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This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Despite South African mining ending up tenth in a ten-country global benchmarking exercise, two-thirds of the respondents who participated in a survey appear to be m...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Donor network and platform Trust, Accountability and Inclusion Collaborative (TAI) has published a report that challenges the assumption that deregulation will accel...

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the new South African smelting technology that uses 70% less electricity; Bokoni and Nkomati being poised to unlock significant long-term value for African Rainbow Minerals; and the demand for the higher-grade iron-ore and lump produc

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore has delivered another strong operational and financial performance for the first half of the year. The assets of th...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Supply pressure stemming from the depletion of iron-ore mines built earlier this century, such as those in Australia, is set to underpin the iron-ore market and pric...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The results of a study on the modernisation of South African mining indicate that there is considerable room to increase innovation participation and intensity acros...

Rio Tinto signals no rush to revive Glencore deal as standstill ends This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. A freeze on Rio Tinto approaching Glencore for a takeover expires this week, but people who have...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Can you use AI to find new markets for platinum group metals (PGMs)? "The simple answer is yes," was the reply of Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller to Mining Weekly...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The outlook for Australia's gold mining industry looks bright, with announced plans for new gold mines, expansions to existing operations and new treatment capacity...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. "Exceptional by any measure," was the description of AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon of his company's robust second-quarter results, which included 46%-higher...

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Valterra Platinum’s strategic industry partnerships, which are actively supporting long-term PGM demand growth; calls for South Africa to urgently modernise mining; and how AI is being used when it comes to identifying deposits.

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Workers at BHP Group's Port Hedland iron-ore operations in Western Australia plan to go on strike next week, unions said on Friday, threatening to disrupt the miner'...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The capital intensity of mining has risen well ahead of inflation and mining project development timelines are continuing to extend, Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanbla...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Central banks bought far less gold at the start of the year than previously thought, and while demand has since rebounded, their purchases are expected to decline th...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Valterra Platinum is actively supporting long-term PGM demand growth thro...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Global diversified miner Rio Tinto posted its highest half-year underlying earnings in four years on Wednesday as performance from its copper and aluminium units tie...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Australia will consider building its first new oil refinery in more than 60 years, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday, as war in the Middle East squeeze...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. The quality of iron-ore from Northern Cape is continuing to differentiate South Africa in the global iron-ore market. During the first half of this year, the average...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Platinum has received a major boost from a strategic agreement signed at Shanghai Platinum Week 2026 at a time of rapid expansion of China's platinum bar and coin ma...

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the growing activity in copper exploration and mining in the Northern Cape; Mintek's plans to add value to the South African platinum group metals (PGMs) sector; and Sibanye-Stillwater's growing PGM project portfolio in South Africa.

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has taken delivery of North America's largest commercial direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit comprising four columns at its Prairie proje...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Successful removal of coarse waste is beneficial in that it reduces power requirements in the milling circuit, lowers water requirements, and increases platinum grou...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. ASX-listed Viridis Mining & Minerals has upgraded the mineral resource estimate (MRE) of its Colossus rare earths project, in Brazil, following targeted infill drill...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is being built by the Sou...

This audio is brought to you by Endress and Hauser, a global leader in process and laboratory measurement technology, offering a broad portfolio of instruments, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation. Hundreds of workers at BHP's Port Hedland iron-ore operations in Western Australia could walk off the job next week, in what would mark the biggest industrial action...