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South32 has placed its Mozal aluminium smelter in Mozambique on care and maintenance from 15 March 2026, after failing to agree an affordable power deal with Eskom and Cahora Bassa's HCB.
African Rainbow Minerals has joined a consortium of manganese producers bidding to build and run a new 16Mtpa export terminal at Ngqura, replacing the ageing Port Elizabeth facility.
Flooding brought down the Kakoso bridge on the Zambian road to Kasumbalesa, cutting off a route that carries roughly a third of the DRC's copper cathode exports and forcing trucks onto detours.
Northam Platinum increased its revolving credit facility from R2bn to R13.3bn to accelerate solar, battery storage and power-purchase projects aimed at cutting its reliance on Eskom.
Copperbelt Energy Corporation says Zambia's mining sector will need close to 10GW of new generation and nearly $12bn in investment by 2030 to meet a target of three million tonnes of copper a year.
Richards Bay Coal Terminal exported 57.66 million tonnes of coal in 2025, up more than 10%, and CEO Alan Waller says a consistent 65-million-tonne annual rate is achievable in 2026.
Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and the DRC have signed a declaration to extend the Nacala railway corridor by about 2,400km, linking Chipata in Zambia to the DRC and onward to the Port of Nacala.
Mozambique expects coal production to exceed 22 million tonnes in 2026, up 15% on 2025, as Vulcan's Moatize operation and other Tete province mines increase output despite softer global prices.
Ivanhoe Mines says hydropower delivery from the refurbished Inga II dam to its Kamoa-Kakula copper complex is set to rise from 50MW to 100MW in the first quarter of 2026, under a long-term deal with DRC utility SNEL.
Zimbabwe's Cabinet has approved a $450m, four-year deal with India's Jindal to rehabilitate Hwange Power Station's original six units, aiming to lift their output from roughly 300MW toward 2,000MW.
Botswana is considering an emergency 615MW coal-fired power station after years of breakdowns at Morupule B, with only 65% of electricity demand currently met from local generation.
