An ad hoc group of note holders of nickel and cobalt producer Sherritt International Corporation has expressed concern about the company's claims to be in active discussions with its senior lenders and note holders as the company pursues comprehensive recapitalisation, saying that Sherritt materially overstated the current status of engagement with note holders.

Sherritt's financial and operational woes started earlier this year when US sanctions against Cuba came into effect, which impacted Sherritt's joint venture cobalt and nickel operations in the country, as well as its downstream refinery in Alberta. ]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <title>Platinum metals fundamentally key to China’s Five-Year Plan, WPIC reports</title>
            <link>https://www.miningweekly.com/article/platinum-metals-fundamentally-key-to-chinas-five-year-plan-wpic-reports-2026-07-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 has served to highlight that platinum group metals (PGMs) are fundamentally key to the delivery of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan to 2030. China has earmarked close to $300-billion for AI infrastructure expansion and hydrogen production is also being increased in China faster than anywhere else, World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) CEO Trevor Raymond reported on Thursday, July 16.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
            <category>PLATINUM GROUIP METALS</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tell us how the new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing; he discusses the R964m that is to be spent at Sibanye-Stillwater's K4 platinum group metals shaft; and he notes that Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher.   ]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <title>Electricians at BHP's key Australian iron-ore hub vote for work stoppages</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electricians maintaining diversified miner BHP's high-voltage power network in Western Australia's Pilbara region have overwhelmingly backed strike action, the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) said on Friday, escalating labour unrest less than a day after hundreds of workers at the miner's Port Hedland iron-ore operations walked off the job.

The union said 97.5% of the electricians voted in favour of work stoppages ranging from 30 minutes to 24 hours.]]></description>
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            <title>BHP confident of group’s future growth opportunities, despite warning of lower 2027 copper output</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global diversified miner BHP produced nearly two-million tonnes of copper and record iron-ore production for the financial year ended June 30, but has substantially lowered its copper production guidance for the 2027 financial year, mainly as a result of a decline in grades at the Escondida mine, in Chile. The company’s copper mines produced 1.95-million tonnes in the 2026 financial year, in line with guidance of 1.9-million to two-million tonnes. Iron-ore output, meanwhile, increased by 1% year-on-year to a record 265-million tonnes, in line with guidance of 258-million to 269-million tonnes.]]></description>
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            <title>Expansion plans pointing to 75% increase in Sibanye-Stillwater’s chrome volumes</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chrome is a growing value contributor to the revenue base of Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum group metals (PGM) portfolio, delivering margins, resilience and project support. Chrome has also been a stable income generator for Sibanye-Stillwater during periods of low PGMs pricing. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
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            <title>First doré gold bar pour at DRDGOLD’s new Far West smelt house</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The new elution circuit and smelt house facility at DRDGOLD's Far West Gold Recoveries is performing to specification. “The initial capital estimate was met, and we came in on time and within budget,” DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius reported during a webinar in which DRDGOLD CFO Henriette Hooijer and DRDGOLD COO Jaco Schoeman also participated to provide an update on the progress of Vision 2028, DRDGOLD's five-project programme involving a capital expenditure of R10-billion. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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            <title>Rio Tinto beats quarterly iron-ore sales estimates, flags rising diesel costs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified miner Rio Tinto posted better-than-expected second-quarter iron-ore sales on Wednesday, supported by strong operational performance, though it will need a stronger second half to meet its yearly targets.

The miner also said higher fuel costs stemming from the US-Israeli conflict with Iran had raised current costs and would continue to affect full-year results, while keeping its 2026 Pilbara iron-ore unit cash cost outlook unchanged.]]></description>
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            <title>Mintek targeting global flotation research recognition, PGM Industry Day hears</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s national mineral research organisation Mintek is targeting global recognition as a minerals flotation researcher, the State-owned organisation emphasised at its recent platinum group metals (PGM) event. Mintek’s flotation group is viewed as being well positioned to expand its impact through several strategic opportunities, which range from sustainable mining to industrial support and the circular economy.]]></description>
            <author>Martin Creamer</author>
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