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COVER 12 Driving smart mines – MTN leads the way COMMODITIES OUTLOOK 14 Gold: The hand that rocks the gold cradle 16 PGM Outlook for 2026 18 When AI comes to claim its pound of flesh, coal power will be there 20 Shortfall in copper supply widens GOLD 22 Resolute targets 500 000 gold ozpa from 2028 25 Qala Shallows Mine marks renewed momentum in SA gold mining 26 Newcore on-track to deliver Enchi PFS in 2026 28 Ankh Resources poised to unlock Dara as a Tier-One discovery CRITICAL MINERALS 32 IonicRE: ready to grow REE capacity for the western world JUNIOR MINING 36 Junior mining – opportunities for growth? MINING INDABA PREVIEW 40 Mining Indaba 2026 – ready to welcome local and global contingents 44 Building Africa’s mining future on a foundation of trust TECHNOLOGY 48 Sandvik CH865i unlocks major production gains at Ghana gold mine 50 Electra Mining Africa adds new outside exhibit area 51 SEW-EURODRIVE advances performance with next-gen predictive maintenance SUSTAINABILITY 52 BME Metallurgy drives green chemistry for sustainable mining
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54 Multotec GV Cyclones drive safer, more sustainable tailings management REGULARS MINING NEWS 4 Orezone delivers first gold from Bomboré hard rock expansion Critical Metals Board changes First equipment shipment into UAE arrived for Anode facility 6 Continued drilling builds scale at Blaffo Guetto Cennergi Holdings - preferred bidder of the REIPPPP Barrick completes Tongon transaction 7 Ivanhoe Mines first anode production from Kamoa-Kakula smelter Sibanye-Stillwater reaches a three-year wage agreement 8 SRK Consulting opens new office in Bloemfontein Seriti Green and Eskom handover Vunumoya Transmission Station Aurum advances Boundiali toward development 9 Andrada Mining delivers sustained production growth Rainbow Rare Earths pilot plant commences operations 10 Bleak New Year looms for smelter as Transalloys 11 Chrome producers reject a proposed chrome ore export tax SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS 60 Caterpillar teams with NVIDIA to revolutionise heavy industry 61 Hitachi EH4000AC-5 - Built to carry the mine 62 Traxtion R3.4bn investment to unlock rail capacity and jobs 63 Kal Tire and Decoda in strategic alliance Integrated HVAC solutions enhance operator safety Hitachi Construction Machinery Africa to rebrand to Landcros Africa 64 Epiroc launches the new generation PowerROC T45 COLUMN 56 Tailings 2025: Lessons learned and the road to safer systems 58 Mining Indaba 2026: What’s new?
ON THE COVER MTN is redefining the future of mining through its next- generation 5G private networks Pg 12 .
February 2026 | www.modernminingmagazine.co.za MODERN MINING 1
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