6+ hour, 48+ min ago  (342+ words) ESKOM has opted for less revenue from South Africa's ferrochrome producers rather than no revenue at all. For a company that now generates more electricity than it can sell, that makes sense, even if it's sobering. Kept open, the ferrochrome…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (290+ words) MINING chemicals importer Kemcore is to construct processing facilities in Botswana and Angola, said Reuters on Friday. Kemcore believes the move will'reduce the risk of African miners to imports from China and Middle East where there's increased exposure to geopolitical…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (194+ words) ZIMBABWE will impose export quotas on lithium concentrates and require producers to commit to local processing facilities before it lifts a suspension on unprocessed mineral exports, the mines ministry has told the country's mining chamber. Reuters reported that Africa's largest…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (299+ words) A RAILWAY linking Zambia's copper belt to the Angolan port of Lobito will cost between $3bn and $5bn including rolling stock, said Bloomberg News in an article on Wednesday. Citing an environmental and social impact report, the newswire said construction on the…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (962+ words) CRIME isn't just an inconvenience to doing business, it's the "single biggest issue we have to address" if South Africa is serious about economic growth, says Neal Froneman, chair of the World Gold Council and former CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater. "The…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (22+ words) Miningmx Zondo Commission continues to hear Eskom related testimony in South Africa...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (670+ words) THE Fraser Institute's 2025 Annual Survey of Mining Companies, a global dipstick of investor sentiments towards mining jurisdictions, has once again highlighted South Africa's mineral potential. But it also demonstrated the urgent and critical need for a pragmatic, attractive regulatory environment…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (249+ words) WEST African Resources on Tuesday forecast record annual gold production of between 430, 000 and 490, 000 ounces for 2026 owing to a first full year of output from Kiaka mine in Burkina Faso. All-in sustaining cost of below $1, 900/oz has also been targeted. The…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1027+ words) WHEN it comes to BEE sceptics, there are few more vociferous than Moeletsi Mbeki, a man who, as the son of Govan Mbeki and brother of former president Thabo Mbeki, is as close to ANC royalty as anyone. When empowerment…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (266+ words) A CHINESE lithium producer has begun construction of a lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe as the southern African country tightens controls on raw mineral exports to encourage higher-value refining activity within its borders, said Bloomberg News on Friday. Sichuan Yahua…...