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Bannerman Energy says bulk earthworks at its Etango uranium project in Namibia are 92% complete, with over 560 people on site, as it heads toward a final investment decision once financing with a Chinese partner closes.
Impala Platinum suspended its entire Rustenburg operation for a safety reset from 24 to 28 July 2026 after two fatal locomotive accidents in less than three weeks.
Australia's Sundance Resources has won an International Chamber of Commerce arbitration against Cameroon worth about $616m in damages, interest and costs over the Mbalam iron ore deposit.
A wave of sustainability-linked mining bonds was in development across Zambia and the DRC as of 24 July 2026, aiming to raise over $100m per deal to formalise artisanal miners and fund shared infrastructure alongside industrial projects.
Kumba Iron Ore has agreed to buy power from a 63MW solar plant that Envusa Energy will build on a waste rock dump at Sishen, with first electricity expected in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Perseus Mining says construction of its self-funded Nyanzaga gold project in Tanzania is progressing well, with first gold still targeted for the first quarter of 2027.
Vulcan has begun a $160m electrification project at its Moatize coal mine in Mozambique, aiming to replace diesel equipment with a 300MW power system across mining, processing and rail.
Kumba Iron Ore plans a 63MW on-site solar plant at its Sishen mine, developed by Envusa Energy, expected to start operating in the fourth quarter of 2027.
African Rainbow Minerals will spend R15.2bn over seven years redeveloping Bokoni in Limpopo, which it placed on care and maintenance in 2025, and will restart the Nkomati nickel mine for R753m.
Guinea shipped a record 114.8-million tonnes of bauxite in the first half of 2026, up 15% year on year, as robust Chinese demand offset rising fuel and freight costs across the world's top bauxite exporter.
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has warned against locking South Africa into hard deadlines for closing coal-fired power stations, saying rigid targets could trigger a new supply crisis.
Kumba railed 8.9 million tonnes to Saldanha Bay in the second quarter, 8% less than in the first, after Transnet took the ore line out for ten days of restoration work that replaced 101km of track.
Newmont's second-quarter results show Ahafo North gold output climbing to 68,000oz while Ahafo South production nearly halved to 100,000oz as mining moved to lower-grade ore.
Even as Durban wins praise as the world's most-improved port, chrome and ferrochrome exporters face vessel waits of up to four days and inland corridor delays that erase much of the gain.
Paladin Energy's Langer Heinrich mine produced 4.82-million pounds of uranium oxide for the year to June 2026, its strongest year since restarting, and has guided FY2027 output up to 5.6-million pounds.
Northam Platinum has commissioned the new 3 shaft at its Zondereinde mine in Limpopo, a R6.3bn project that took five and a half years and is designed to sustain and grow output from the operation.
The Manono lithium project in the DRC, controlled by China's Zijin Mining, received certification for its first export batch in July 2026, making the country a lithium producer for the first time.
Richards Bay Coal Terminal exported just over 30 million tonnes of coal in the first half of 2026 and could reach about 62 million tonnes for the year if Transnet sustains its rail recovery.
Richards Bay Coal Terminal said on 22 July 2026 that 2026 exports could rise 10% on 2025's 56.5 million tonnes, helped by a swift recovery from a June derailment.
Kumba Iron Ore forecast on 21 July 2026 that headline earnings per share would fall 39-43% in the first half, hit by an 11% rand appreciation against the dollar.
Sibanye-Stillwater has filed an appeal against the US International Trade Commission's May finding that imports of Russian unwrought palladium did not materially injure the domestic industry.
Zimbabwe has railed its first 1,000-tonne shipment of lithium concentrate from Tsingshan's Gwanda mine to Maputo, using NRZ, Grindrod's BBR and Silvergill on a roughly 1,000km route.
Caledonia Mining said its Blanket mine in Zimbabwe produced 17,360oz of gold in Q2 2026, up 18% on the first quarter, with grades rising further in July.
Setrag signed a €312m financing agreement with the IFC and Proparco on 20 July 2026 for the third phase of modernising the Trans-Gabon Railway, the line that carries manganese ore from Moanda to the Atlantic coast.
