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Northam Platinum reports a 49. 7% drop in headline earnings amid challenging PGM market conditions, but maintains growth trajectory through increased production and strategic investments in sustainable energy.
Jindal's mining ambitions in KwaZulu-Natal face mounting opposition as community groups and environmental attorneys challenge procedural failures and ethical concerns.
Limpopo police arrested five suspects in a daring operation targeting illegal mining in Vhembe and Mopani districts, seizing equipment and halting unlawful activities.
In terms of carats, the stone is second only to the 3,016-carat Cullinan Diamond discovered in South Africa in 1905.
It has been 12 years since the Marikana massacre where 34 mineworkers were killed by police.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said they did not want to speculate on what would happen to the proposed deal by BHP Billiton to take over Anglo-American.
There are growing calls for a Turkish gold mine to be shut down after nine workers have been trapped by a massive landslide that swept through the area.
South32’s first-half operating unit costs were expected to be in line or below guidance for most of its operations, the Australia-headquartered metals and mining group said in an update yesterday.
Jubilee’s new copper project in Zambia, announced yesterday, sent its share price soaring 18. 25% to R1. 49 on the JSE yesterday afternoon.
OPINION: New sobering reality-nightmare scenario is unfolding in that the green transition requires massive extraction in the most under-developed and unstable zones in Sub Saharan Africa.
Richards Bay Minerals employs women in diverse roles across the organisation
The three suspects were arrested after routine patrols uncovered the chrome they were transporting.
We found a scrap metal collector dismantling a car with a hammer and chisel to get metal to sell for cash, and he agreed to speak to IOL.
About 300 000 people, whose primary income is derived from the collection of scrap metal, will feel the brunt of the ban.
OPINION: The US-Africa relationship is a highly strategic one and potentially mutually beneficial. Africa is a continent on a growth path, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
The ruling, which caught international attention, was considered a huge victory for the communities along the Wild Coast, their civil society partners, and the planet.
The mineral-rich DRC is struggling to contain dozens of armed groups whose recent advances in the country's east have revived old animosities and led to a surge in tensions with neighbouring Rwanda.
OPINION: More than 80% of the people in the Sahel rely on agriculture to survive. Human rights bodies say that when violence moves through a region, people often must flee, writes Chad Williams.
Africa Oil Week has officially been opened by South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre CTICC.
Free State Premier Sefora Ntombela has announced that four contractors have begun construction on four model houses.
Botswana should diversify its economy to reduce its heavy dependence on diamonds, President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday told world leaders attending the general debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.
Tanzania holds 297 million tons (MMst) of proven coal reserves as of 2016, ranking 50th in the world.
OPINION: We will accept no more excuses, Mr Mantashe. Now is the time to put social justice and climate justice to the fore. And profits to the rear, writes Dr Trevor Ngwane.
OPINION: The British monarch’s passing has revived a sensitive debate over Africa’s colonial past, the return of stolen jewels from African soil, or ‘looted’ as the Westerners like to call it, writes Chad Williams.
OPINION: What we are seeing is a new play for Africa. Everyone wants a piece of what the continent has to offer, writes Chad Williams.