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... 

The board of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has approved the development of its 180 000 t a month Bokoni platinum project, in Limpopo’s Bushveld Complex, following the... 

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has acquired further shares in platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Northam Platinum, taking its shareholding to nearly 20.47%. The PIC is Northam's largest... 

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM warns that water availability could, in many regions, act as a constraint on the development of new mines and related facilities, particularly for the... 

JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has appealed a US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling, arguing that unfairly subsidised and dumped Russian palladium imports are lowering global prices and... 

JSE-listed Mantengu has concluded negotiations with Afresources Mining regarding the disposal of Mantengu’s entire shareholding and claims in its 70%-owned subsidiary Blue Ridge Platinum. Mantengu... 

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... 

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... 

Minerals Council South Africa economist André Lourens notes that the country's mining output contracted the first time in five months in May, which "proved particularly challenging on two fronts".... 

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... 

Toronto- and Johannesburg-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has appointed David Li CFO and corporate secretary. With more than 20 years of global executive experience in the mining and... 

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... 

Remaining project capital of R964-million of the total of R4.4-billion in real 2026 terms is to be spent this year and next on Sibanye-Stillwater’s K4 platinum group metals (PGMs) project at... 

Following the latest hostilities in the US war with Iran, precious metals prices dropped across the board, with the gold price falling back below $4 100/oz and silver below $60/oz. In its latest... 

An energy company has entered into an agreement to supply 288 GWh of renewable energy a year to a South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining operation based in Swartklip, Limpopo province.... 

Platinum has received a major boost from a strategic agreement signed at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 at a time of rapid expansion of China’s platinum bar and coin market. The boost is the result of... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing activity in copper exploration and mining in the Northern Cape; Mintek's plans to add value to the South African platinum group metals... 

Successful removal of coarse waste is beneficial in that it reduces power requirements in the milling circuit, lowers water needs, and increases platinum group metal (PGM) feed grades. With... 

A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is being built by the South Africa PGM Operations of... 

South Africa’s national minerals research organisation Mintek has highlighted the value of conducting bottleneck-exposing comminution circuit surveys at platinum group metals (PGM) processing... 

Seven relatively shallow primary adjoining mining projects that focus largely on upper group two (UG2) reef and mainly mechanised mining are at various stages of development within the South... 

JPMorgan said demand for gold from key sectors would not be as strong as it had expected, limiting the rise in gold prices this year to $4 300/oz in the third quarter and $4 500/oz in the fourth... 

Asset manager the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has acquired additional securities in platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Valterra Platinum, taking its interest in the mining company to nearly... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South32’s conditional agreement to sell Hillside Aluminium to Alcoa; Sibanye-Stillwater calling for new longer-term platinum group metal applications;... 

This week: $870m ilmenite beneficiation project enters construction phase at Richards Bay IDZ; New longer-term platinum metal applications needed, Sibanye-Stillwater headlines and,... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) have several properties that make them critical everyday-life minerals, Mintek supervisor applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho explicated during his presentation... 

South Africa's national mineral research organisation Mintek on Friday, June 26 spelt out how it can add value to South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGMs) industry. At its corporate head office... 

Platinum group metals miner Wesizwe Platinum will embark on a phased restart of operations at its Bakubung mine, in the North West, from next week, subject to the conclusion of a memorandum of... 

Although Zimbabwe has endured more than two decades of frequent bad press linked to its politics, the negative headlines have not prevented billions of dollars in mining foreign direct investment...