South Africa’s minerals-endowed Northern Cape province has attracted more than R105-billion in investment pledges in new and expanded mining, energy and agriculture projects, with an expected 19... 

Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) on Friday announced their research collaboration to advance nuclear medicine for cancer... 

Technology company ABB has been awarded a contract to deliver gearless mill drive (GMD) and ring-geared mill drive (RMD) technology for gold mining and exploration company Harmony Gold Mining... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the R105-billion in investment pledges for the Northern Cape; the exploration workshops that BHP is set to launch; and the green hydrogen breakthrough... 

TSX-V-listed Defense Metals Corporation has been included in the newly launched Sprott Rare Earth Ex-China Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is the only ETF providing focused exposure to rare earth... 

Results from metallurgical test work at the Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa’s Limpopo province indicate that up to a fifth of Southern Palladium’s future revenues... 

Training and development solutions provider Comodex Consultancy, in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Mining Engineering Department, on April 17 hosted the pioneer Mine Mentor... 

South Africa’s mining sector entered 2026 with robust momentum, posting notable year-on-year production gains in February largely on the back of platinum group metals (PGMs) and China’s stockpiling... 

Nasdaq-listed USA Rare Earth’s UK-based subsidiary Less Common Metals has successfully poured its first commercial batch of 99% pure yttrium metal, placing it among a small group of non-Chinese... 

The Iran war is triggering an unprecedented crisis in the global aluminium market with potentially devastating knock-on effects across sectors as diverse as construction, packaging, transport and... 

Three years ago Mining Weekly reported on Anglo American being involved with emission-free taxis driving around the German city of Berlin and the hope was expressed that the same could be done with... 

Global gold miner Newmont Corporation has advised of its underground operations at the Cadia mine being suspended temporarily following seismic activity experienced in the area late on April 14.... 

Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (FQM) has partnered with Hitachi Construction Machinery to commission the world’s first ultralarge battery-electric mining truck at its Kansanshi copper and... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

After temporarily suspending underground operations at the Cadia mine, in Australia, on April 15 owing to seismic activity following a regional earthquake, global gold miner Newmont Corporation’s... 

Precious metals and technology company Heraeus Precious Metals and mining and metals processing group Sibanye-Stillwater have partnered on a joint research and development project aimed at... 

Global investment firm Orion Resource Partners has agreed to a merger between its private portfolio company Sweetwater Royalties and Uranium Royalty Corporation (URC) to bring together two royalty... 

Australia-headquartered BHP Group and Mitsubishi Development have launched a review process to rank the financial health of their coal mines and assets in Queensland after raising concerns about... 

Chilean multinational conglomerate Antofagasta has reported a strong quarter of cash cost performance, with net cash costs having been 108c/lb at group-level in the first quarter of the year.... 

ASX- and Aim-listed Sovereign Metals has stated a modest 9% increase in the capital expenditure required for Stage 1 development of the Kasiya rutile project, in Malawi, combined with a 6% increase... 

US-based industry body The Silver Institute expects total demand to decrease modestly by 2% year-on-year this year to 1.11-billion ounces, given sustained high prices that impact jewellery and... 

The underpinning of platinum group metals (PGM) prices by investment and speculation is expected to persist for as long as the high level of macro uncertainty persists, Sibanye-Stillwater executive... 

LONDON - USA Rare Earth will acquire Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde for $2.8-billion in cash and shares, the two companies said on Monday. The US company will pay $300-million in cash and... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Northern Dynasty Minerals and its US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership have filed a brief in the Alaska Federal Court responding to the Department of Justice (DoJ)... 

Research firm BMI – a Fitch Solutions Company – is revising its 2026 nickel price forecast to $16 600/t from $15 800/t previously, following an earlier upward out-of-cycle revision this year,... 

Industrial metals have jumped to a record high on the London Metal Exchange (LME), driven gains in aluminum after the Middle East war disrupted supplies, as well as a recent revival in copper. The... 

Growth is not an entitlement and capital investment is not a given. These were two key points that Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised during a Mining Equipment... 

Investment adviser to long-term value-focused private capital funds investing in companies in metals, mining and adjacent industries, Appian Capital Advisory has appointed Paulo Castellari as CEO... 

Hancock Prospecting, the private company of billionaire Gina Rinehart, has partly lost a decade-long legal battle with Wright Prospecting over royalties, but will retain ownership of a major... 

Aim-listed Cora Gold has signed a binding term sheet for a $120-million gold stream with Eagle Eye Asset Holdings (EEA) to support the development of Cora’s Sanankoro gold project, in Mali. Cora... 

The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR), which is now preparing for a prolonged period of fuel supply and pricing pressure as a result of the damage to energy infrastructure during... 

Platinum, with which South Africa is more endowed than any other country on earth, is supporting humanity’s space leaps, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) notes in its latest 60 Seconds...