Zambia exported 446,100t of refined copper in the first half of 2026, up 7.4%, while national mine production grew only 0.45% to 447,200t, official and company data show.
Gold sales fell 33.4% year on year in July 2026 and gold output dropped 7.4%, according to Stats SA, as overall mining production contracted 7.5% and the second-quarter weakness carried into the third quarter.
Mantra Tanzania says it will resume construction of the main Mkuju River uranium plant in October 2026, after Tanzania's minerals minister set a 2029 target for first production.
Sibanye-Stillwater's South African PGM division generated R19.2bn of adjusted EBITDA in the first half of 2026, up 302%, as the 4E basket rose 67% to R43,996 an ounce and production held steady.
Gold Fields' South Deep mine produced 151,000oz in the first half of 2026, down 1%, while the group resumed surface exploration drilling and said it expects production at the mine to rise at least 20% over five years.
Tharisa's Karo Platinum project has signed a 25-year special mining lease with the Zimbabwean government, though first production is now expected in 2027, three years later than originally planned.
South African mining production fell 4% year-on-year in June 2026, Stats SA data published on 13 August showed, worse than the 3.3% decline analysts had forecast.
Merafe Resources reported first-half 2026 profit of R512m, more than double the previous year, as a 75% jump in chrome ore sales and firmer prices offset a 75% fall in ferrochrome production.
Chinese group Sinomine is pushing its Kitumba copper project in Zambia's Mumbwa district toward trial production, with a full concentrator commissioning targeted for late 2026.
Sylvania Platinum produced a record 95,885 4E PGM ounces in the year to June 2026, though fourth-quarter revenue and EBITDA both fell sharply as the PGM basket price retreated 25% quarter-on-quarter.
South Africa's energy regulator has approved a two-year discounted Eskom tariff for Manganese Metal Company, whose Mpumalanga plant relies on electricity for around 41% of production costs.
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.
Kumba Iron Ore kept its full-year production and sales targets intact despite a 41% drop in interim headline earnings, record Northern Cape rainfall, a stronger rand and sharply higher freight costs.
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.
De Beers announced on 13 July 2026 that it would pause production at its Venetia mine in Limpopo for two years and begin Section 189 consultations over job losses.
Congolese tax authorities sealed the offices of Glencore's Kamoto Copper Company in a dispute over payments the state says it is owed, though production was unaffected.
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.
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.
Fortuna Mining has delivered a feasibility study for its Diamba Sud gold project in Senegal showing a 60% after-tax internal rate of return and average production of 116,000 ounces a year.
West Wits Mining finalised three loan facilities worth R1.115bn with Absa and Nedbank on 22 June 2026 to fund the ramp-up of its Qala Shallows gold mine.
Ivanhoe Mines' Kipushi mine in the DRC set a new monthly zinc production record in May, putting it on course to become the world's fourth-largest zinc producer this year.
Pan African Resources said on 1 June 2026 that annual gold production would rise about 40% to roughly 275,000oz, at the lower end of guidance, as surface retreatment operations outperformed a slower Tennant ramp-up.
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%.
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.
