Mining industry passes Covid-19 peak as foreign miners continue their return to South Africa . About 75% of South Africa’s mining workforce has returned to work, reports the Minerals Council South Africa.

Minerals Council health head Dr Thuthula Balfour said during a weekly Covid-19 briefing, ...

IDC, DBSA invest in development of locally-produced fuel cell energy tech . Development finance institutions, the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), have committed project development funding to Mitochondria Energy Comp...

Lagging platinum being actively promoted – Implats . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Demand for platinum, the price laggard of the high-flying platinum group metals (PGMs) basket, is being actively promoted on several fronts, Implats reported on Thursd...

South Africa’s green revolution gathering momentum . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Covid-19 pandemic has presented countries around the world with immense challenges, as the impact of the virus has affected every aspect of everyday life as we kno...

Bushveld advances electrolyte, solar, mini-grid projects . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – London-listed integrated primary vanadium producer and energy storage provider, Bushveld Minerals, the owner of assets in South Africa, on Wednesday reported progress ...

Ivanhoe 6 km ahead of underground development schedule . Underground development at TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines’ Kakula copper mine, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, totalled 1 842 m in August, bringing the cumulative total underground development compl...

Cash-gushing DRDGold declares dividend on fourfold rise in operating profit . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Surface gold mining company DRDGold on Tuesday declared its thirteenth successive-year dividend distribution on a fourfold-plus increase in group operating profit of R...

Joburg’s political legacy mine dumps should come down to cut commute time – DRDGold . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa Inc should be doing much more to incentivise the recovery of precious metals from tailings dams for sound societal and environmental reasons that could fr...

Analysts raise precious metals expansion opportunities for cash-flush Sibanye . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining analysts last week raised local platinum and gold expansion opportunities for cash-flush precious metals mining company Sibanye-Stillwater, but Neal Froneman, t...

ARM earnings up, dividend declared . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The headline earnings of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) increased by 6% to R5534-million for the financial year to June 30. A final dividend...