Valterra Platinum lifted interim EBITDA to R33.4bn from R6.6bn and declared R57 a share in dividends, a 70% payout, while leaving 2026 production and cost guidance unchanged.
Premier African Minerals has postponed restarting its Zulu lithium plant in Zimbabwe until it agrees a long stop date extension with offtake partner Canmax, and raised about £550,000 to fund operations.
First Quantum's Sentinel mine produced 50,335t of copper in the second quarter, up 5,083t, while Kansanshi slipped on planned maintenance; both kept 2026 guidance unchanged.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Eramet and the Gabonese government have signed a memorandum of understanding setting out an industrial roadmap to process up to 700,000 tonnes of manganese ore a year in Gabon by 2031, ahead of a planned export ban.
Arrow Minerals has been granted a new three-year exploration permit for its Niagara bauxite project in Guinea, restarting work after a year-long suspension.
Northam Platinum produced a record 1.69Mt of chrome concentrate in FY2026, with Eland's output up 49.5%, while refined PGM output from its own mines rose 4.4% to 938,754oz.
Iron ore prices in China stood at $109.43 a tonne in June 2026, with record port stockpiles and weak construction demand offsetting stronger manufacturing steel use.
Mali's transitional parliament has approved a law creating a new state agency, OMASP, to regulate and secure the sale of gold and other precious minerals amid huge estimated smuggling losses.
The DRC said it expects no major disruption to copper and cobalt production despite Middle East supply-chain pressure, reporting first-quarter copper exports of 824,000 tonnes.
Rössing Uranium celebrated 50 years of operation at a ceremony in Swakopmund, with Chinese majority owner CNNC pledging continued investment in the world's longest-running open-pit uranium mine.
Lindian Resources has completed the first production blast at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, starting active mining ahead of a targeted fourth-quarter start-up.
The FTSE/JSE All Share Index opened the week of 29 June 2026 higher, supported by a weaker dollar, gains in mining shares and new listings on the exchange.
The World Gold Council's 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey drew a record 76 responses, with 89% of reserve managers expecting global gold holdings to keep increasing.
Goldman Sachs cut its year-end 2026 gold price target from $5,400 back to $4,900 on 20 June 2026, citing fading ETF inflows and the removal of expected rate cuts.
GoviEx Uranium and Niger's mining ministry held a week of technical and legal talks in Niamey in June 2026 aimed at drafting a new mining convention that could pave the way back to the Madaouela uranium project.
Guinea's Ministry of Mines and Geology on 18 June reviewed a feasibility study from Simfer and China Baowu Steel for a pellet plant with capacity of 2 million tonnes a year, meeting a Simandou co-development commitment.
Pan African Resources said multiple parties have approached it about co-investing in the Poplar gold project near Evander, an early-stage target estimated at 6.6 million ounces.
Mimosa, the Impala Platinum and Sibanye-Stillwater joint venture in Zimbabwe, is reviving a $130m life-extension project after PGM prices recovered from the lows that forced its suspension in 2024.
