Dr Patrice Motsepe, the founder of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has retired from his position as executive chairperson and as an employee of the Johannesburg Stock... 

Mining’s standout 2025 performance was in “other metallic minerals”, Minerals Council South Africa reports. Owing to the exceptional 17.2% higher 2025 production performance, this subsector, which... 

Newly transitioned biotechnology-to-mining company Talisman Metals has signed an agreement to acquire the Tirzzit copper project, in Morocco. The company is acquiring the asset through its... 

Chilean state copper miner Codelco on Friday removed three senior executives linked to its El Teniente division, the site of a deadly collapse last year, after an internal audit found... 

Copper stocks on the world's three biggest metal exchanges have exceeded one-million metric tons for the first time in more than two decades, as an inventory build due to soft demand in China adds... 

ASX-listed Austral Resources Australia has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with Metal Bank to evaluate the potential toll treatment of ore at its Rocklands processing facility in... 

Zambia's mining regulator on Friday said it had suspended operations at Mopani Copper Mines' Mufulira mine after it failed to account for all its underground personnel. The Minerals Regulation... 

Amid the many Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 voices highlighting how regional integration promotion, pan-African partnerships and policy alignment have the potential to accelerate Africa’s... 

Australian miner Aeris Resources has announced the acquisition of Peel Mining in a transaction that will consolidate the South Cobar copper assets with the Tritton operations and create a larger... 

Although investors are being much more selective about where they deploy capital, the fundamental conditions for a “cautiously constructive” South African mining sector in 2026 are present, says... 

The key opportunities likely to be pursued and leveraged by miners, explorers and developers in South Africa’s mining sector this year include brownfield project expansions and mine development, a... 

Release, owned by Norwegian renewable-energy company Scatec, has signed a seven-year leasing agreement with Tshukudu Metals Botswana, a 100%-owned subsidiary of Australia-headquartered Sandfire... 

Despite mining giants Rio Tinto and Glencore having abandoned their plans to merge, BMI – a Fitch Solutions Company – says it still expects robust merger and acquisition (M&A) momentum in the... 

Australian diversified miner South32 reaffirmed it would put its Mozambique aluminium plant on care and maintenance next month after a drought hit power supply, as it posted a higher first-half... 

Mining has to move from the traditional environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach to an inclusive sustainability approach, argued Barrick Mining group sustainability executive Grant... 

South African miner Harmony Gold's recently acquired CSA Copper Mine in Australia requires a capital injection and a strategic rethink which could take two years, CEO Beyers Nel said on Monday.... 

Australian miners Sandfire Resources and Havilah Resources have executed definitive transaction agreements to advance the Kalkaroo copper/gold project and establish an exploration strategic... 

Oscillate, operating under the brand name Serval Resources, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with KCL Investments to acquire, subject to certain conditions being satisfied, all of the... 

As UK-based Ankh Resources works to develop Egypt’s first gold and copper mine, CEO Mostafa Talaat looks forward to garnering more institutional investor interest with a longer-term view of the... 

In a milestone for the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR), which links the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to a deep-water port in Angola, Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) and Trafigura have... 

JSE-listed Copper 360 has advised shareholders that, as part of an ongoing reorganisation post recapitalisation of the business, CEO Graham Briggs and commercial executive Stephan du Plessis have... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals’ subsidiary Prieska Copper Zinc Mine (PCZM) has executed a binding prepayment agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore for a $250-million prepayment... 

UK-based Phoenix Copper said on Monday it had suspended its executive chairperson and finance chief with immediate effect while it investigates allegations over their conduct and past payments to a... 

The directors of copper and gold company SolGold have thrown their weight behind a takeover offer by Jiangxi Copper Company (JCC), saying shareholders should do the same at an upcoming meeting. In... 

The US is using offtake deals and State-backed funding to compete in the short term with China in securing supplies of African copper, cobalt and other critical minerals, diplomats, executives and... 

For more than a decade, it was the deal mining billionaire Ivan Glasenberg had sought more than any other: putting Glencore — the sprawling commodity trader-cum-miner he built — together with... 

Ten runners will attempt the world’s highest marathon, descending 42.2 km from the summit of Ojos del Salado, the world’s tallest volcano at 6 893 m, located on the Argentina-Chile border. The... 

Australian multinational mining company BHP has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Africa’s Council for Geoscience (CGS) to collaborate on geoscientific research and exploration.... 

The balance sheet of New York- and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company Barrick is in phenomenally good shape, with future capital investment programmes well-funded. Significant excess...