Report exposes Mpumalanga's coal mine closure crisis
A Centre for Environmental Rights report launched in Johannesburg finds South Africa has at least 400 abandoned coal mines and that Mpumalanga has properly closed none of them.
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Orion Minerals lines up Glencore funding and R180m placement for SA copper restart
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.
Frontier Nuclear nears maiden uranium resource at Namibia's Engo Valley
Frontier Nuclear and Minerals says it is close to publishing a maiden mineral resource estimate for its Engo Valley uranium project in Namibia, after completing a second phase of drilling.
Eskom marks a full year without load shedding for the first time since 2018
Eskom has gone 365 consecutive days without load shedding as of 16 May 2026, its longest stretch since 2018, saving an estimated R27bn in diesel costs over three years.
Zambia's ZCCM-IH moves to raise stakes in Lubambe copper and KoBold's Mingomba project
ZCCM-IH's chief executive said in May 2026 the Zambian state investment company was working to raise its stake in KoBold Metals' Mingomba copper project to 25% from 20%, after already lifting its Lubambe Copper Mines stake to 30%.
Tharisa shares jump as interim profit surges up to 472%
Tharisa shares rose as much as 7% after the miner guided to headline earnings per share up 455% to 472% for its half-year to March 2026, as the PGM basket price it received nearly doubled.
Montage Gold keeps Côte d'Ivoire's Koné mine on track for Q4 gold pour
Montage Gold says construction of its Koné gold project in Côte d'Ivoire remains on budget, with more than 10 million work hours logged and first gold still targeted for late Q4 2026.
March mining data: PGM sales more than double as gold adds 51.7%
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%.
Tanzania presses Mantra to speed up $1.2bn Mkuju River uranium mine
Tanzania's deputy minister of minerals has urged Mantra Tanzania to accelerate financing and construction of the long-delayed Mkuju River uranium project, which faces a 2028 licence deadline.
Transnet hands 11 private operators slots on freight rail network
Transnet has concluded access agreements with 11 train operating companies covering coal, manganese, containers and fuel, in the first big step of its open-access rail reform.
Zambia's first-quarter copper output slips 4% as small-scale production falls
Zambia produced 208,992t of copper in the first quarter of 2026, down 4.27% year on year, although output from large-scale mines rose 1.8%, Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe said.
Genmin fields multiple funding offers for Gabon's $200m Baniaka iron ore mine
Genmin says a Middle Eastern consortium, a Shanghai-listed company, a commodity trader and a mining fund have made non-binding proposals to finance its $200m Baniaka iron ore project in south-eastern Gabon.
Rosh Pinah switches on new water treatment plant
Rosh Pinah Zinc has commissioned a new water treatment plant at its Namibian mine, adding infrastructure needed to manage water from an expanded underground operation under the RP2.0 project.
Loulo-Gounkoto mining contractor to exit Mali, with more than 600 jobs at risk
Gounkoto Mining Services, the Bouygues-linked contractor that mined the Gounkoto and Yalea North pits at Barrick's Loulo-Gounkoto complex, is winding up in Mali and has issued termination notices to more than 600 workers.
Sibanye-Stillwater prices $500m bond to cut debt and push out maturities
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.
Zimbabwe's first-quarter gold deliveries rise 8% to 9.3 tonnes
Gold deliveries to Fidelity Gold Refinery reached 9,311.92kg in Q1 2026, up 8.29% on the same quarter of 2025, with small-scale producers supplying about 6.5 tonnes.
China's Huayou Cobalt agrees $210m takeover of Ghana lithium developer Atlantic Lithium
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt agreed on 7 May 2026 to acquire Atlantic Lithium for about $210m in cash, months after Atlantic Lithium's board rejected an earlier takeover proposal it judged undervalued its Ewoyaa project in Ghana.
Ghana's mining investment fund flags longer life for Ahafo North
A delegation from Ghana's Minerals Income Investment Fund visited Newmont's Ahafo North mine, saying the operation could exceed its original mine-life estimate and reporting no major safety incidents so far in 2026.
Pay strike halts mining at Baowu-led Simandou blocks in Guinea
Mining at the Winning Consortium Simandou blocks in Guinea stopped from 28 April after an estimated 3,000 workers struck over pay, the first strike at the Baowu-led venture. Rail and port operations continued.
MC Mining pushes Makhado coking coal mine toward startup, shuts Uitkomst
MC Mining is preparing to commission its Makhado hard coking coal project in Limpopo while suspending operations at its unprofitable Uitkomst mine in KwaZulu-Natal.
Southern Palladium doubles expected chrome recoveries at Bengwenyama
Southern Palladium said metallurgical test work had more than doubled expected chrome recoveries at its Bengwenyama PGM project to 65%, though incorporating the improvement delayed its feasibility study to the fourth quarter.
Gold demand hits a record $193bn in value in the first quarter
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%.
Sylvania Platinum profits jump in March quarter on higher PGM prices
Sylvania Platinum's adjusted EBITDA rose 61% to $47.8m in the March 2026 quarter as the PGM basket price climbed 28%, with the debt-free company on track to beat its full-year production guidance.
Perseus fires first underground blast at Côte d'Ivoire's Yaouré mine
Perseus Mining completed the first underground production blast at its CMA Underground project beneath the Yaouré mine in Côte d'Ivoire on 28 April 2026.