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 ...

UK-based exploration and development firm Cornish Lithium has raised another £6-million in crowdfunding to progress its geothermal and hard rock projects in Cornwall. The company on Monday opened the ...

The 120 000 t/y to 130 000 t/y cobalt market is expected to double in size by 2025, with about half of global demand to be from batteries, says diversified commodities producer Glencore head cobalt ...

Canadian miner Taseko Mines has agreed to sell its Harmony gold project on Graham Island, off the coast of British Columbia, to a newly incorporated company controlled by JDS Energy and Mining. JDS ...

London-listed rare earths explorer Kavango Resources has identified seven drill-ready targets at its joint venture (JV) Ditau project, in Botswana. Ditau is held in 50:50 JV with fellow-listed Power ...

All mining operations requires blasting at one stage or another. Blast hole drilling is used in mining where a hole is drilled into the surface rock, packed with explosives and detonated. The aim of ...

Boipelo Mining Contractors, a joint venture between engineering and construction multinational Murray & Roberts (M&R) and contact mining company AmandlaTM Group, has been awarded a R3.2-billion ...

Canada-based gold producer Gran Colombia Gold has completed the acquisition of Gold X Mining, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement, effective June 4. Resultantly, Gold X became a direct and ...

ASX-listed Panoramic Resources on Thursday told shareholders that Great Northern Palladium (GNP) had exercised its option over the remaining 20% interest in the Panton platinum group metals project, ...

ASX-listed Australian Rare Earths has reported a 40% increase in its Koppamurra project area, with the grant of a new exploration license in South Australia. The new exploration license brings the ...

JSE-listed AngloGold Ashanti has submitted a nonbinding proposal to the board of TSX-listed Corvus Gold to acquire all of its issued and outstanding common shares for about $370-million. AngloGold ...

Today, in the mining industry, safety standards are more stringent than ever. Should a mine experience an incident, which results in an injury or even a fatality, the subsequent legal consequences and ...