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. Operational consistency, focused cost control and materially higher first-quarter earnings have strengthened the financial position of Sibanye-Stillwater. In an operating update for the three months ended March 31, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed green metals...
May 06, 2026•3 min•Ep. 20
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. Following South Africa's Northam Platinum reporting earlier this year that thousands of hydrogen-powered trucks are doing the rounds in China, France's Lhyfe added on Monday, May 4 that by the end of 2025, China had already built the world's largest hydrogen vehicl...
May 05, 2026•7 min•Ep. 19
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 Challenger Gold expects to generate first revenue this month soon after toll mining and processing started on ore from the Hualilán gold project, in Argentina, on May 1. The company is processing ore through Austral Gold's Casposo mill, marking Challenger...
May 05, 2026•2 min•Ep. 18
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. Hydrogen mobility and platinum group metals (PGMs) have been highlighted at North-West University (NWU) by the handing over of the mobile hydrogen refuelling and hydrogen generation system to Toyota South Africa Motors and the opening of the rapid prototype trainin...
May 04, 2026•6 min•Ep. 17
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. Gold is no longer moving according to the classical rules investors are accustomed to, which reflects a deeper structural shift in the market, says brokerage and consultancy XS.com senior market analyst Rania Gule. In her view, the notable decline in gold prices ne...
May 04, 2026•4 min•Ep. 16
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. Higher fossil fuel prices are pushing governments to revisit hydrogen as an energy security tool, Haley Zaremba has reported on oilprice.com, pointing out that hydrogen investment in China and Europe is accelerating. China's fifteenth five-year plan is showing hydr...
Apr 30, 2026•4 min•Ep. 15
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-V-listed Pacific Booker Minerals' board has recommended that shareholders reject the hostile all-share takeover bid having been made by American Eagle Gold Corporation earlier this month. The board made the decision following careful consideration and receipt o...
Apr 30, 2026•4 min•Ep. 14
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-listed Vanadium Resources (VR8) has announced two new developments towards the company's VR8 Steelpoortdrift vanadium project in South Africa becoming a long-term vanadium supplier. Firstly, VR8 has entered into a nonbinding offtake term sheet with US Van...
Apr 29, 2026•4 min•Ep. 13
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 Fossil fuels staged a comeback in China's power sector last quarter, as weather variations and grid constraints slowed the growth of clean energy. Thermal power output rose 3.7% over the first three months of 2026 after a 1% decline last year, the first yearly drop ...
Apr 29, 2026•3 min•Ep. 12
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks green hydrogen’s revival in the global energy crisis; Sibanye-Stillwater’s far-reaching suite of reports on its 2025 activities; and government’s silence on its exploration systems.
Apr 29, 2026•6 min•Ep. 11
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 new, long-term electricity solution for South Africa's Hillside Aluminium Smelter, in KwaZulu-Natal, has been advanced, which marks a crucial step toward supporting the future of one of Southern Africa's most important industrial businesses. Hillside, which suppo...
Apr 28, 2026•3 min•Ep. 10
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 Critical Metals Corporation has signed a letter of intent to acquire all the outstanding shares of ASX-listed European Lithium in a deal valued at $835-million. The deal will afford Critical Metals 100% ownership of the Tanbreez rare earths project, in...
Apr 28, 2026•2 min•Ep. 9
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 elevated global geopolitical tensions, robust demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) has been accompanied by sustained beneficial pricing support in the three months ending March 31, Implats CEO Nico Muller reported on April 24. The third-quarter productio...
Apr 24, 2026•3 min•Ep. 10
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses electrolytic hydrogen being able to enable long-term energy storage way beyond what batteries can provide; South Africa’s manganese industry calling for a good logistics future; and the key takeaways from the recent Mining Equipment M
Apr 24, 2026•6 min•Ep. 9
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 Vulcan Energy has started with construction at its central lithium chemical plant Infraserv Industrial Park Höchst, in Frankfurt, which one of the largest major chemical and energy precincts in Europe. The major construction works groundbreaking ceremony...
Apr 24, 2026•3 min•Ep. 8
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 refined platinum group metal (PGM) production of South Africa's Valterra Platinum increased by 78% to 778 500 oz in the first three months of 2026 compared with the first quarter of 2025 PGM sales volumes were also at a 60%-higher 791 400 oz. However, a mobile ...
Apr 23, 2026•5 min•Ep. 7
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-based manganese processing technology company Firebird Metals has been awarded a A$2-million grant from government agency the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) under its Battery Breakthrough Initiative (BBI) programme to support the development o...
Apr 23, 2026•6 min•Ep. 6
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. Electrolytic hydrogen enables long-term energy storage way beyond what batteries can provide, which is exemplified by a 200 MW hydrogen plant in the United States having larger storage capacity than all the batteries currently linked to the electricity grid in the ...
Apr 22, 2026•9 min•Ep. 5
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 global aluminium market is experiencing a "black swan" event as disruptions due to the Middle East war trigger a supply shock that will lead to major shortages this year, according to the top metals analyst at commodity trader Mercuria. The region accounts for ...
Apr 22, 2026•3 min•Ep. 7
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. Without compromising the positions of any stakeholders or the credibility of the process, a way must be found to fast-track a good logistical future for South Africa's very important manganese mining industry. Needed is a very clear position that is bankable and th...
Apr 21, 2026•10 min•Ep. 6
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-V-listed Spanish Mountain Gold has entered into a royalty agreement with Canadian streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation whereby Wheaton will acquire a 1.5% net smelter return royalty on gold and silver produced from the Spanish Mountain Gold pro...
Apr 21, 2026•1 min•Ep. 7
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- and NYSE-listed B2Gold has developed a preliminary revised mill processing plan for the Goose mine, in Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada, following a fire incident on April 16. While the company confirmed no injuries to personnel, nor damage to the mine's mill...
Apr 20, 2026•2 min•Ep. 7
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. Growth is not an entitlement and capital investment is not a given. These were two key points that Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane emphasised during a Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (Memsa) event at Montecasino on Friday. Scrutinis...
Apr 20, 2026•6 min•Ep. 7
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. Results from metallurgical test work at the Bengwenyama platinum group metals (PGM) project in South Africa's Limpopo province indicate that up to a fifth of Southern Palladium's future revenues could come from chrome. In an announcement on the ASX and JSE on Frida...
Apr 17, 2026•4 min•Ep. 11
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. Mining and metals company Sibanye-Stillwater and the Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (Necsa) on Friday announced their research collaboration to advance nuclear medicine for cancer treatment. This followed Sibanye-Stillwater's announcement on Thursday th...
Apr 17, 2026•3 min•Ep. 10
Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the R105-billion in investment pledges for the Northern Cape; the exploration workshops that BHP is set to launch; and the green hydrogen breakthrough in Namibia.
Apr 17, 2026•6 min•Ep. 9
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-V-listed Defense Metals Corporation has been included in the newly launched Sprott Rare Earth Ex-China Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is the only ETF providing focused exposure to rare earth companies outside of China. Defense Metals CEO and president Mark T...
Apr 17, 2026•1 min•Ep. 8
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 Africa's minerals-endowed Northern Cape province has attracted more than R105-billion in investment pledges in new and expanded mining, energy and agriculture projects, with an expected 19 800 new jobs to be created as a result. The investment accords were si...
Apr 16, 2026•3 min•Ep. 7
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. US-based industry body The Silver Institute expects total demand to decrease modestly by 2% year-on-year this year to 1.11-billion ounces, given sustained high prices that impact jewellery and silverware demand. Conversely, some losses will be mitigated by firmer c...
Apr 16, 2026•5 min•Ep. 6
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 series of workshops to promote and support greater intelligence and collaboration in minerals exploration in key mining jurisdictions in sub-Saharan Africa are to be conducted by global mining major BHP. The first of these is being held in Johannesburg, co-hosted...
Apr 15, 2026•3 min•Ep. 5
