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Lucara recovers 36.92 ct blue diamond from Karowe
Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corp has recovered a 36.92 ct blue diamond from its 100%-owned Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. The diamond is described as a blue Type IIb of high quality and was...
Perseus subsidiary sells interest in Sudan project
ASX-listed Perseus Mining’s wholly owned subsidiary, Perseus Sudan Holdings, has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to sell its 70% interest in the Meyas Sand project (MSGP), in Sudan, to Hong...
Botswana Minerals reports significant exploration progress
Mineral exploration and project development company Botswana Minerals has reported significant strategic progress for the six months ended December 31, 2025, during which the company was awarded...
Jupiter declares interim dividend
ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has announced an interim dividend of A$0.0055 a share for the period ended December 31, 2025. The dividend record date is March 23, with payment to occur on April 2.
Harena signs exclusivity agreement to acquire US rare earth, uranium permits
London-listed Harena Rare Earths has entered into an exclusivity agreement to evaluate the potential acquisition of a 100% interest in Paradigm Critical Minerals, the owner of heavy rare earth and...
Atlantic Lithium awaits ratification of mining lease for Côte d’Ivoire project
In its unaudited interim results for the half-year period ended December 31, 2025, Aim-listed Atlantic Lithium has reported that the lithium market has experienced a strong recovery, with prices...
Sasol launches destoning plant to improve coal quality, strengthen operational performance
Energy and chemicals group Sasol, on March 13, officially opened its new destoning plant, marking a significant milestone in efforts to enhance coal quality and drive improved operational...
Boss Mining urges DRC authorities to tackle illegal mining following landslide
Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) Africa subsidiary Boss Mining has urged authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take the necessary measures to stop illegal activities and restore...
MC Mining reports lower interim revenue, but a narrowed net loss
ASX- and JSE-listed MC Mining has reported, in its interim financial report for the six months ended December 31, 2025, that its net loss after tax had narrowed by 2% year-on-year to $8.1-million,...
Lucara successfully places $350m of bonds
Diamond miner Lucara Diamond Corp says it has successfully completed a private placement of $350-million of senior secured bonds. The company explains that the bonds will have a tenor of five years...
Jubilee secures additional high-grade feed, progresses Large Waste Rock project
Aim-listed Jubilee Metals has secured additional high-grade copper feed material for its Roan concentrator, in Zambia, for $1.8-million. Jubilee says it will settle the payment of $1.8-million, or...
EDF power solutions commissions 420 MW Koruson 1 wind power cluster
International energy company EDF power solutions has announced the commissioning of the 420 MW Koruson 1 cluster, including three wind farms, namely San Kraal, Phezukomoya and Coleskop, located...
Neo Energy Metals awaiting one regulatory clearance for Beisa mine acquisition
London-listed Neo Energy Metals has provided a clarification update with respect to its acquisition of the new Beisa mine – Beatrix 4 Shaft – in the Witwatersrand basin, South Africa, and...
Sibanye-Stillwater announces planned changes to its board committee structure
JSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has advised shareholders that, following the yearly review of governance effectiveness and, in line with the simplification drive across the group, the board has...
Alphamin reports 7% increase in tin production, 25% Ebitda increase
JSE-listed Alphamin Resources has reported a 7% increase in tin production to 18 576 t for the year ended December 31, 2025, which was in line with revised guidance. Overall processing recoveries...
Liberty Coal recommissions dragline following refurbishment programme
Coal company Liberty Coal has successfully recommissioned a key dragline at its Optimum Colliery, in Mpumalanga, following the completion of a comprehensive refurbishment and technical restoration...
Brazil project a ‘major opportunity’ to replicate Rainbow’s South African successes
London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has announced an economic assessment for the Uberaba project, in Brazil, and says it has reached an agreement with US-based producer and marketer of concentrated...
Canyon’s Cameroon bauxite project on track for first production
ASX-listed Canyon Resources has reported that a surface miner has now been mobilised to site at its Minim Martap bauxite project, in Cameroon, with mining operations scheduled to begin before the...
Oil could hit $150/bbl, WoodMac warns
With 15-million barrels a day of Gulf supply suddenly offline, global oil demand will need to fall to rebalance the market, a process that could require prices to reach $150/bbl, new analysis by...
Rome Resources sets its sights on Canadian tin, critical minerals assets
London-listed Rome Resources, which has exploration assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has entered into an option agreement to acquire working interests in early-stage exploration...
Kendrick Resources starts Phase 2 drilling on Namibia rare earth project
London-listed Kendrick Resources has reported the start of Phase 2 drilling on the Teufelskuppe (TK) and Keishohe (KH) rare earth carbonatites at its Bonya rare earth project, in Namibia. Based on...
Kropz announces third drawdown on loan for Elandsfontein
Aim-listed phosphate producer and developer Kropz has reported that the third drawdown on the loan facility, for an amount of R40-million, has been made from a previously announced loan with the...
Merafe reports big drop in revenue, HEPS on idled smelters
Following a challenging year for the company, Merafe Resources has reported a 31% decrease in revenue to R5.84-billion, and a 72% decrease in headline earnings per share (HEPS) to 12.2c for the...
MQA celebrates its thirtieth anniversary
The Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA) has commemorated its thirtieth anniversary, underscoring three decades of advancing skills development in South Africa’s mining and minerals sector. In a...
Middle East conflict threatens Asian LNG demand growth over next decade, WoodMac warns
Consultancy Wood Mackenzie (WoodMac) has reported that its analysis indicates that the Middle East conflict could disrupt 200-million tonnes a year of forecast Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG)...
US-Israel war sends shockwaves through commodity markets
The US-Israel war on Iran has sent shockwaves through commodity markets since February 28, resulting in a 4.5% week-on-week rise in the Bloomberg Commodity Index as of March 5, led by gains in the...
TIPS learning event highlights diversification potential for coal-dependent communities
As the world embraces a just transition towards decarbonisation, the need to diversify local economies, especially in areas dominated by coal mining and coal-fired power generation, becomes...
Miners urged to improve balance between being a ‘great’ company and an attractive investment stock
In order to reach their full potential, companies need to be able to balance being a "great company" and a "great stock", according to management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG’s)...
Atomic Eagle reports 24% increase in uranium resources
ASX-listed Atomic Eagle has announced a 24% increase in total mineral resources at its Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia, following the completion of the company’s maiden drilling campaign at the...
URU begins ground-based geophysical programme at South African nickel project
Aim-listed URU Metals has announced that line preparation activities along the survey lines required for the planned ground-based geophysical programme at the Zeb nickel project, located on the...
Cascade increases strategic investment in Pensana to $165m
Global rare earth mining investment platform Cascade Natural Resources has increased its previously announced investment in London-listed Pensana in support of the development of the company's US...
Bannerman’s Chamberlain appointed CEO and MD
ASX-listed Bannerman Energy has appointed its existing CEO Gavin Chamberlain as MD and Danny Goeman as an independent nonexecutive director. Chamberlain joined Bannerman as COO in February 2023 and...
DMPR welcomes Rio Tinto’s investment in Zulti South project
The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has welcomed the announcement by mining giant Rio Tinto that its subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) will proceed with an R8.5-billion...
Lithium demand could exceed 13Mt by 2050 – WoodMac
Global lithium demand could exceed 13-million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base case projections, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s (WoodMac’s)...
Maronan granted development licence for Qld silver project
ASX-listed Maronan Metals has been granted a mineral development licence (MDL) for its Maronan silver project in north-west Queensland, Australia, representing a significant milestone in advancing...
Construction at Longonjo on track for first production in 2027
London-listed Pensana has reported that construction activities at the Longonjo rare earth project, in Angola, continue at pace and that the company is looking forward to a 12-month period of...
Artemis appoints nonexecutive chairperson, executive director
ASX-listed Artemis Resources has appointed Simon Lill as nonexecutive chairperson and Dr Matthew Greentree as an executive director, further bolstering the company’s leadership team as it advances...
Allied Critical Metals delivers robust initial PEA at Portugal tungsten project
Canadian mining company Allied Critical Metals has announced the results of an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Borralha tungsten project, in northern Portugal. Key...
Li-FT Power begins lithium carbonate converter scoping study for Yellowknife project
TSX-V-listed Li-FT Power has started a scoping study into the construction of a lithium carbonate converter to be integrated with its Yellowknife lithium project in the Northwest Territories, in...
Taseko announces first cathode harvest at Florence Copper
Midtier mining company Taseko Mines’ Florence Copper operation in Arizona, in the US, has harvested the first copper cathodes from its recently completed commercial production facility. In late...
Premier African Minerals to receive spodumene flotation plant for Zim project
Aim-listed Premier African Minerals has reported that, following a short delayin the timetable previously announced and after several weeks of planning and mobilisation, it now expects the new 15 t...
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