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Drilling operations at an opencast platinum operation, Rustenburg, South Africa. · Photo: Bruce Paulmac, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Lithium Africa reports high-grade first drill results at Springbok CRITICAL MINERALS

Lithium Africa reports high-grade first drill results at Springbok

Lithium Africa has reported its first assay results from the Springbok lithium project in South Africa’s No...

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Gold Fields’ A$38.7bn Northern Star proposal rejected GOLD

Gold Fields’ A$38.7bn Northern Star proposal rejected

Gold Fields has made an unsolicited takeover proposal for Australian gold producer Northern Star Resources,...

29 Sep 2026 Read more
Valterra technology delivers R203m annual saving at Mogalakwena PGM

Valterra technology delivers R203m annual saving at Mogalakwena

Valterra Platinum says new flotation technology at its Mogalakwena PGM mine in Limpopo is delivering signif...

24 Sep 2026 Read more
KCM restarts Nchanga Smelter after US$40m rehabilitation COPPER

KCM restarts Nchanga Smelter after US$40m rehabilitation

Konkola Copper Mines has restarted smelting operations at its Nchanga Smelter in Chingola following a US$40...

21 Sep 2026 Read more

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GOLD Gold-bearing quartz from the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
COPPER Chuquicamata, one of the world's largest open pit copper mines, Chile.
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CRITICAL MINERALS Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility, California, USA.
ESG A large-scale open pit mining operation.
ENERGY Khi Solar One, a 50 megawatt solar power tower, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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