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Orion Minerals is advancing a $250m Glencore prepayment and offtake agreement alongside a roughly R180m share placement, completed around 28 May 2026, to fund redevelopment of its Prieska and Okiep copper projects in South Africa's Northern Cape.
The World Platinum Investment Council's Q1 2026 report showed the 2025 platinum deficit revised up to a record 1.1 million ounces, with a further 240,000-ounce shortfall forecast for 2026.
South African mineral sales rose 30.2% year-on-year in March 2026, with PGM sales up 113.5% and gold sales up 51.7%, even as physical production grew just 2.5%.
Sibanye-Stillwater priced an oversubscribed $500m senior notes offering on 8 May 2026 and used the proceeds to tender for older, higher-coupon Stillwater notes due 2026 and 2029, cutting group debt.
Ivanhoe Mines reached financial close on 30 April 2026 on a $700m senior project finance facility, arranged with Societe Generale, Absa and Nedbank, to fund Phase 2 of its Platreef mine in South Africa's Limpopo province.
The International Copper Study Group swung its 2026 forecast to a 96,000-tonne surplus in late April 2026, reversing its earlier call for a 150,000-tonne deficit.
World Gold Council data published on 29 April 2026 showed the value of first-quarter gold demand hit a record $193bn, up 74% year-on-year, as bar and coin demand rose 42%.
Endeavour Mining says it expects to return at least $2bn to shareholders through 2028 under a programme of rising minimum dividends and opportunistic buybacks, triggered whenever gold trades above $3,000 an ounce.
The US International Development Finance Corporation confirmed in April 2026 it was proceeding with a $50m equity investment in Rainbow Rare Earths' Phalaborwa project, despite a sharp deterioration in US-South Africa relations.
South African mining production rose 9.7% year-on-year in February 2026, with PGM output up 52.3%, though the Minerals Council warned much of the gain reflected base effects.
OCP Group priced a $1.5bn hybrid bond on 15 April 2026, the first dollar-denominated hybrid ever issued by an African corporate, in a deal that attracted nearly $7bn of orders.
AngloGold Ashanti Holdings launched capped cash tender offers on 30 March 2026 to repurchase up to $650m of notes due 2028, 2030 and 2040, reporting strong early participation by the 13 April deadline.
JPMorgan forecast a 2026 refined copper deficit of about 330,000 tonnes and an average price near $12,075 a tonne, while raising its long-term forecast to $12,000 a tonne.
Central banks bought about 863 tonnes of gold in 2025 and were forecast to buy roughly 850 tonnes in 2026, a pace of official demand that has helped underpin record prices.
World Gold Council data published on 3 March 2026 showed central bank gold buying momentum easing in January even as the base of participating countries continued to broaden.
Rio Tinto approved a $473m expansion of Richards Bay Minerals on 3 March 2026, restarting the long-stalled Zulti South project despite an ongoing group-wide review that could still see the South African mineral sands operation sold.
Anchor Capital's February 2026 local market commentary said the JSE's continued outperformance was driven largely by a precious-metals rally following gold and platinum's January records.
Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group began construction of a $200m lithium-sulfate plant at its Kamativi joint venture in Zimbabwe on 27 February 2026, the third such Chinese-built processing plant in the country.
Bannerman Energy agreed on 12 February 2026 to a $321.5m financing and joint-venture deal with CNNC Overseas Limited to build the Etango uranium project in Namibia debt-free, with completion targeted by the third quarter of 2026.
Togo's total exports grew 23.4% year on year in the fourth quarter of 2025, anchored by phosphate shipments, with India alone accounting for 18.6% of the total as it bought bulk phosphate rock.
Platinum touched an all-time high of about $2,923 an ounce in late January 2026 before pulling back, with the World Platinum Investment Council warning of further volatility.
Gold touched an all-time high of about $5,589 an ounce on 28 January 2026, and Sibanye-Stillwater shares closed at a record high the same week.
Silver set a fresh all-time high near $121.67 an ounce on 26 January 2026, riding the same safe-haven and industrial-demand wave that carried gold above $5,000.
Spot gold broke through $5,000 an ounce for the first time on 26 January 2026, extending a rally driven by safe-haven demand and central bank buying.
