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This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Northam Platinum is looking to establishing the Eland mine as South Africa's first platinum group metals (PGM) mine operating solely on renewable energy. In addition, Eland is water positive, and the phasing out external water sources before the end of the decade would turn it into a green mine, an upbeat Northam Platinum CEO Paul Dunne emphasised on Friday Augus
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the CSIR’s recent test of digital rock-sounding technology at Harmony Gold’s Mponeng mine; Minerals Council South Africa is positive about the launch of the third phase of South Africa’s Government-Business Partnership; and the next-g
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Canadian metals producer Glencore Canada has reached key shaft development milestones at the Onaping Depth project at the Craig mine, in Subdury, allowing it to access a new orebody for the first time. This marked a key step toward production ramp-up at the Craig mine and eventual project completion in 2027. First ore from Onaping Depth is expected later this yea
Harmony's underground gold mines producing at 38% free cash margin This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. In financial year 2026 (FY26), Mponeng and Moab Khotsong, the high-grade South African underground operations of Harmony Gold, produced 15 t at 9 g/t with a 38% free cash flow margin. Mponeng, the world's deepest mine, was the primary driver of this performance as Moab Khotsong moves into an ore g
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Australian iron-ore and lithium miner Mineral Resources (MinRes) has reported its strongest financial result in its 20-year ASX-listed history, with record underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) having increased by 183% year-on-year to $2.6-billion. The group's underlying net profit after tax increased by 831% year-on-y
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. South Africa's Exxaro Resources is reviewing what the mine of the future could look like amid a modernisation drive, Exxaro CEO Ben Magara pointed out in response to Mining Weekly during a media question-and-answer session, with opportunities being created for innovation and technology, including AI. "We're really driving the modernisation of mining and reviewing
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Australia's Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal court over the amount of compensation awarded against Fortescue for mining on their lands without an agreement since 2012. The Yindjibarndi people brought a claim against the miner and the Western Australian state government for A$1-billion ($718-million) in cultu
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. ASX- and TSX-listed FireFly Metals has cemented a strong financial position with a new A$180-million Australian institutional placement and Canadian bought deal financing which it intends to use for advancing the Green Bay copper/gold project, in Canada. The company will issue about 101-million fully paid ordinary shares at a price of A$1.78, or C$1.76, apiece. T
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), through the Mandela Mining Precinct's advanced orebody knowledge programme, has completed an underground proof-of-concept field test of an innovative acoustic rock-sounding application at Harmony Gold's Mponeng mine. Mponeng is the deepest mine in the world. The field trial was concluded in col
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The UK's review of its zero-emission vehicle mandate could provide some support to automotive palladium demand If manufacturers are given greater flexibility over the pace of battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption, Heraeus states in its latest precious metals review. In a policy review that could see the UK follow the EU in easing requirements, the UK has embark
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Natrium Redox Technologies, a green technology startup based in Britain, said on Monday it had made a firm proposal to the Tasmanian government to acquire and restart Australia's only manganese smelter, to supply global battery and electric vehicle markets. EY Parthenon said last month the Liberty Bell Bay (LBB) Smelter would close after a proposed sale fell thro
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Minerals Council South Africa has responded exceedingly positively to the launch by President Cyril Ramaphosa of the third phase of South Africa's Government-Business Partnership for Growth and Jobs, which marks the next chapter of a joint effort between government and business to accelerate inclusive economic growth, unlock investment, strengthen confidence and
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the latest updates on the $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay, Exxaro scaling its renewable-energy business; and DRDGold’s very good year.
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Further to Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout SiTration and global miner BHP's initiative to trial valorisation technology in the historic Globe-Miami mining district of Arizona, the companies have announced two pilot deployments at BHP's Copper Cities site. Starting this month, SiTration and BHP will validate continuous and autonomous production of co
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Exxaro wants its growing energy and future-facing metals businesses to account for more than half of group earnings by 2030. "This is the business we are building for tomorrow," Exxaro CEO Ben Magara said while displaying a slide showing a diversified natural resources champion not only providing earnings and reducing carbon intensity, but also providing the care
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Fortescue's green grid investment in Australia's northwest is set to provide surplus energy that it can sell to data centres as commercial demand develops, although it has yet to ink any supply agreements, it said as it posted in line results on Thursday. Fortescue is investing heavily in green energy, battery storage and research as it builds a large scale green
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. It's been a very good year for DRDGOLD, was the opening remark of CEO Niël Pretorius about the company's 4 839 kg gold production exceeding annual guidance and 85%-higher free cash flowing in spite of major R3.5-billion capital expenditure and a final R1-billion-plus cash dividend payout that roughly equalled the total market cap of the company when Pretorius di
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Iron-ore major Fortescue has produced first hot metal at its Green Metal project at Christmas Creek, marking the first successful operation of its electric smelting process and a major step towards producing green metal in Australia. The pilot project was built to test new technology and develop a pathway for ultimately producing green metal using Pilbara ore. Fi
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project in South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay has been a hard slog but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Mining Weekly can report the venture, for which a green hydrogen generating electrolyser and ammonia loop solution has already been selected, is "going really well" and developer Hive Hydrogen is expected to make "
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. BHP Group reported better-than-expected full-year earnings and declared its highest annual dividend in four years, boosted by record copper prices that cemented the metal's lead over iron-ore as the miner's biggest earnings driver. CEO Brandon Craig, who took the top job at the world's biggest listed mining company last month, underlined BHP's project pipeline th
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. At a time when calls are being made for South Africa to modernise its mining sector, emerging researchers will on October 2 have a next-generation platform to explore the future of the minerals industry. The event is being hosted by South Africa's State-owned mineral and metallurgical organisation, Mintek, whose science convention for innovators (SCI) event will
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Canadian gold and copper producer OceanaGold plans to acquire Australia's Ausgold in a deal valued at A$776-million ($552.74-million), the companies said on Monday. The deal represents a premium of 27.7% to Ausgold's previous close on Friday and gives OceanaGold ownership of the Katanning project in Western Australia. Trading in Ausgold's shares was halted earlie
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Anglo American has struck a yearlong supply deal with China's State-backed iron-ore buyer, joining BHP Group among miners that have finalised an agreement with the group. South African producer Kumba Iron-ore, part of Anglo American, reached a deal with China Mineral Resources Group Co to supply iron-ore to its mills from April 1 this year until March 31, 2027, a
This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. A first-of-its-kind report from researchers at Duke University and the University of Cape Town (UCT) has mapped the most credible research and development opportunities for lithium and rare earth processing, with the researchers offering recommendations to countries and companies in the Global South that are trying to go beyond mining to expand their processing c
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer tells us about how AI is helping to develop alloys for use in new applications; the study that’s shown that there is considerable room to increase mining’s innovation intensity; and Sasol’s PEM electrolyser that was recently launched.
