
Julie delves into the initiatives aimed at enhancing safety and efficiency in mining operations, the power of collaboration between industry players, and the pivotal role of emerging technologies such as AI, automation, and digitalization in transforming South Africa's mining landscape.
She also shares her perspective on what future-proofing African mining means in today’s dynamic environment.

A growing number of mineral-producing governments are acquiring assets, activating marketing rights and building institutions that can intervene across the value chain.

Exxaro is set to exit its only offshore asset through a two-step transaction that will see it acquire Anglo American’s remaining stake in the Moranbah South coking coal project before selling the entire asset to Stanmore Resources for $105 million.

Lindian Resources is seeking to build a vertically integrated rare earth supply chain stretching from its Kangankunde project in Malawi through processing facilities in Kazakhstan to downstream markets in Europe, highlighting the increasingly complex geopolitics reshaping critical minerals.