ESG & Policy
Small-scale mining in Africa: the other half of the industry
Ten million miners, 90 percent of Africa's mining workforce, and in Ghana more than half the gold. What ASM is, what galamsey is not, and why…
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Commodities & Markets
South Africa’s richest mines, ranked
Sishen leads on revenue, Mogalakwena on profit, Mponeng on grade, and the richest orebody of all sits paused. South Africa's most valuable mines ranked on 2025…
Commodities & Markets
The biggest mines in South Africa, and what makes them big
The biggest pit, the deepest shaft, the largest workforce and the fattest reserve all belong to different mines, for precise economic reasons. South Africa's giants measured…
Commodities & Markets
Where the mining money is going: investment trends 2026
Record miner cash flows, flat capital spending, buybacks up 252 percent and exploration falling three years straight. Where mining capital actually flows in 2026, from copper…
Projects & Exploration
Venetia on pause: what De Beers’ two-year shutdown means
De Beers paused South Africa's biggest diamond mine in July 2026 with 4,400 jobs in the balance. The numbers behind the decision, the lab-grown collapse that…
Projects & Exploration
What happened to Xstrata: where those assets are today
Glencore absorbed Xstrata in 2013 in mining's biggest ever deal. Where every major asset ended up, from mothballed South African ferrochrome smelters to the copper stakes…
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Projects & Exploration
Kumba Iron Ore: operations, expansion, outlook
A 46 percent margin business built on ore quality, one railway and an R11.2 billion beneficiation bet. Kumba's operations, the UHDMS project and what Simandou means…
Projects & Exploration
Impala Platinum’s project pipeline
From 3,900 threatened jobs to R9.3 billion in half-year profit in two years. What survived Implats' capital cuts, what got deferred, and what the survivor list…
Projects & Exploration
Sasol Secunda: inside the coal-to-liquids giant
The world's largest coal-to-liquids plant just posted its best output in five years while its feedstock clock ticks. How Secunda works, the destoning fix, the gas…
Technology & Innovation
How mechanisation is changing African mines
Machines win where orebodies are thick and lose where reefs are narrow, which is why South Deep is mechanised and Rustenburg employs 49,000 people. Where mechanisation,…
Technology & Innovation
How modern mines find ore: exploration technology
From airborne geophysics to AI target ranking, exploration is a technology for wasting fewer drill holes. How the toolkit works, what KoBold is doing in the…
Technology & Innovation
Renewable energy at African mines
Sasol has 500 megawatts running, Zimplats is building 185, and Kolomela cut grid emissions 72 percent. Why mines became Africa's fastest adopters of renewables, what wheeling…