1+ day, 1+ min ago   (319+ words) A tailings storage facility incident at Samancor Chrome’s Dikwena operation near Brits sent a large volume of muddy material towards neighbouring Eland Mine’s Maroelabult shaft on Thursday afternoon, August 13. According to a preliminary incident report by the Eland Management Team,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (304+ words) Resolute Mining and Guinea’s state-backed Nimba Mining Gold have formed a joint venture to explore and develop gold projects in Guinea, expanding a partnership first announced earlier this year, Reuters reported. The new company, Landaya Gold, is headquartered in Conakry…...

2+ day, 57+ min ago   (1221+ words) IF you think about the number of the JSE’s listed junior miners as a beauty pageant, they’d look more like a turnout from a high school, perhaps, than Miss Universe. Fewer than 20 companies now grace the small end of South…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (211+ words) Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore has agreed a year-long supply deal with China’s state-backed iron ore buyer, China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), Bloomberg reports. The agreement follows a similar year-long deal between BHP and CMRG, reached after months of talks…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (787+ words) SIBANYE-Stillwater got its name as a result of offshore expansion, but following a damaging decline in metal prices that exposed its balance sheet, its new CEO is promising a homegrown approach to mining. 2021 was peak expansion for Sibanye-Stillwater. Valued at…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (222+ words) South Africa’s mining production fell 4% year-on-year in June 2026, extending the sector’s weakness after a 5.1% decline in May. According to the latest Statistics South Africa data released on Thursday, the main declines came from platinum group metals (PGMs), where output dropped…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (250+ words) ILLEGAL miners could be fined up to R100m and jailed for up to 30 years under legislative changes designed to tackle South Africa’s illicit mining crisis, said News24 on Tuesday. Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi told a media briefing that the…...

5+ day, 52+ min ago   (971+ words) Eighteen mining companies went public in the past 12 months with one aim in common: an ambition to supply the US government’s defence industry. Assisted by US President Donald Trump’s aggressive imperialism, the metals required to wage war – rare earths, antimony…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (598+ words) MERAFE Resources’ new 62c/kWh electricity tariff will help its ferrochrome business compete with Chinese producers, but it will not put the smelting business in a strong profit-making position. Japie Fullard, CEO of Glencore’s South African ferroalloys business, said on Tuesday…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (288+ words) THE South African government awarded a mining right to Southern Palladium’s Bengwenyama project, the exploration and development firm said today. Johan Odendaal, MD of Southern Palladium, described the award – for a 30-year period – as a “pivotal catalyst”, adding that it…...