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Harmony's Mponeng gold mine.
September inflation tightens squeeze on South African mining
27th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s headline consumer price inflation rose to 4.5% in September, from 4.4% in August, staying above the South African Reserve Bank’s 3% plus-minus 1% target range. September’s consumer... 


Rainbow Rare Earths, Alcoa Corporation, Andrada Mining make headlines
Rainbow Rare Earths, Alcoa Corporation, Andrada Mining make headlines
23rd October 2026

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Rainbow Rare Earths recent lab success; the sale of South Africa’s aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation; and Andrada Mining's... 


Marc Cameron, who will be joining Weir as Minerals Division President.
Marc Cameron to join Weir as minerals division president
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Uis tin mine
Namibia tin producer’s gross profit up fourfold on 80% revenue surge
21st October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Namibia tin producer Andrada Mining on Wednesday, October 21, reported a quadrupled-plus gross profit and an 80% revenue surge. Supporting this high performance in the six months ended August 31... 


South Crofty tin mine
Cornish proposes £135m financing, secures tin offtake agreement with Glencore
20th October 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Cornish Metals is undertaking a proposed financing to raise £135-million, which will be available to new and existing institutional investors. The company has announced conditional... 


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Industrial metals post mixed third-quarter performance, downside risks persist
9th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Industrial metals have come under broad pressure in recent weeks, falling 3.3% month-on-month as of October 7, as expectations of a more hawkish US Federal Reserve weighed on sentiment across the... 


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Alphamin’s second-quarter production, sales in line with full-year guidance
7th October 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Tin miner Alphamin Resources’ contained tin production of 5 030 t for the quarter ended September 30 was in line with the prior period and the company’s forecast guidance of 20 000 t/y. Ore... 


Askari completes district-scale soil programme to define new Uis priority targets
Askari completes district-scale soil programme to define new Uis priority targets
6th October 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Askari Metals has completed a project-wide soil geochemical sampling campaign across an exclusive prospecting licence (EPL) at its Uis project in the Erongo region of Namibia. The... 


Andrada CEO Anthony Viljoe.
Latest Lithium Ridge drilling highlights upside potential
6th October 2026 By: Martin Creamer

London-listed and Namibia-focused Andrada Mining, a tin producer with a portfolio of critical minerals mining and exploration assets in Namibia, has announced more assay results from its Lithium... 


Industrial park in Indonesia
Indonesia launches pilot commodity export monitoring platform
2nd October 2026 By: Reuters

Danantara Sumberdaya Indonesia, a company established by the Indonesian government to supervise commodity exports, has started the test phase for a new monitoring platform aimed at boosting price... 


Andrada's Uis operation
Andrada Mining reports 13% rise in first-half contained production
28th September 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has reported a 13% year-on-year increase in contained tin production to 576 t for the first half of its 2027 financial year, supported by higher feed grades and improved... 


Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia to open trading at planned commodity bourse on January 4, official says
15th September 2026 By: Reuters

Indonesia plans to start trading at its new commodity exchange on January 4, 2027, with tin and ferronickel to be included in the opening transactions, the chief supervisor of the commodity... 


Tin ore
BMI raises tin price forecast amid steady demand for semiconductors
14th September 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

BMI, a Fitch Solutions company, has revised its yearly average tin price forecast for this year to $51 000/t, from $49 000/t previously, as prices remain high since the start of the surge in AI... 


Early works at South Crofty
Cornish appoints former Petra CEO as dedicated South Crofty project MD
14th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Cornish Metals has appointed Juan Kemp MD of the South Crofty tin project, in Cornwall, effective immediately. He will lead the project's operational delivery, including mining,... 


Kal Tire's Tracy Cobb and John Martin being interviewed at Electra Mining Africa by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
AI helping reduce mining tyre downtime by up to 20%, Electra Mining Africa showcases
9th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Demonstrated to Mining Weekly at this week’s Electra Mining Africa exhibition in Johannesburg were AI-enabled solutions that are taking mining tyre performance to the next level by lowering... 


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Andrada records strong year as it transition to critical minerals company
28th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed and Namibia-focused Andrada Mining’s financial year to February 28 represented an important step in the company’s evolution from a single-asset tin producer into a diversified,... 


Exploration works
Early samples from Rome Resources' options in New Brunswick confirm tin, tungsten mineralisation
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed explorer Rome Resources has reported promising tin and tungsten mineralisation on its optioned claims in New Brunswick, Canada, with a field campaign underway and targeted sampling and... 


Trinity Metals CFO Jaco Maritz
Trinity Metals appoints new CFO
25th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Rwanda-based tin, tungsten and tantalum miner Trinity Metals has appointed Jaco Maritz CFO, with effect from September 1. Maritz has over 25 years of international experience in the mining sector,... 


Nickel mining in Indonesia
Indonesia will build trustworthy commodity exchange, chief supervisor candidate says
24th August 2026 By: Reuters

Indonesia's upcoming minerals and strategic commodity exchange would be built with infrastructure that can be trusted, the president's nominee to regulate commodity trading said on Monday. The... 


Paul Dunne, Mzila Mthenjane, Shamini Harrington, Richard Stewart.
Minerals Council hails launch of partnership to unlock growth, jobs, confidence
21st August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Minerals Council South Africa has responded exceedingly positively to the launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third phase of South Africa’s Government-Business Partnership for Growth and... 


Nickel mine in Indonesia
Indonesia's planned commodity exchange likely to cover palm oil, nickel, coal
18th August 2026 By: Reuters

Indonesia's planned exchange for "mineral and strategic commodities" will likely include palm oil, nickel and coal, a presidential spokesperson said as the government makes preparations to launch... 


Andrada secures funding for Uis mine ore-sorting expansion
Andrada secures funding for Uis mine ore-sorting expansion
17th August 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Andrada Mining’s subsidiary, Uis Tin Mining Company (UTMC), has executed definitive agreements for loan facilities totalling N$98-million, or about £4.4-million, with Bank Windhoek and... 


Pure tin ore
Australia-focused First Tin undertakes optimised DFS based on increased ore reserves at Taronga
13th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed First Tin finds in an updated ore reserve statement on the Taronga tin project, in New South Wales, an increase of five-million tonnes of tin to 45-million tonnes grading 0.12%,... 


Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators research specialist Dr Amy Kahn.
Is South African mining’s modernisation urgency falling largely on deaf ears?
6th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Despite South African mining ending up tenth in a ten-country global benchmarking exercise, two-thirds of the respondents who participated in a survey appear to be more intent on just doing the... 


Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto
Subianto's radical commodity export plan for Indonesia faces dueling visions
6th August 2026 By: Bloomberg

More than two months after President Prabowo Subianto unveiled plans to take control of Indonesia’s top commodity exports, the agency charged with carrying out the proposal is caught between... 


Centre for Science Technology and Innovation Indicators’ senior research specialist Dr Kgabo H Ramoroka.
Considerable room to increase mining’s innovation intensity, survey finds
4th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The results of a study on the modernisation of South African mining indicate that there is considerable room to increase innovation participation and intensity across the firms surveyed. The... 


PwC Associate Director Smart Mining South Africa Ian Mackay.
AI can help fill South Africa’s cadastre with deposits, mine modernising event hears
27th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Instead of relying primarily on traditional geological interpretation, South Africa can turn to AI for help in the same way as has been done with huge success to discover Zambia’s biggest copper... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
Industry leaders, researchers, govt partners, innovators gather to modernise mining
23rd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


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Alphamin posts higher second-quarter Ebitda guidance, tin output remains on target
14th July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

TSX-V- and JSE-listed tin mining company Alphamin Resources expects to report a 6% quarter-on-quarter increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to... 


Tin ore
Rome Resources completes drilling campaign at DRC project
2nd July 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Rome Resources has received final assay results from its recent drilling campaign at the Kalayi deposit within the Bisie North Project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These... 


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