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Where Africa's next mines are taking shape. New discoveries, drilling results, feasibility studies and project milestones, so you reach projects early, before the tender.

Projects & Exploration - From discovery to first ore: how a mining project gets built
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From discovery to first ore: how a mining project gets built

The full journey from a geologist's hunch to first ore: exploration, three studies of increasing precision, permits and money, construction and ramp-up, and what gets bought at every phase along…

2 October 2026

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Projects & Exploration - Exploration hotspots in Africa right now
Projects & Exploration

Exploration hotspots in Africa right now

Where exploration money is landing: Cote d'Ivoire's rise, the two great copper hunting grounds, uranium, lithium and rare earths, and a drilling market posting record revenue.

30 September 2026
Projects & Exploration - New mining projects in South Africa to watch
Projects & Exploration

New mining projects in South Africa to watch

Platreef's first concentrate, Kumba's R11.2 billion Sishen overhaul, Northam's twin PGM programmes and a rare new Witwatersrand gold mine. The projects worth watching, and the rail,…

14 September 2026
Projects & Exploration - Africa’s mining projects pipeline in 2026
Projects & Exploration

Africa’s mining projects pipeline in 2026

Three billion-dollar copper builds are running in Zambia at once, Simandou shipped first ore, and gold above 4,100 dollars is pushing West African projects to construction.…

29 July 2026
Projects & Exploration - Kumba Iron Ore: operations, expansion, outlook
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…

3 July 2026
Projects & Exploration - Impala Platinum’s project pipeline
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…

2 July 2026
Projects & Exploration - Sasol Secunda: inside the coal-to-liquids giant
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…

1 July 2026
Projects & Exploration - Mineral Exploration
Projects & Exploration

Mineral Exploration

As the world's second largest continent and one with large quantities of mineral endowments, Africa is home to a large proportion of the world's mined minerals.

12 December 2019
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