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South32 Commits R3.9 Billion to Rail Upgrades as South Africa Accelerates Minerals Export Capacity
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South32 Commits R3.9 Billion to Rail Upgrades as South Africa Accelerates Minerals Export Capacity

South Africa's drive to strengthen industrial logistics received a significant boost this week as mining group South32 confirmed a R3.9 billion investment in rail infrastructure upgrades across the Northern Cape…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo June 5, 2026
NewSpace Systems Opens Africa’s Largest Space Hardware Factory in Somerset West, Targeting High-Volume Production for Global Satellite Constellations
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NewSpace Systems Opens Africa’s Largest Space Hardware Factory in Somerset West, Targeting High-Volume Production for Global Satellite Constellations

South Africa has crossed a meaningful threshold in advanced manufacturing. NewSpace Systems, headquartered in Somerset West in the Western Cape, has officially opened a purpose-built 5,200 square metre spacecraft component…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo May 20, 2026
Barrick Confirms Lumwana Super Pit Stays on Time and Budget as $2 Billion Copper Expansion Hits Key Construction Milestones
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Barrick Confirms Lumwana Super Pit Stays on Time and Budget as $2 Billion Copper Expansion Hits Key Construction Milestones

Barrick Mining Corporation has confirmed that construction at the Lumwana Super Pit copper expansion in Zambia's North-Western Province advanced on time and on budget through the first quarter of 2026,…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo May 14, 2026
UK Court Locks BHP Into £36 Billion Brazil Dam Liability, Triggering a Damages Trial That Will Reshape Global Mining Risk
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UK Court Locks BHP Into £36 Billion Brazil Dam Liability, Triggering a Damages Trial That Will Reshape Global Mining Risk

The legal walls have closed in on BHP. On 6 May 2026, London's Court of Appeal refused the world's largest miner permission to appeal a High Court ruling that found…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo May 7, 2026
Ivanhoe Mines Hits Three Construction Milestones at Limpopo’s Platreef, Targeting 460,000 Oz PGM Output by End of 2027
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Ivanhoe Mines Hits Three Construction Milestones at Limpopo’s Platreef, Targeting 460,000 Oz PGM Output by End of 2027

Ivanhoe Mines marked a significant operational advance at its Platreef Mine in Limpopo Province on April 23, 2026, when the company held a formal on-site ceremony to confirm the simultaneous…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 27, 2026
Fortescue Commits US$680 Million to Build 200MW Off-Grid Green Energy System in Western Australia’s Pilbara
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Fortescue Commits US$680 Million to Build 200MW Off-Grid Green Energy System in Western Australia’s Pilbara

Fortescue has secured board approval for a US$680 million investment to develop the Pilbara Green Energy Project, a 200-megawatt, fully integrated, off-grid renewable energy and large-scale battery storage system in…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 24, 2026
Aris Mining Hits Underground Breakthrough at Colombia’s Marmato Gold Mine, Clearing Path to 200,000-Ounce CIP Plant Start-Up
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Aris Mining Hits Underground Breakthrough at Colombia’s Marmato Gold Mine, Clearing Path to 200,000-Ounce CIP Plant Start-Up

Aris Mining Corporation (TSX: ARIS; NYSE: ARIS) announced on April 17 that construction crews at its Marmato gold mine in Colombia's Caldas department have completed the underground cross-cut connecting the…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 21, 2026
Anthem Reaches Financial Close on 475 MW Notsi Solar Project as R10-Billion Energy Infrastructure Drive Reshapes South Africa’s Industrial Power Supply
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Anthem Reaches Financial Close on 475 MW Notsi Solar Project as R10-Billion Energy Infrastructure Drive Reshapes South Africa’s Industrial Power Supply

South Africa's largest renewable energy independent power producer, Anthem, has reached financial close on its 475 MWac Notsi solar photovoltaic project in the Free State, currently the largest solar PV…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 16, 2026
South Africa Controls 80% of the World’s Rhodium Supply — and the Market Is Tightening
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South Africa Controls 80% of the World’s Rhodium Supply — and the Market Is Tightening

Rhodium, the rarest and most strategically concentrated of the platinum group metals, is commanding renewed global attention as supply constraints intensify and industrial demand accelerates. With South Africa accounting for…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 12, 2026
EDECS and MEDLOG Sign EPC Contract to Begin Construction of 189,000 sq m Dry Port in Egypt’s Industrial Heartland
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EDECS and MEDLOG Sign EPC Contract to Begin Construction of 189,000 sq m Dry Port in Egypt’s Industrial Heartland

Construction is now formally underway on one of Egypt's most significant inland logistics projects. On April 8, EDECS, the regional engineering and contracting group, and MEDLOG, the global logistics arm…
Posted by Thabo Khumalo Thabo Khumalo April 9, 2026

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