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Beatrix, owned by Sibanye-Stillwater, is a large, mature, shallow to intermediate level gold mining and processing operation located in the Free State goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin.

Sibanye-Stillwater joins A2X in secondary listing

Sibanye-Stillwater will retain its JSE listing while its shares become available for trading on A2X from 6 October 2026.

The Bengwenyama project is an advanced stage exploration project focussed on PGM mineralisation on the properties which are located on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex.

Southern Palladium secures mining rights for Bengwenyama

Southern Palladium has secured a 30-year mining right for its Bengwenyama PGM-chrome project in Limpopo, while improved metallurgical results have pushed completion of the…

The refining and smelting of gold to produce bullion bars at Gold Fields. Its offer to buy the Northern Star gold mining company in Australia has been rebuffed.

Gold Fields sheds 14.56% on JSE after Northern Star rebuff

Gold Fields shares fell sharply on the JSE after Northern Star’s board declined to engage further on the South African miner’s proposed A$27-a-share takeover offer.

Many African countries' mining sectors remain heavily tilted toward raw exports, creating challenges for economic development, experts say.

Nigeria, US agree to increase mining investment

Many African countries' mining sectors remain heavily tilted toward raw exports, creating challenges for economic development, experts say.

Columnist Vusi Vokwana, founder of Kasi Catalyst, which helps drive and facilitate outside big investment in the townships.

Title, credit, table: What dismantling economic exclusion actually looks like

What does it take to break an economic system designed to keep people out?

Gold's January 1980 peak at $678 an ounce is equivalent to about $2,250 in today's money and gold is trading at almost twice that level. Zimbabwean crocodile farming company Padenga Holdings diversified into gold mining and has started reaping the rewards.

Zim croc farmer scores big after diversifying into gold

Zimbabwean crocodile producer Padenga Holdings declared an interim dividend after its gold-mining division drove a 44% increase in half-year revenue

Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine. The group has priced a $500m bond to strengthen is balance sheet and diversify its funding sources.

Harmony Gold prices R8.12 billion convertible bonds due 2031

Harmony Gold will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes after pricing guaranteed senior unsecured convertible bonds carrying a 1.5% annual coupon.

The latest BofA Global Research South Africa Fund Manager Survey shows that local fund managers are becoming less optimistic about the economic outlook.

Fund managers see SA equities as undervalued despite weaker economic outlook

South African fund managers are less optimistic about the economy and equities than in previous months, but continue to favour metals and mining, banks and software.

Jubilee Metals Group, which replicated its modular concentrator strategy at its Zambia copper operations - copper production from its Zambian assets by 225% to 3 739 tonnes in the year to June 30, 2026.

Jubilee lifts Zambia copper production 225% to 3 739 tonnes

Jubilee Metals increased copper production from its Zambian operations by 225% to 3 739 tonnes in the year to June, as it moved towards a more integrated mining and refining model.

South Africa’s GDP contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2026, while July mining production fell sharply. Manufacturing showed a modest recovery, but business confidence slipped to 38 in the third quarter as pressure on the economy persisted.

Sunday's economic review: Growth slows as mining slump deepens

South Africa's economy just shrank. Is worse still coming? We review the week that was.

Mining production falls 7.5% in July as manufacturing output rises 1.1%

Mining production falls 7.5% in July as manufacturing output rises 1.1%

South African mining production contracted sharply in July, led by weaker platinum-group metals, coal and iron ore output, while manufacturing production increased modestly.

South Africa’s GDP contracts 0.2% in second quarter of 2026

South African economy shrinks 0.2% in Q2 as mining, manufacturing weaken

South Africa’s economy contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2026, with trade, manufacturing and mining weighing on growth. Economists said the decline was worse than…

African Rainbow Minerals chairperson and founder Patrice Motsepe. African Rainbow Minerals lifted headline earnings 19% to R3.2bn for the year ended 30 June 2026, supported by higher platinum-group metals prices and a 113% increase in dividends received from Harmony Gold to R512m.

African Rainbow Minerals earnings soar to R3.2bn as Harmony Gold dividends top R512m

African Rainbow Minerals lifted headline earnings 19% to R3.2bn for the year ended 30 June 2026, supported by higher platinum-group metals prices and a 113% increase in dividends…

Exxaro has agreed to sell its 100% stake in Australia’s Moranbah South coking-coal project to Stanmore Resources for about R1.6bn, as it focuses on its South African coal, renewable-energy and manganese businesses.

Exxaro disposes of Australian JV with Anglo American for R1.6bn

Exxaro has agreed to sell its 100% stake in Australia’s Moranbah South coking-coal project to Stanmore Resources for about R1.6bn, as it focuses on its South African coal,…

Nico Muller, the chief executive of Impala Platinum Holdings.

Implats earnings surge, revenue rises 58% and dividends reach R16.8bn

Impala Platinum lifted saleable production by 5% in the year to June, while stronger PGM prices helped drive revenue, earnings and shareholder returns higher.

A photo of seized illicit tobacco. An Econometrix study estimates that illicit trade in South Africa displaces formal production and tens of thousands of jobs.
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Illicit economy costs South Africa R68 billion

A new Econometrix study estimates that illicit trade costs South Africa billions in annual tax revenue, while displacing formal production and tens of thousands of jobs.

Fourteen years after the Marikana killings, Dr Pali Lehohla links the tragedy to Coalbrook, migrant labour, mining inequality and the unresolved promise of post-apartheid transformation.

From Coalbrook to Marikana: the human cost of South Africa’s extractive economy

Fourteen years after the Marikana killings, Dr Pali Lehohla links the tragedy to Coalbrook, migrant labour, mining inequality and the unresolved promise of post-apartheid…

Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine. Bayers Nel, CEO of Harmony Gold said the 2026 year to June was a defining year for the company as it evolved into a diversified gold and copper producer.
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Harmony Gold earnings surge 87% as gold price and copper boost cash flow

Harmony Gold lifted headline earnings per share by 87% in the year to June 2026 as higher gold prices and copper sales from its recently acquired CSA mine drove record free cash…

While President Cyril Ramaphosa insists Operation Prosper is making progress in tackling illegal mining, an analyst has warned that forensic financial investigations are essential to uncover the masterminds driving organised crime.

Beyond Operation Prosper: Follow the money behind SA’s illegal mining

While Ramaphosa says Operation Prosper is making “tangible progress”, an analyst says forensic probes are needed.

South Deep Gold Mine is a bulk mechanised mining operation built to extract one of the largest known gold deposits in the world. Gold Fields stepped up its share buy-back programme in the six months to June 30, 2026, as it completed share repurchases worth $300m.

Gold Fields reports 81% profit increase and R13 dividend for shareholders

Gold Fields announces a remarkable 81% increase in attributable profits for the first half of 2026, alongside a R13 dividend for shareholders, driven by a 12% boost in gold…