Platinum's the gift that just keeps on giving as global value-chain prospects resurface 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-based equipment is critical for producing large, flawless crystals for electronics and optics applications, says the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) in its 60 ...
May 25, 2026•5 min•Ep. 50
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 Haranga Resources has declared a maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 2.46-million tonnes grading 5.1 g/t gold, for 402 000 contained ounces, at the Lincoln gold project, in California's Mother Lode Belt, in the US. The project is supported by a mod...
May 25, 2026•3 min•Ep. 49
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks the latest drilling developments at Okiep in the Northern Cape, developments in the green hydrogen and green ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay, and investment demand for platinum still being extremely strong.
May 22, 2026•4 min•Ep. 48
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. More than R180-million has been raised to transition key copper projects in South Africa's endowed Northern Cape into operations as early as in the second quarter of this year. The strongly supported capital raise is described as being pivotal by Tony Lennox, the C...
May 22, 2026•4 min•Ep. 47
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. Nasdaq-listed Greenland Mines has signed a definitive agreement with TSX-listed Neo Performance Materials to acquire full ownership of the Sarfartoq rare earths project in south-west Greenland for $35-million. The transaction establishes a highly strategic, Western...
May 22, 2026•3 min•Ep. 46
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 binding term sheet for a senior loan facility of up to a R875-million has been secured by West Wits Mining, which is reviving gold mining on the very doorstep of the City of Gold. The new loan facility, to be provided by South Africa's Absa and Nedbank Corporate ...
May 21, 2026•5 min•Ep. 45
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 Ionic Rare Earth (IonicRE) has signed a joint development and licensing agreement with US-based Nth Cycle, a critical mineral refining technology company, to enhance end-to-end rare earth refining operations in the US and globally. Nth Cycle will supply ...
May 21, 2026•3 min•Ep. 44
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 latest drilling at Okiep in South Africa's copper-endowed Northern Cape has provided a clear path to scale up at Flat Mine East, where a follow-up down-dip-extension hole is already advancing. High-grade assay results, described as being outstanding, have been ...
May 20, 2026•3 min•Ep. 43
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. NYSE- and TSX-listed Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) on May 20 hosted a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the official start of construction at the Matawinie mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Québec, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and various other prominent g...
May 20, 2026•4 min•Ep. 42
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 green hydrogen and green ammonia project in South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay has taken a major step forward. Its latest advance involves the selection of a $1-billion green hydrogen generating electrolyser and ammonia loop solution, which is capable of produci...
May 19, 2026•6 min•Ep. 41
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 risk of a protracted US-Iran conflict, the accelerating regionalisation of PGM markets, alongside the launch of platinum and palladium futures on China's Guangzhou Futures Exchange (GFEX), represents a structural shift in how platinum group metals (PGMs) are so...
May 19, 2026•7 min•Ep. 40
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. Investment demand for platinum remains extremely strong, with market fundamentals continuing to support platinum as a compelling investment. Market tightness suggests that there is insufficient platinum availability. By year end, above ground stocks are projected t...
May 18, 2026•14 min•Ep. 39
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 TSX-listed Rio2 delivered a milestone quarter in the three months ended March 31, highlighted by initial cash flows from the Condestable copper mine, in Peru, and the early stages of ramp-up at the Fenix gold mine, in Chile. Rio2's consolidated production for the qu...
May 18, 2026•3 min•Ep. 38
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer talks about uranium production in Southern Africa looking up as demand outlook rises; a drill hole in the Northern Cape which has revealed a significant zone of visible copper sulphide mineralisation; and the ownership transition of Cementation
May 18, 2026•5 min•Ep. 37
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. Positive first-quarter mine operating income has heartened South African platinum group metals (PGM) and chrome mining company Eastplats, which reported on Friday, May 15 that it will continue to focus on operational efficiencies to improve its PGM and chrome produ...
May 15, 2026•3 min•Ep. 36
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. Critical and precious metals project developer and investor Metals One has signed an agreement with materials liberation company DISA Technologies to seek to evaluate and, if successful, treat historically abandoned uranium mine waste dumps and recover saleable ura...
May 15, 2026•4 min•Ep. 35
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. Sustainable technologies group Johnson Matthey notes in its latest 'PGM Market Report' that platinum demand will exceed supply again this year on the back of firm industrial use and constrained mine supply, while ruthenium and iridium are also expected to be in def...
May 14, 2026•3 min•Ep. 34
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 ownership transition of Cementation Africa is enabling this underground mining contracting business to advance at a time of capital investment uptick in mining. Transitioning outside of the Murray & Roberts group and beyond the business rescue process of Mu...
May 14, 2026•6 min•Ep. 33
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 symbol U and the atomic number 92 are once again among the energy elements being looked at with greater intensity amid global fossil fuel supply disruption and growing demand for triuranium octoxide, or U3O8, commonly known as "yellow cake". Coupled to the curr...
May 13, 2026•4 min•Ep. 32
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 Perenti's underground mining business Barminco has been awarded a four-year underground mining contract, valued at about A$850-million, at Bellevue Gold's Bellevue project, in Western Australia. The contract term will start on August 1, with Barminco to ...
May 13, 2026•4 min•Ep. 31
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 significant zone of visible copper sulphide mineralisation has been intersected down-dip of a wide zone of high-grade copper mineralisation intersected last year. The intersection has taken place during the first resource-optimisation drill hole completed at the ...
May 12, 2026•4 min•Ep. 30
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 Elevra Lithium has secured a sizable financing package of up to A$441-million to fully fund the accelerated expansion of its North American Lithium (NAL) operations and advance development work at its Moblan lithium project in Québec, Canada. This packag...
May 12, 2026•5 min•Ep. 29
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. Construction at the Lumwana super pit copper expansion in Zambia continued to advance on time and on budget during first quarter of 2026, gold and copper mining company Barrick reported on Monday, 11 May. The initial lift of the mill building wall in the central Af...
May 11, 2026•4 min•Ep. 28
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 Dateline Resources says the results of the bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its 100%-owned Colosseum gold and rare earth element (REE) project, in San Bernardino County, California, demonstrates a robust gold development, generating significant margi...
May 11, 2026•3 min•Ep. 27
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 record first-quarter (Q1) free cash flow of $1.2-billion delivered by AngloGold Ashanti is almost triple the Q1 2025 amount, following steady performances from most of its operating assets and the continued high gold price. The company, headed by CEO Alberton C...
May 08, 2026•3 min•Ep. 26
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses hydrogen mobility and platinum group metals being significant highlights for North-West University recently; China trailblazing in hydrogen with its new programme, which sees lowering costs as the main goal; and Sibanye-Stillwater’s 3
May 08, 2026•5 min•Ep. 25
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 Western governments just committed $12.1-billion in new mining project capital through 30 partnerships at the 2026 PDAC conference, while the US launched its FORGE coalition, pulling in 54 nations and locking down 11 bilateral supply agreements in a single day. Cana...
May 08, 2026•4 min•Ep. 24
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. South African gold mining company Gold Fields reported "significant increases" in a number of key commodities since the beginning of the US-Iran war. During the three months to March 31, all-in sustaining costs (AISC) hit a 13%-higher $1 829/oz and all-in costs (AI...
May 07, 2026•4 min•Ep. 23
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. Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines posted a loss of $2-million and a total comprehensive loss of $35-million for the quarter ended March 31 – the first quarter of its 2026 financial year – compared with a profit of $122-million and total comprehensive income of $128-mill...
May 07, 2026•6 min•Ep. 22
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. New government regulations in the US and Europe are helping to push customers to buy rare earth products from suppliers outside China, Australia's Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze said on Wednesday. China is the world's largest and lowest-cost producer of the me...
May 06, 2026•2 min•Ep. 21
