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Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine and Mintek have successfully produced high-purity mixed rare earth products at laboratory scale, positioning South Africa as the first African country to produce rare earth products through a mining company and national research institution partnership. Construction of the Phase 1 metallurgical processing plant is under way with commissioning scheduled for August and first concentrate shipments anticipated before the end of this year, while London-listed Cobra Resources has confirmed favourable rare earth assay results at its Boland and Head prospects in South Australia, where 3 200 m of drilling supports a mineral resource estimate for unique controlled aquifer-hosted ionic rare earth mineralisation amenable to low-cost in-situ recovery.
Rio Tinto targets lithium as fastest-growing division amid market integrationRio Tinto expects its lithium business to grow faster than its copper and iron-ore divisions as it works to triple production to 200 000 t a year by 2028, following its acquisition of US-based Arcadium, which brought access to mines, processing facilities and deposits across four continents. The company plans to produce at least 61 000 t of lithium this year and is opening mines in Argentina and Canada designed to remain economical should prices drop again, with direct lithium extraction projects expected to launch within a few years.
Sibanye-Stillwater declares South African platinum assets world's bestSibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart has described the company's contiguous South African platinum-group metal portfolio on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex as the best in the world, highlighting how dropping mine boundaries between formerly separate operations has unlocked R3-billion in annual savings and extended the life of mines such as Bambanani and Siphumelele by ten to 15 years.
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The mining industry is delivering a solid financial performance despite grappling with rising geopolitical pressures, energy transition demands and structural investment gaps. However, despite this...
ASX-listed Lotus Resources has temporarily halted production at its Kayelekera uranium mine, in Malawi, owing to equipment damage and a supply disruption in a third-party acid supply chain linked...
Government-led industry organisation the Future Minerals Forum and US-based Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy have released a new report titled ‘Building Shared Value Propositions...
Multotec has supplied a range of high-performance spiral equipment to the Thaba JV chromite and Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) project in South Africa’s Limpopo province. The integrated processing...
Aim-listed Cornish Metals has secured a new mineral lease in the mineral rights area of its South Crofty tin project, in Cornwall, UK. The new lease, called Dudnance, is valid for 25 years and has...
Jozi Power Limited rents out, operates and maintains a fleet of containerised 1MW and 2MW diesel generator sets to African mines and other large consumers for short to medium term periods.
Johannesburg- and London-listed mining, metals and innovation company Tharisa has secured a new R750-million (about $45.5-million) asset revolving finance facility from financial services provider...
To replace declining demand for the autocatalysis that curbs emissions from vehicle exhausts, new longer-term platinum group metal (PGM) applications are required, Sibanye-Stillwater headlined at...
Newly minted BHP CEO Brandon Craig faces a crowded in-tray as he takes mining's top job on July 1, from threatened iron ore strikes and ballooning costs to a potential uranium push and a febrile...
Zimbabwe is considering using its vast natural resources to fund road and railway construction projects with China, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday. The southern African nation,...
Global diversified miner Vedanta Group has passed a defining milestone in Indian corporate history with the successful listing of four newly demerged companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange and...
Indonesia has not decided its nickel production quota for the entirety of 2026, the country's mining ministry said on Thursday, amid speculation that the quota would be increased. The government...
Chile's State-owned Codelco, one of the world's largest copper producers, will consider asset sales and partnerships as part of a broader review of its investment priorities, chairperson Bernardo...
This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource base, an ebullient Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox...
JSE-listed Thungela Resources has diverted 4 t of used mining gumboots from landfills and transformed them into durable school shoes for learners in communities surrounding its Mpumalanga...
ASX-listed Atomic Eagle reports that it has received approval for the environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA) from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) and a “no objection”...
London-listed Kenmare Resources has announced that its revolving credit facility (RCF) has been increased by $30-million to $230-million. Covenants relating to net debt to earnings before interest,...
By: Rohit Chashta - Sustainability Business Lead, Africa, SE Advisory Services at Schneider Electric South African organisations’ broad environmental obligations have evolved into a number...
As mining operations across Africa continue to focus on productivity, improved sustainability and operational efficiency, FLS is strengthening its regional strategy through closer customer...
Mine services company Epiroc, using technology from Remote Control Technologies (RCT), played an integral part in the reopening of a prominent Canadian nickel mine as it moved to openpit mining...
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