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Mining operational costs stabilise as 2024 closes, but challenges persist

Mining

Mining operational costs stabilise as 2024 closes, but challenges persist

Lindsey Schutters 17 Dec 2024

Standard Bank Top Women Awards 2024 announce this year’s winners

Events & Conferencing

Standard Bank Top Women Awards 2024 announce this year’s winners

Issued by Topco Media 13 Dec 2024

Finalists announced for the 21st annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards

Events & Conferencing

Finalists announced for the 21st annual Standard Bank Top Women Awards

Issued by Topco Media 5 Dec 2024

Anglo triples Minas-Rio orebody strike length with Serpentina deal

Mining

Anglo triples Minas-Rio orebody strike length with Serpentina deal

Lindsey Schutters 3 Dec 2024

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Road Freight & Fleet Management

Tech lightens the load of high-risk road transport

Kamal Patel 21 Nov 2024

Zimbabwe taps private sector to boost freight rail capacity

Railway

Zimbabwe taps private sector to boost freight rail capacity

Nelson Banya 6 Sep 2024

Decomposed emulsion and water. Source: BME

Materials & Equipment

BME uncovers blasting solutions for potential acidic sulphate soil

13 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Ian Badenhorst, managing director for Seeff Country and Karoo.

Property

Expensive to rent, but cheap to buy a home in the Northern Cape

8 Aug 2024

Anglo American had a good Q2 production performance that is overshadowed by the De Beers and Amplats businesses.

Mining

Diamonds and platinum drag down strong Q2 Anglo production

Lindsey Schutters 18 Jul 2024

Materials & Equipment

ArcelorMittal shelves plan to close KZN steel plant

Nelson Banya 2 Jul 2024

Reservoir at one of the village sites. Source: Supplied

Infrastructure & Utilities

Kumba boosts water security in Sishen community

19 Jun 2024

Anglo's board has rejected the BHP bid, citing the divestment effects on Amplats business.

Markets & Investment

Anglo board responds to BHP bid, maintains 29 May deadline

Lindsey Schutters 29 May 2024

The merger would create a mining giant with a more extensive and diverse portfolio of assets, including copper, potash, iron ore, and metallurgical coal. This increased scale would give BHP greater market power and resilience against commodity price fluctuations.

Markets & Investment

Anglo rejects third BHP bid, but Australian miner remains confident

Lindsey Schutters 23 May 2024

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Employment Equity

Warning against Employment Equity misrepresentation

10 May 2024

Higher Education

Minecraft Education helps improve learners’ coding & robotics skills

Issued by Stellenbosch University 8 Feb 2024

If the Anglo American buyout is completed, BHP Group will be a dominant player in critical minerals for the global energy transition.

Mining

BHP eyes global copper dominance with Anglo American buyout

Lindsey Schutters 25 Apr 2024

Newlyn Group unveils groundbreaking rail terminal at Durban port

Railway

Newlyn Group unveils groundbreaking rail terminal at Durban port

5 Apr 2024

Anglo American's Shishen facility

Mining

Kumba Iron Ore is acknowledged for responsible mining

27 Mar 2024

Michelle Phillips has been made permanent CEO of Transnet.

Markets & Investment

Minerals Council welcomes permanent Transnet leadership appointments

29 Feb 2024

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana had some tough love for the SOEs

Mining

#BudgetSpeech2024: Mining industry’s struggle amid economic challenges

22 Feb 2024

Kumba revenue and profits are up, but job cuts still happening

Mining

Kumba revenue and profits are up, but job cuts still happening

Lindsey Schutters 20 Feb 2024

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad on stage at Mining Indaba 2023. Source: Anglo American

Markets & Investment

Anglo American Q4 production meets expectations, shows growth potential

Lindsey Schutters 8 Feb 2024

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad speaks during the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2023 conference in Cape Town. Source: Reuters/Shelley Christians

Mining

#MI24: Anglo American considers further cost cuts as PGM crisis deepens

Felix Njini and Veronica Brown 5 Feb 2024

Navigating ESG targets in South Africa's challenging supply chain

Logistics & Transport

Navigating ESG targets in South Africa's challenging supply chain

31 Jan 2024

Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

Railway

Transnet partially restores service on coal export line

19 Jan 2024

Women Diggers Programme participants obtaining their certificates in computing and communication at the NCR TVET Kathu Campus. Source: Supplied

Mining

Sishen and DMRE partner to empower women in mining

9 Jan 2024

War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

Logistics & Transport

War, weather put ocean shippers on notice for rough seas in 2024

Lisa Baertlein 8 Jan 2024

An Anglo American employee at the Kumba Iron Ore mine. Anglo signed an MOU with Swedish H2 Green Steel in April to use products from Kumba.

Mining

Anglo American outlines financial plans, eyes long-term demand growth

Lindsey Schutters 8 Dec 2023

A haul truck is seen at the Mogalakwena platinum mine in Mokopane. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Anglo American readies cost cuts in wake of PGM market downturn

Felix Njini and Clara Denina 7 Dec 2023

Dr Nombasa Tsengwa, Exxaro CEO delivering the interim results in August 2023. Source: x.com

Markets & Investment

Exxaro 2023 statement outlines more pain for coal market, selling ferroalloys unit

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2023

SEIFSA concerned over scrap metal export ban extension

Materials & Equipment

SEIFSA concerned over scrap metal export ban extension

21 Nov 2023

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Logistics & Transport

Transnet curbs coal trucks at Richards Bay terminal due to congestion

Nelson Banya 21 Nov 2023

Markets & Investment

#IATF2023: Afreximbank secures over $1bn in trade and investment deals

15 Nov 2023

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Sustainable Development

Namibia breaks ground on continent's first green iron facility

Nyasha Nyaungwa 7 Nov 2023

#MTBPS: Mining sector profits and tax revenue hit by SOE failure

Markets & Investment

#MTBPS: Mining sector profits and tax revenue hit by SOE failure

Lindsey Schutters 2 Nov 2023

Haul trucks are seen at Kumba Iron Ore, the world's largest iron ore mines in Khathu, Northern Cape. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Mining

Anglo American cutting head office jobs in several countries

Felix Njini and Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2023

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Markets & Investment

SA's mining output falls further below pre-pandemic levels

Nelson Banya 8 Aug 2023

Kumba forced to stockpile more iron ore as rail bottlenecks mount

Markets & Investment

Kumba forced to stockpile more iron ore as rail bottlenecks mount

Nelson Banya 25 Jul 2023

Transnet reports derailment on iron ore line

Railway

Transnet reports derailment on iron ore line

15 Jun 2023

Source: jplenio1 via

Railway

Cameroon to start building railway to disputed iron ore project in August

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 Jun 2023

Source: Bob Adams via

Logistics & Transport

Transnet suspends iron ore railway due to cable theft

Wendell Roelf 1 Jun 2023

2023 Investment Conference focuses on challenges, opportunities in mining

Mining

2023 Investment Conference focuses on challenges, opportunities in mining

24 Apr 2023

The Definitive List of Women CEOs for 2023

Management & Leadership

The Definitive List of Women CEOs for 2023

20 Apr 2023

Competition Commission launches inquiry into local steel market

Materials & Equipment

Competition Commission launches inquiry into local steel market

18 Apr 2023

Gordhan heads to China over locomotives dispute

Railway

Gordhan heads to China over locomotives dispute

Anait Miridzhanian and Nelson Banya 29 Mar 2023

Zimele tourism, hospitality programme to put 250 youths into jobs

Tourism

Zimele tourism, hospitality programme to put 250 youths into jobs

28 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Banking

FirstRand bank warns of local issues, govt's Russia ties

Promit Mukherjee 3 Mar 2023

Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis

Mining

Anglo American CEO urges public-private fix to Transnet crisis

Clara Denina and Helen Reid 7 Feb 2023

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Markets & Investment

Leveraging AfCFTA for a thriving African mining industry

Virusha Subban 2 Feb 2023

RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022

Markets & Investment

RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022

Helen Reid and Nelson Banya 27 Jan 2023