Platinum-linked hydrogen fuel cell vehicle roadmap needed - uYilo. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - A national roadmap for platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) needs to be developed to complement the electric vehicle (EV) roadmap drawn up s...

Acid mine water eyed for producing hydrogen at petrol cost. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) - Acid mine water, and also seawater and brackish water, are being eyed for hydrogen production by innovative South African company Hydrox Holdings, which has patented a...

Ivanhoe strikes another impressive copper intersection at Kamoa-Kakula project. Precious and base metals project developer Ivanhoe Mines has intersected another high-grade strike of mineralisation at the Kamoa-Kakula project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company...

AfriTin achieves first tin concentrate production at Uis. Aim-listed AfriTin Mining has produced the first tin concentrate at its flagship Uis mine, in Namibia. This follows completion of the Phase 1 pilot plant in July. AfriTin will now focus on ramping th...

Transportable, tradable ‘green' hydrogen set to replace oil. JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Clean hydrogen, which South Africa is ideally placed to produce because of its superior sunshine and platinum abundance, is earmarked to replace oil in a world anxious...

AfriTin secures working capital facility for Namibia mine. Aim-listed AfriTin's subsidiary, AfriTin Mining Namibia, has entered into a N$35-million working capital facility and an N$8-million value-added tax (VAT) facility with Nedbank Namibia. AfriTin CEO An...

Prieska project epitomises South Africa's base metals potential - Smart. There is a "fantastic opportunity" for the South African base metals sector, given the Northern Cape's mineralisation, the impending global copper supply deficit, the battery technology trends in the a...

Higher output, lower impairments boosts Harmony's headline earnings. JSE-listed gold miner Harmony Gold expects its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the financial year ended June 30 to be between 191c and 226c. This would represent a year-on-year increase of betw...

Africa's largest fund manager sees next gold boom in West Africa. JOHANNESBURG - Africa's largest money manager sees "significant investment opportunities" in West African gold mining as the industry at the southern end of the continent declines. Investor-friendly p...

Favourable gold price pushes Gold Fields' cash flow into positive territory. Presenting on the company's financial results for the six months ended June 30, NYSE- and JSE-listed Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland said the strong gold price, spotting between $1400/oz and $1450 durin...