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Glencore Canada reaches shaft milestone at Sudbury's newest, deepest, all-electric mine
28th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian metals producer Glencore Canada has reached key shaft development milestones at the Onaping Depth project at the Craig mine, in Subdury, allowing it to access a new orebody for the first time. This marked a key step toward production... 


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Posco Argentina's Sal de Oro lithium project
IDB Invest to back Posco Argentina lithium expansion with up to $700m
28th August 2026 By: Reuters

IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank, will lead the financing of up to $700-million for a unit of South Korea's Posco Holdings to expand lithium production at... 


NAL lithium mine
Elevra Lithium's underlying earnings take positive turn on record NAL tonnages
28th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX- and Nasdaq-listed Elevra Lithium mined a record 1.47-million tonnes of ore at the North American Lithium (NAL) mine, in Québec, in the 2026 financial year. The company produced 197 967 t of... 


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Teck-sponsored conservancy project ensures Newfoundland watershed area is protected
28th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian copper and zinc producer Teck Resources, together with Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the Canadian government, have created a new 1 600 ha nature reserve on Beothuk Lake, in... 


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Anfield Energy conducts first blast at historic Velvet-Wood mine
28th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V- and Nasdaq-listed Anfield Energy has completed the first underground blast in nearly 40 years at the historic Velvet-Wood uranium and vanadium project, in Utah. The site had not seen active... 


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Alrosa posts H1 loss due to weak diamond market, strong rouble
28th August 2026 By: Reuters

Russian diamond miner Alrosa, the world's largest diamond producer, slipped into a loss in the first half of 2026 amid an ongoing industry crisis and a strong rouble, the company said on Thursday.... 


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MinRes posts strongest full-year financials yet
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Australian iron-ore and lithium miner Mineral Resources (MinRes) has reported its strongest financial result in its 20-year ASX-listed history, with record underlying earnings before interest,... 


South32's Hermosa base metals mine in Arizona
Australia's South32 annual profit jumps 55%, extends shareholder-returns programme
27th August 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's South32 on Thursday posted a 55% rise in annual profit, largely in line with market expectations, and extended its shareholder-returns programme, sending its shares to a more than... 


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Vale's Mutaca mine, in Brazil
Brazil's Vale studies extracting rare earths, gold from mining waste
27th August 2026 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale is studying the possibility of extracting rare earths, gold and other minerals from mining waste as part of its circular economy strategy, a Vale executive said on Wednesday.... 


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Boliden to buy Votorantim's 64.7% stake in Nexa Resources
27th August 2026 By: Reuters

Swedish miner Boliden said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire all of Brazilian group Votorantim's shares in zinc and silver producer Nexa Resources, giving it a 64.68% stake, and will bid for the... 


Electra's cobalt sulphate refinery
Cobalt refinery builder Electra secures C$17.5m Ontario funding
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V and Nasdaq-listed cobalt processor Electra Battery Materials has finalised definitive agreements with an agency of the Ontario government, Invest Ontario, for C$17.5-million in funding to... 


Lomiko's La Loutre graphite project area
Shareholder meeting set for September 23 to vote on Global Battery Materials, Lomiko merger
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed graphite developer Lomiko Metals has advised of court approval for a shareholder meeting to be held on September 23 to vote on the takeover arrangement proffered by fellow Canadian... 


Rare earth oxides
California's Maglut to scale novel seperation tech for rare earths
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

California-based Maglut Heavy Industries has unveiled a water-based process to separate rare earths at a globally competitive cost level and with a strong social licence to operate. Having taken... 


Johnson Range project
Forrestania awards $145m openpit mining contract at Johnson Range
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Forrestania Resources has tasked MEGA Resources with openpit mining at the Johnson Range project, in Western Australia. The contract encompasses the full scope of open pit mining... 


Bauxite ore in hand
Alurion plans first drilling, PFS on Amargosa bauxite project
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Alurion Resources has started with infill drilling and bulk sample trenching at the Amargosa bauxite/gallium project, in Brazil, marking the transition from established resource scale to... 


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Magazine round up | 28 August 2026
Magazine round up | 28 August 2026
28th August 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  


Harmony CEO Beyers Nel.
Harmony’s underground gold mines producing at 38% free cash margin
27th August 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In financial year 2026 (FY26), Mponeng and Moab Khotsong, the high-grade South African underground operations of Harmony Gold, produced 15 t at 9 g/t with a 38% free cash flow margin. Mponeng, the... 


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Base metals underpin South32’s strong full-year performance
27th August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Australia-headquartered diversified miner South32’s group underlying earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 28% year-on-year to $2.5-billion for the... 


Sibanye-Stillwater's Kroondal PGM mine
Sibanye-Stillwater flags higher earnings on solid operations and higher prices, margins
27th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Multinational metals and mining company Sibanye-Stillwater expects to report a more than 200% year-on-year improvement in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to between R5.71 and R6.51, or between... 


Nova Minerals' antimony plant concept
Antimony refiner Nova Minerals confirms plant equipment is on its way to Alaska
27th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Almost 500 tons of crushing, ore sorting, milling, flotation, and refining equipment are on its way from Seattle to NYSE- and ASX-listed Nova Minerals Corporation's Port MacKenzie plant site, in... 


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Although 'positive', West Wits opts not to release Project 200 scoping study results
27th August 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed West Wits Mining has, following consultation with the stock exchange, decided not to release the scoping study results on its Project 200, which forms part of the company's broader... 


Wärtsilä to supply five engines for 14 MW power plant for Senegal gold project
27th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Marine and energy technology group Wärtsilä will supply five Wärtsilä 32 engines for a 14 MW captive power plant to be installed at the Diamba Sud gold project, in Senegal. The plant is required to... 


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Magazine round up | 28 August 2026
Magazine round up | 28 August 2026

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

FLOATING DRY DOCK: Transnet National Ports Authority is seeking a private facility operator to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain and decommission a floating dry dock at the Port of Cape Town under a 25-year concession.Once operational, the facility will support a range of ship-repair activities, including hull maintenance, machinery and equipment overhauls, steelwork inspection as well as repair and specialised maintenance services.
FLOATING DRY DOCK

Transnet National Ports Authority is seeking a private facility operator to design, finance, construct, operate, maintain and decommission a floating dry dock at the Port of Cape Town under a... 

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The growth potential of mining, agriculture, tourism should be realised to the full

The economic potential that the South African mining sector possesses is considerable and can be realised to the full if red tape is cut. Agriculture has also proved itself as a sector that can... 

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Palliative relief

There were relatively high expectations ahead of the publication of the revised electricity pricing policy. Partly because the Minister had flagged it as a key document, but mostly because tariff... 

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Henk Ferreira, COO of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation
Henk Ferreira

This week we profile Henk Ferreira, COO of the Retail Motor Industry Organisation, the employers' organisation for the retail motor industry, with about 8 500 member businesses across seven... 

CLEARING A PATH: Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala proclaimed that “South Africa is back” in an interview with News24, based largely on the progress being achieved under Operation Vulindlela (IsiZulu for ‘clearing a path’ or ‘open the way’). President Cyril Ramaphosa said recently that he was in a hurry for the reforms being pursued under the scheme to be implemented, so as to stimulate higher growth and employment. That doesn’t mean those being termed “reform resisters” won’t attempt another crunching tackle, however.
CLEARING A PATH

Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala proclaimed that “South Africa is back” in an interview with News24, based largely on the  progress being achieved under Operation Vulindlela (IsiZulu for ‘clearing... 

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