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Tasneem Bulbulia is a Creamer Media Senior Contributing Editor Online for Engineering News and Mining Weekly.
Caledonia’s 2023 full-year performance in line with expectations
Gold miner Caledonia Mining notes in its operating and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2023, that its performance was in line with both market expectations and production...
Lotus appoints debt adviser for Kayelekera restart
ASX-listed Lotus Resources has appointed Orimco to arrange debt for its flagship Kayelekera uranium project, in Malawi, where the company intends to restart operations in late 2025. Lotus says it...
Altona reports several achievements at Mozambique project
London-listed Altona Rare Earths recorded several achievements during the six months ended December 31, 2023, including its first Joint Ore Reserves Committee (Jorc) mineral resource estimate...
Zimbabwean investment summit to be held in Johannesburg in May
Zimbabwe Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Professor Mthuli Ncube and Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Tafadzwa Chinamo will host an investment summit at...
Initial work shows potential of deposit at Morocco project
Aim-listed Critical Mineral Resources (DMR)has announced positive initial work at its Ifri project, in the Anti-Atlas in Morocco, with prospecting by its geological team demonstrating copper and...
Andrada increases tin production
Aim-listed Andrada Mining, with a portfolio of mining and exploration assets in Namibia, achieved a 60% year-on-year increase in ore processed to 915 599 t for the financial year ended February 29....
Kumba’s Sishen, Kolomela mines achieve IRMA 75 performance on responsible mining standard
Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen and Kolomela mines, in South Africa, have been assessed against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance’s (IRMA’s) comprehensive mining...
Sovereign initiates follow-up drilling at Malawi project
Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals has initiated a follow-up 400 m spaced drill programme at its tier one Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, which will focus on determining the boundaries...
Civil Confidence Index increases in first quarter, but business constraints persist
After registering a level of 41 in the fourth quarter of 2023, the FNB/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Confidence Index increased to 47 in the first quarter of this year, its best level...
Brand value increases in mining, metals and minerals; BHP comes out top
This year, more than half of the brands in the ranking of the world’s most valuable and strongest mining, metals and minerals brands witnessed an increase in brand value, according to new data from...
Standard Bank closes $300m sustainable capital loan with IFC
Finance institution Standard Bank has successfully closed a $300-million sustainable Tier 2 capital loan. The facility, concluded with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), marks another...
Transnet Freight Rail’s North Corridor achieves weekly record
Transnet Freight Rail’s (TFR’s) North Corridor accomplished the delivery of 1.41-million tonnes last week, marking the most substantial weekly performance in terms of volume for the current...
Richards Bay Multipurpose Terminal takes delivery of cargo handling equipment
The Richards Bay Multipurpose Terminal (MPT) has taken delivery of new cargo handling equipment, aiding the loading of export coal, magnetite, chrome and pig iron aboard calling Cape-sized vessels....
Tharisa to undertake $5m share buyback programme
JSE- and LSE-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome miner Tharisa has appointed UK investment bank Peel Hunt to manage a $5-million share buyback programme on its behalf. The Tharisa board...
Kefi progresses funding for Ethiopia project
Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper has achieved further positive developments at the its high-grade Tulu Kapi gold project in Ethiopia, as it prepares for full launch in the first half of this year....
Mkango raises £750 000 to advance rare earth magnet recycling, launches strategic review
Aim-listed Mkango Resources has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £750 000 via a direct company subscription from existing shareholders, including a £150 000 investment by CEO William Dawes....
Kenmare secures new $200m facility
London-listed Kenmare Resources, operator of the Moma titanium minerals mine, in northern Mozambique, has secured a funding package to refinance a maturing revolving credit facility (RCF) and a...
Optimum coal to be exported from Richards Bay terminal from next month
Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), Liberty Coal/Liberty Coal Terminal and the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) and Optimum Coal Terminal (OCT) have reached an...
Goldplat remains profitable despite South African headwinds
Aim-listed Goldplat, with gold recovery operations in South Africa and Ghana, continued to achieve profitable results for the six months ended December 31, 2023, despite some of the difficult...
Botswana Diamonds achieves several positive developments in 2023
Diamond miner Botswana Diamonds chairperson John Teeling has outlined some positive developments achieved by the company during 2023, including that a gravity survey has discovered a high-grade...
Mining sector meets target to reduce TB levels to below national average
The South African mining industry has made significant inroads into addressing tuberculosis (TB) since 2017 and has met its ten-year target to reduce the incidence rate among mineworkers to below...
aXedras chosen as service provider for LBMA’s Gold Bar Integrity Database
Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has appointed independent information technology provider aXedras as the official service provider for its newly...
Leo Lithium continues to engage Malian govt on Goulamina project issues
ASX-listed Leo Lithium and GFL International (Ganfeng) continue to engage with the Mali government in an attempt to resolve current issues relating to the Goulamina lithium project in the country....
Tormin mine exploring alternative water arrangements following damage to dam
Management at the Tormin mineral sands mine in South Africa, held by ASX-listed Mineral Commodities’ 50%-owned subsidiary Mineral Sands Resources (MSR), have reported that there has been damage to...
Quantum Battery signs letter of intent to acquire Copper Coffer property
Battery metals mining company Quantum Battery Metals has signed a nonbinding letter of intent (LoI) to acquire the Copper Coffer property, in Newfoundland, Canada. The LoI details the proposed...
Centamin achieves 25% y/y increase in Ebitda
Established gold miner Centamin achieved a 25% year-on-year increase in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to $398-million for the year ended December 31, 2023,...
Sibanye suspends production at shaft in Rustenburg following damage to infrastructure
JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has suspended production from its Siphumelele shaft, in Rustenburg, South Africa, after some surface infrastructure suffered damage on February 29. An ore...
Sovereign despatches 30 t of ore from Malawi project to South Africa for test work
Aim- and ASX-listed Sovereign Metals’ spiral drilling programme has extracted, despatched and delivered 30 t of ore from the Kasiya rutile/graphite project in Malawi to Paterson & Cooke (P&C), in...
Minerals Council outlines work done to support mineworkers with occupational lung diseases
Industry organisation the Minerals Council South Africa has welcomed comments by Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla in support of the continued collaboration between the council and the National...
The NUM expresses opposition to changes in the Electricity Regulation Act
Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has expressed its opposition to the changes in the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA). “This is a way to destroy Eskom and hand it over to the...
DMRE confirms acceptance of Marula's Blesberg mining right application
Mining and development company Marula Mining says the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has confirmed acceptance of the company's mining right application for the Blesberg lithium...
AngloGold swings to loss on lower gold sales, higher costs
Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti recorded a basic loss of $235-million or $0.56 a share, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared with basic earnings of $233-million, or $0.55 a share, for the...
Saturn Resources increases its offer for Shanta shares
Saturn Resources (Bidco) confirms that it has reached an agreement with the independent Shanta directors on the terms of a recommended increased and final cash offer by Bidco for the entire issued,...
Afrimat Construction Index reflects 3% y/y growth in the fourth quarter
The “lethargy” of the South African economy as a whole during the fourth quarter of 2023 was evident in the construction sector, with five of the ten constituent indicators of the Afrimat...
City of Cape Town, NBI partner on artisan skills development programme
The City of Cape Town’s Facilities Management Department has partnered with the National Business Initiative (NBI) on an artisan development programme, with the first cohort of 31 learners having...
Saice highlights concerns about the Public Procurement Bill
The current iteration of the Public Procurement Bill, if passed into law, will not address the existing dysfunction within South Africa's public procurement system, which is a key objective of the...
Sibanye-Stillwater completes acquisition of Reldan
Diversified miner Sibanye-Stillwater's acquisition of the Reldan Group of Companies has been successfully concluded for a final cash purchase consideration of $155.9-million. Sibanye in November...
Maltento aiming to bolster sustainability efforts
Maltento CEO Dean Smorenburg and commercial director Dominic Malan were joined by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis on a tour of the fly-farm’s facilities in...
Retired Tiffany & Co exec appointed to Diamcor’s board
Recently retired Tiffany & Co executive D. Wayne Howard has joined the board of diamond mining company Diamcor Mining as an independent director. “I am very pleased to announce the addition of Mr....
JSE declares full year dividend on the back of strong financial performance
The JSE produced “strong” results for the year ended December 31, 2023, with growth of 12.2% in headline earnings per share (HEPS) and return on equity of 19.4% in line with long-term targets, CEO...
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