South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has dismissed a third party’s appeal against the granting of a mining permit for Aim-listed investment company Kazera Global’s 60%-owned subsidiary Whale Head Minerals (WHM).  WHM now expects to shortly receive final documentation allowing it to start heavy mineral sands (HMS) production

In the six months to June 30, rough diamond production of the De Beers Group increased by 10% to 16.9-million carats, reflecting a strong operational performance and higher planned levels of production to meet continued strong demand for rough diamonds. Underlying earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased

Zimbabwe’s power utility ZESA Holdings will no longer charge mining houses tariffs below cost of production as it is struggling to service “ballooning power import debt.” Exporters, such as mining companies, will be charged $0.1063/kWh from August 1, ZESA executive chairperson Sydney Gata said in a letter to miners. Power

Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad on Thursday expressed delight at the energy announcement of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has unveiled several far-reaching interventions, including a doubling in the allocation for the next renewables procurement round, an uncapping of the 100 MW licence-exemption threshold for distributed generators, and a proposal of

Swedish-Canadian businessman Lukas Lundin, the co-founder and former chairperson of the Lundin Group of Companies, has died at the age of 64, following a two-year battle with brain cancer. Lukas was the driving force behind the success of the Lundin Group, having started his career in the international energy and

The pilot world-first hydrogen haul truck launched early in the year, has had some final changes made to it before it heads into the pit and goes into operational mode from August. Meanwhile, the second prototype is already underway, where learnings from the first truck are being taken into the