The nearly 20-year Gautrain concession agreement with the Bombela Concession Company officially ended last month. However, the Gauteng government said the public-private partnership model would... 

The Mooi Plaats Solar PV project, in the Northern Cape, entered into commercial operations last month. The facility has been built by Envusa Energy, a venture jointly owned by Anglo American and... 

Sasol officially opened its destoning plant this month, an investment aimed at improving the quality of coal being used in its gasification process at Secunda. Developed through the conversion of... 

The 95 MW Aurora Wind Farm, near Vredenburg in the Western Cape, recently held a gala dinner to commemorate its operational social impact since it started operating more than ten years ago. Besides... 

While the full details were unavailable at the time of going to print, Eskom had confirmed a 62c/kWh offer to two ferrochrome producers in a bid to salvage smelter demand that was on the edge of... 

Renewable energy company Anthem recently announced the energisation of the Gamma B Main Transmission Substation (MTS) pictured here. Built on the border of the Northern and Western Cape provinces,... 

Exxaro Resources, which is best known for coal mining, has joined the International Manganese Institute, signalling its diversification into the critical mineral. The move followed Exxaro’s recent... 

South Africa and China have signed a framework trade and investment agreement aimed at providing duty-free access to the Chinese market to more South African products and facilitating Chinese... 

The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose by 8.2 points to 48.7 in January, marking a significant recovery from December’s slump. Although still below the neutral 50-point... 

Having breached the historic $5 000/oz level in January, some analysts are now forecasting that gold could climb toward the $6 000/oz level this year on mounting global tensions as well as strong... 

US President Donald Trump has been unable to keep his story straight as to why America should be allowed to acquire Greenland. Is it for security reasons? Is it for the vast territory’s untapped... 

The gold price has already set new records in 2026, having reached a record high of $4 549.71/oz on December 26, and having ended 2025 with a gain of 64% – its best annual performance since 1979.... 

Flanked by partially vegetated mine dumps that serve as a visual reminder of the central role that gold once played in the development of Johannesburg, is Qala Shallows, South Africa’s first... 

As with efforts to salvage the integrated Newcastle steel mill, policy and electricity-tariff interventions aimed at sustaining and reviving the country’s ferrochrome smelters are also facing... 

It’s been a difficult journey, but Transnet last month celebrated a fleet-renewal milestone when the 200th Traxx 23E locomotive rolled off the assembly line. The locomotive is part of 240 such... 

The Royal Mint in the UK has released a collectable coin series celebrating music icon Freddie Mercury. The design portrays Mercury, born Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar in 1946, at the height of his... 

The Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea is regarded as Africa’s largest greenfield development. Besides the mine, the integrated project includes a 600-km multi-use rail line, barge and... 

Despite geopolitical resistance, President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to use South Africa’s G20 presidency to place the threat posed by inequality on to the global agenda. A taskforce established... 

A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners... 

Earlier this month, Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) reported several recovery milestones in its handling of containers and automotives. TPT CEO Jabu Mdaki announced that the State-owned entity had... 

The giant Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm is visibly changing the electricity landscape of the coal heartland of Mpumalanga. This month, Seriti Green announced that the third phase of the wind component... 

A new advanced subsea diamond recovery crawler has been installed on Debmarine Namibia's flagship vessel Benguela Gem, which operates off the coast of Namibia. Following nearly four years of... 

Unit 6 at Kusile power station officially entered into commercial operation on September 29, marking the end of Eskom’s multi-decade build programme – one which experienced well-publicised delays,... 

No amount of tweaking chrome ore prices or imposing export restrictions will change the fact that uncompetitive power costs have crippled the sector, ChromeSA has said in response to a government... 

A new Metals Focus report states that the combined scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions from the world’s largest gold producers fell below 30-million tonnes last year for the first time since... 

President Donald Trump signed an executive order exempting gold bars – along with graphite, tungsten, uranium, and other metals – weeks after traders were stunned and confused by a US Customs and... 

ArcelorMittal South Africa announced earlier this month that it had placed the Newcastle blast furnace into temporary care and maintenance and had initiated retrenchment processes. While... 

DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius says the self-generation of solar electricity at Ergo (pictured here with the solar farm in the background) has served as a key life-extension catalyst for the East Rand... 

Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni renewables complex is starting to take shape in a province currently dominated by coal. Located between Bethal and Morgenzon, in Mpumalanga, the first 155 MW wind... 

There was some confusion earlier this month when US Customs and Border Protection indicated that country-specific import tariffs might be placed on gold bullion bars. However, President Donald... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy has formally launched the first stage of its independent transmission project procurement programme with an invitation for companies to respond to a request... 

Finland, whose Kevitsa mine is pictured here with a midnight sun behind it, has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, climbing 16 places to lead...