Donna Slater

Following trials of a prototype diesel-battery-electric, ultra-class rigid-frame dump truck that started in June 2024, copper major First Quantum

Electric vehicle (EV) charging company Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE) has launched the first of two off-grid, solar -powered EV charging stations along

A direct blister furnace has been successfully started up at copper major Kamoa Copper 's Kamoa Kakula copper smelter in the Democratic Republic of

Mining education and skills development programmes are continuing to shift from traditional theoretical methods to immersive digital methods, says tertiary education institution University of Pretoria (UP) Graduate School of Technology Management chairperson Professor Elma van der Lingen.Through UP’s range of engineering- and mining-related education and skills development programmes, the university is enabling a transition to digital mining through ongoing training to accommodate the continuously changing mining environment while contributing to enhancing mining health and safety.

South America is increasingly becoming one of the most strategically important mining regions for the future stability of global copper and lithium supply. Chile, Peru and Argentina sit at the centre of two minerals that are critical to the global economy: copper, which underpins electrification and infrastructure development; and lithium, which remains essential for energy storage and battery supply chains, reports minerals processing equipment supplier Multotec Chile and Peru GM Mario Saavedra. Recent projections presented during the early April 2025-held mining forum CESCO Week 2025 indicate that South America could account for between 34% and 48% of global copper supply over the coming decades.

MIDDELBURG Mpumalanga (miningweeklyl.com) – The troubled Optimum Colliery , having emerged from a business rescue process in February 2024, is being

In focusing on the safe operational ramp-up of its Guinea-based Simandou iron-ore project, the SimFer joint venture (JV) is progressing with infrastructure delivery and sustained engagement across communities, partners and national institutions. As a result, the SimFer mine is about 74% complete as of the end of March 2026, with bulk earthworks and permanent process facilities progressing in line with plans, while ore continues to be crushed and stockpiled.

TSX- and JSE-listed Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) has secured a new credit facility of up to C$2-million with investment holding company Ka An

South Africa should hold off on transferring assets from Eskom to a separate transmission company until the government addresses risks to the State power utility's finances and its lenders, according to its chairperson.

South Africa’s presidency rebuked the chairperson of Eskom for publicly questioning the plan to restructure the State power utility. The authorities are committed to ensuring that Eskom doesn’t end up in a worse financial position than its current one, with a broad range of interested parties involved in the discussions about the unbundling of the utility, presidency spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Tuesday.