Minor platinum group metals (PGMs), particularly iridium and ruthenium, are continuing to outperform, supported by robust demand from emerging technology applications, Valterra Platinum reported on... 

Northam Platinum Holdings faces a binding shareholder vote on executive pay for the first time following years of investor opposition to its remuneration policies. The October 26 vote at the South... 

The Minerals Council South Africa welcomes the commitment in the 2026 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) to fiscal sustainability and structural reforms aimed at lifting South Africa’s... 

Marc Cameron will join Weir as president of the minerals division on October 26 and become a member of the group executive. In a media release to Mining Weekly on Wednesday, October 21, Weir plc... 

South African miners are reviewing safety protocols as the number of fatalities this year is already above the last two, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane told Reuters. Fifty-three... 

Valterra Platinum is nearing a decision that’s likely to take the world’s largest platinum mine underground. Mogalakwena — half way along the road from South Africa’s capital Pretoria to the... 

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports that the country's mining production decreased by 12.7% year-on-year in August, with platinum group metals (PGMs), coal and iron-ore having made the... 

The new Synergy Ex IE3 range of flameproof motors, designed by engineering components supplier BMG’s in-house engineering team in collaboration with global electric motor specialists, was launched... 

Making green iron-ore for exportation is a great opportunity, South Africa’s Joburg Indaba heard on Thursday, October 8, when Kearney South Africa energy partner Frances Phillips drew attention to... 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum has informed shareholders that the Bakubung platinum mine concentrator plant, in the North West, has been placed on care and maintenance while the company prioritises... 

Zimbabwe State miner secures $100m for platinum project Zimbabwe’s state-owned Mutapa Platinum Group has secured $100-million to develop its Darwendale project. 

NYSE- and JSE-listed precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater has confirmed its workforces at the Stillwater East mine and Columbus metallurgical facility, both in Montana, have ratified a new... 

South Africa’s mining sector entered this year on a stronger footing, underpinned by higher platinum group metals (PGM) and gold prices, improved mineral reserve positions and growing interest in... 

TSX-listed Generation Mining has started with construction of the Marathon copper/palladium project, in Ontario. The company has made initial payments of $30-million to secure critical equipment... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the catalytic properties of platinum and palladium being researched and developed as a potential source of significant upliftment for drones; the 828... 

South African platinum group metals miners Wesizwe Platinum has confirmed that 429 jobs have been affected by the operational restructuring at its Bakubung platinum mine. Wesizwe in June started a... 

The catalytic properties of platinum and palladium are being researched and developed as a potential source of significant upliftment for drones. The higher energy density that platinum and... 

NYSE- and JSE-listed precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater's workforce has successfully ratified a new collective bargaining agreement at the East Boulder mine in Montana, in the US, effective... 

Loucas Pouroulis, the founder of Johannesburg- and London-listed mining and metals group Tharisa will, from October 1, become founding chairperson emeritus of the company, while Carol Bell will... 

The ordinary shares of precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater have been approved for inclusion in the list of qualifying equity securities to be traded on South Africa’s complementary... 

Norwegian hydrogen company Nel Hydrogen's US subsidiary has secured a $12-million purchase order for proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser stacks from Collins Aerospace. The aviation and... 

From Monday, September 28, China will give international investors access to trading in palladium and platinum on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), where domestic exchange activity has been... 

The New Development Bank (NDB) and National Treasury have signed a $200-million loan agreement to support Stage 1 of the Olifants Management Model Programme (OMMP), National Treasury announced on... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer says Valterra platinum is noting some big gains of Jameson cell deployment; he talks about Thakadu’s new nickel sulphate product for use in lithium-ion battery... 

Signalling Africa’s growing appetite for modern mining technology, rock processing solutions company Sandvik Rock Processing is undertaking the delivery of the first Sandvik CH662 cone crushers to... 

While total demand for platinum is forecast to decrease this year, there are industries that stakeholders can leverage and strengthen, while market fundamentals still support the metal as a... 

Reduction of 3 000-equivalent trucks on the road, a 70.5 MWh decrease in smelting electricity consumption, a 70 000 t cut in smelting CO2 emissions, and a R203-million annual cost saving, which... 

More than 300 emerging researchers, industry leaders, government, academia and other stakeholders are to gather this month and next to explore innovative solutions to challenges in the minerals... 

The global Hydrogen Council is urging the world to scale up its hydrogen energy ecosystem at pace, which coincided with green hydrogen being declared integral to a new South African industrial...