Egypt launches first aerial minerals survey in decades
EGYPT is to conduct its first comprehensive aerial mining survey in more than 40 years as the country seeks to identify untapped mineral deposits...
Can SA take Govt’s $121bn trains strategy seriously?
LATE last month, South Africa's department of transport released for public comment its draft national master plan to revitalise, modernise and expand South Africa's...
Orion hails “visibility” as SA investors join $15.4m capital raise
ORION Minerals said South African investors played an important role in the $15m share placement announced on Friday.
Local investment in the country's mining junior...
Pula Group appeals ARC graphite damages ruling
US-based Pula Group has filed for leave to appeal a Johannesburg high court judgement that cleared Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital (ARC) of liability...
Chalco plans $1bn Guinea alumina plant
CHINA'S largest state-owned aluminium producer is to invest $1bn in an alumina processing plant in Guinea, marking its first foray into overseas refining as...
Tharisa considering main market listing in London
THARISA, a JSE-listed chrome and platinum group metals miner, has raised the prospect of upgrading its listing in London in order to attract a...
NextSource closes in on Abu Dhabi plant funding
NEXTSOURCE CEO Hanré Rossouw said his company wouldn't jump "head first" into building its proposed battery anode factory in Abu Dhabi given geopolitical tensions in...
West Wits refinances balance sheet with R875m loan
WEST Wits Mining said on Thursday it had agreed a R875m loan with two South African banks which replaces an earlier facility.
The new loan,...
Tharisa agrees fiscal rules with Zimbabwe for $545m project
THARISA has reached agreement with Zimbabwe on fiscal regulations for its proposed $545m Karo Platinum project, a critical step ahead of concluding its funding.
"Agreement...
Humble origins, big outcomes: SSC founder’s rise to prominence
FRED Arendse is a distinguished South African mining entrepreneur, humanitarian, and transformational leader whose life and career reflect the power of resilience, vision, and...