Swagefast - Namibia

20/08/2026

BHP profit tops estimates as powers growth, to pay highest dividend in 4years https://zurl.co/LdmMA

BHP Group reported better-than-expected full-year earnings and declared its highest annual dividend in four years, boosted by record copper prices that cemented the metal's lead over iron-ore as the miner's biggest earnings driver. CEO Brandon Craig, who took the top job at the world's biggest liste...

20/08/2026

output jumps 30% in first half, beating forecasts https://zurl.co/h2URi

Mali's industrial gold production rose about 30% in the first half of 2026, surpassing government forecasts and signaling a rebound from a difficult 2025 marked by tensions between the state and miners. Mali, one of Africa's leading gold producers, has tightened its grip on the mining sector to b...

19/08/2026

$5.8-billion green ammonia project is ‘going really well’ https://zurl.co/1oMnl

The $5.8-billion green hydrogen-ammonia project in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay has been a hard slog but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Mining Weekly can report the venture, for which a green-hydrogen-generating electrolyser and ammonia loop solution has already been selected, is .....

19/08/2026

extension gives breathing room, but Section 232 duty remains a significant hurdle – | The Automotive Business Council https://zurl.co/Nnszj

The extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) through to December 31, 2028, provides important strategic breathing room for South Africa, while also preserving a framework for future trade engagement with the US, says naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. For the domestic automo...

09/08/2026

07/08/2026

Green unpacks big ambition for heartland as first 155 MW project enters into operation https://zurl.co/V1NlU

The first 25 turbines at Seriti Green’s Ummbila Emoyeni Wind Farm, which is rising in the coal heartland of Mpumalanga within site of the giant Secunda coal-to-liquids complex and in close proximity to three Eskom power stations, have officially entered commercial operation. The milestone was comm...

07/08/2026

Resources increases its resource estimate for rare earths project https://zurl.co/sjnJJ

ASX-listed mineral exploration and development company Aldoro Resources has confirmed that its Kameeelburg rare earth elements (REEs) project, in Namibia, has increased its resource estimate from a maiden 280-million tonnes reported 12 months ago, to 804.5-million tonnes as at June 30. The update mi...

06/08/2026

Is still the safe haven it was? Research suggests it has lost its lustre https://zurl.co/Qgqhr

06/08/2026

sector not as badly affected by as first thought, but risks remain https://zurl.co/JdPWO

Following the release of its mid-year review, global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) has highlighted how contained the damage has been to the global mining and metals markets amid conflict in the Middle East and the upcoming US mid-term elections in November. The consultancy says the cle...

05/08/2026

looks to investment to bolster TDP rollout Eskom Hld SOC Ltd https://zurl.co/OJgrF

South Africa's electricity sector is facing an "interesting challenge", with the grid not designed for dispatched generation of intermittent energy sources, National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) CEO Monde Bala told delegates at the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investmen...