A newly released study of the potential for developing a lithium-ion battery value chain in South Africa concludes that the country should prioritise minerals beneficiation and mining, as well as ...

South Africa’s ferrochrome industry has taken its first steps towards independent power generation, with plans to generate up to 750 MW of its own electricity (comprising wind, solar and cogenerated ...

Dual-listed Tanzanian Gold reports that SGS Canada Lakefield will soon start comprehensive metallurgical testing on the primary or sulphide gold mineralisation at the Buckreef gold project, in ...

Some of the first South African-built refrigerated truck trailers equipped with the AxlePower System, an electric axle-driven system for powering cooling units, have been delivered by insulated and ...

Austin Engineering breaks the mold on every project bringing one-of-a-kind mining equipment solutions to forward-thinking operations for decades. So, it’s no surprise that developing tough, ...

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South African mines are becoming more modernised faster than many people realise, says University of the Witwatersrand Centre for Mechanised Mining Systems director ...

Relative newcomer to the South African iron-ore industry, industrial minerals and construction materials group Afrimat, states that its new Demaneng iron-ore mine in the Northern Cape is starting to ...

JOHANNESBURG – At 22:00 on the second Sunday in December, a criminal platoon armed with AK-47 and R6 assault rifles stormed one of the largest gold mines still operating on South Africa’s fabled ...

TSX- and NYSE-listed Hudbay Minerals has finalised the land user agreement for the Pampacancha copper/gold deposit, which is located near its Constancia mine and processing facilities, in Peru. The ...

Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service already had negative outlooks for steel industries across the world, largely based on weak fundamentals in 2019, but the Covid-19 outbreak has made conditions ...

Mining sector technology specialist Becker Mining South Africa has recently launched a new upgraded chairlift programmable logic controller (PLC) panel that enhances reliability of Becker chairlift ...

Canadian miner Equinox Gold has announced that Doug Reddy will transition to the role of COO at the start of September, upon the retirement of Attie Roux. Reddy, a professional geoscientist, has been ...