Name of the Project Rietberg copper mine. Location The Rietberg mine is located about 22 km north of Springbok, in South Africa ’s Northern Cape.

The fully permitted mine, which last operated in 1991, has a Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (Jorc-) compliant resource of 31-million tonnes at 1.2% copper and 3.6% zinc.

Last year, a South African government-backed fund invited applications from would-be junior miners, hoping to find that the ...

According to Statistics South Africa, mining production in South Africa declined by 7.7% year on year in April 2025 ...

In such an environment, the gold price should remain well supported as gold is viewed as a safe haven investment instrument ...

Ivanhoe Mines Announces Exceptional Results of Independent 2022 Feasibility Study for Tier-one Platreef Palladium, Rhodium, Nickel, Platinum, Copper and Gold Project in South Africa ...

Australian copper miner MAC Copper on Thursday posted a sharp rise in second-quarter copper production and reaffirmed its ...

China sent a fleet of 31 pure electric mining trucks to Africa on Sunday, for use in a copper mining project in Zambia. The trucks are provided by Breton Technology, a Chinese high-tech company ...

JOHANNESBURG, March 4 (Reuters) - Harmony Gold (HARJ.J), South Africa’s biggest gold producer by volume, will fund the construction of a new Australian copper mine using its own cash, the miner ...

Peter Steenkamp, the CEO of Harmony Gold, addresses the crowd at the Joburg Indaba, a mining and resource conference, in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 2, 2024.