Horizonte Minerals has reported that it is making good progress on the construction of its Araguaia nickel project. 

ASX-listed Genesis Minerals has completed the bookbuild for a A$275-million conditional share placement, which forms part of its merger agreement with gold miner St Barbara. The two companies... 

Gold miner Genesis Minerals and St Barbara have finally announced a merger agreement, months after first flagging discussions to consolidate gold holdings in the Leonora region of Western... 

The advanced feasibility study into the Townsville Energy Chemicals Hub (TECH) base metals project, in Queensland, has confirmed the Stage 1 economics, prompting owner Queensland Pacific Metals... 

Horizonte Minerals has secured renewable power at a low cost for its Araguaia nickel project. 

Lake Resources has reached an agreement with its development partner Lilac Solutions to set aside differences in the development of the Kachi pilot plant. 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto this week said that it has proven the effectiveness of its low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in... 

A bankable feasibility study has opened the way for the building of a factory for the local manufacture of fuel cells that are designed to provide low-carbon electricity to decentralised users at... 

The Department of Climate Change, Energy and the Environment and Water has approved Queensland Pacific Metals’ plans to develop the project. 

The construction of the Polihali dam and Polihali transfer tunnel is set to start after the award of the two contracts by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). The award of two of... 

Agriculture business organisation Agri SA says it is extremely concerned that the 2022/23 summer season will lead to an even greater locust outbreak if no proactive measures are taken now. South... 

The Northroost Hatchery in Makhado/Louis Trichardt was officially opened on October 20, with this posited to be a boom for chicken production in Limpopo. It is noted to be a modern, new facility,... 

Horizonte Minerals has increased the capital expenditure guidance for its Araguaia nickel project. 

Lake Resources has reached a conditional framework agreement with electric vehicle battery developer SK On for the supply of up to 25 000 t/y of lithium from the Kachi project 

The project will process and recover high-purity vanadium pentoxide from steelmaker SSAB's vanadium-bearing by-product. 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Capital (ARC) Investments on Tuesday reported strong growth during the year ended June 30. ARC’s intrinsic net asset value per share expanded 14.7%, to R10.06 apiece,... 

The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) hosted its annual awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, celebrating individuals and organisations, as well as its members, who have... 

TSX-V-listed Giyani Metals has appointed Nicola Spooner, an experienced environmental and social (E&S) advisory professional, to its board as a nonexecutive directors. Prior to joining Giyani,... 

The three-year construction of the Senqu bridge is set to start soon. 

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) announced late last week that it had chosen August 29 as the date for its first launch attempt of its Artemis I Moon mission. The backup... 

All major and long-lead-time process plant equipment contracts for the Araguaia project have been awarded. 

Fortune Minerals has secured an extension to the option period to buy the JFSL Field Services brownfield site, in Alberta, where it plans to build the NICO hydrometallurgical refinery. 

Pretoria-based automation company Iritron is involved in an expansion project at a manganese mine in Gabon. Owner Comilog is the world’s second largest high-grade manganese producer, says Iritron... 

Savannah has reported that the project faces an additional environmental licensing step. 

Nickel developer Horizonte Minerals has awarded all major and long-lead-time process plant equipment contracts for its flagship Araguaia project, in Brazil. Following completion of the competitive... 

The Nimba Development Company has started with a preliminary technical information exchange process with the government of Guinea. 

Battery anode materials company EcoGraf has appointed experienced executive Dale Harris as COO to drive the development of its integrated battery graphite businesses. Harris spent 20 years working... 

Lake Resources has appointed project finance institutions Citi and JP Morgan as joint coordinators for its Kachi lithium project. 

South Africa is bracing for a repeat of last season’s locust swarms, the worst in decades, and is banking on a tracking technology backed by the institute of Microsoft Corp’s late co-founder, Paul... 

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner space capsule successfully landed in the western US, early Thursday morning (00h49) South African time. This marked the end of the Starliner’s second uncrewed orbital... 

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 02h28 South African time on Saturday. Members of the ISS crew opened the Starliner’s hatch at... 

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space capsule was successfully launched, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, from Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in the US... 

The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has launched procurement activities for a Programme Management Unit for management, oversight and reporting during implementation of Phase II of the... 

Alamos Gold is getting closer to completing an updated mine plan for its Island Gold mine. 

Kore Potash has started a detailed review of the optimisation study on the Kola project. 

Verder are delighted to announce that our Verderflex Dura 65 peristaltic hose pump has won the Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding New Product/Service. The chairman of the judges said... 

Lake Resources has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with motoring major Ford Motor Company over the potential supply of lithium from the Kachi project. 

Kore Potash has received an enhancement study for its Kola project. 

The tender for the construction of the Polihali Operations Centre has been awarded. 

A three- to six-month delay in POX-2’s original schedule is expected, mostly owing to logistical challenges.  

OZ Minerals has announced a decision to increase the hoisting shaft capacity at Prominent Hill. 

Vulcan Energy Resources has signed its first geothermal energy offtake agreement at its Zero Carbon lithium project.