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Diversified miner Glencore is set to benefit from Newcastle coal prices trending above $165/t since the US and Israel’s conflict started with Iran on February 28. The coal price currently exceeds...
Tharisa Minerals’ Tharisa mine has kicked off its new underground mining era with its inaugural blast on Tuesday. With the depletion of the mine’s openpit resources expected by around 2034, the...
South Africa’s drilling provider across five continents, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Master Drilling, is well positioned to benefit from the commodity bull run, the shift in the market,...
(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s parliament passed legislation empowering the country’s export credit agency to physically buy, stockpile and sell fuels alongside critical minerals including rare earths,...
London-based mining services provider Norge Mineraler says the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will have a direct impact on Europe’s ability to boost military capabilities, particularly if the...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), State-owned power utility Eskom, the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) and the Coaltech Research Association...
Coal India's sales in March grew for the first time in six months, the company said on Wednesday, indicating a ramp-up in coal stocks ahead of peak summer amid a shortfall in gas supply due to the...
ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has signed binding subscription agreements with Germany’s State-owned development bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and export credit agency Export Finance...
TSX-V-listed First Atlantic Nickel Corporation has been accepted as a member of the US Defence Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC). The DIBC operates as a consortium-based contracting vehicle under...
Platinum group metals and chrome miner Eastern Platinum (Easplats) is targeting a consistent increase in run-of-mine production tonnages at its South African mining operations above 40 000 t a...
The emergence of Guinea's Simandou as a large-scale, high-grade iron-ore supplier marks a significant change in the global seaborne iron-ore market. According to consultancy Wood Mackenzie...
Since starting development activity on the Eskay Creek gold and silver project in British Columbia in December 2024, precious metals developer Skeena Resources has reached 49% completion of the...
TSX-listed Mountain Province Diamonds has reported a wider net loss of $279-million in the year ended December 31, 2025, compared with a net loss of $80.8-million in the prior year. The $1.32...
Shareholders of Canada-based gold miner Allied Gold have voted in favour of the proposed buyout of the company by Hong Kong-listed Zijin Gold in a cash transaction valued at about C$5.5-billion....
ASX-listed diversified global mining services group Perenti has appointed Dr Vanessa Torres to succeed Mark Norwell as MD and CEO with effect from June 1. Torres recently held the role of COO at...
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has barred Hong Kong-based Ying Tak from voting or transferring 361.5-million shares in Northern Minerals, the Australian rare earths miner said on Wednesday. The...
US firm Virtus Minerals has acquired Congolese cobalt and copper producer Chemaf, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg said on Tuesday. Congo has been seeking to develop a...
TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced the results of an updated independent technical report for the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, incorporating changes to the mine design and extraction sequence,...
Uranium enrichment company Orano Chimie-Enrichissement has agreed to accept uranium ore concentrate produced at ASX-listed Lotus Resources' Kayalekera mine, in Malawi, at its conversion facility in...
Zambia-focused integrated copper producer and resource developer Jubilee has announced an updated near-term mine plan at its Molefe mine following recent results from the Phase 1 drilling and...
LSE-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has raised about £11.1-million in a share placement to new strategic investors and certain existing shareholders, with the proceed to allow for the finalisation of a...
London-listed Ironveld – a mining development company focused on producing high-value strategic metals – has raised about £1-million through an oversubscribed accelerated bookbuild. About...
Antimony and gold miner Perpetua Resources said on Tuesday it would notify Congress of a proposed $2.7-billion loan from the US Export-Import Bank to help finance the Stibnite gold project in...
President Cyril Ramaphosa used the 2026 edition of the South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) to highlight the new prospects being opened to domestic and foreign investors by the country’s...
Democratic Republic of Congo's mining regulator has said that miners must use all unfulfilled fourth-quarter 2025 export quotas by April 30, warning that any unused volumes after that will be...
South Africa’s Master Drilling, the Fochville-based company which on Tuesday reported a $292-million revenue record plus a nigh billion-dollar 2026 order book, is introducing autonomous drilling...
Gold miner Resolute Mining has signed a memorandum of understanding with Guinean State-owned company Nimba Mining Company (NMC) to partner on the potential co-development of gold projects in the...
The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has agreed to again delay a retrenchment process under way at its ferrochrome smelters after Eskom formally requested an extension to conclude internal governance...
Industrial group Outokumpu is seeking to turn mining waste into a source of value, launching a large-scale circular economy initiative at its Kemi mine in Finland aimed at transforming side streams...
Critical minerals company Astron has delivered a bankable feasibility study (BFS) for Phase 1 of its Donald rare earth and mineral sands project, confirming strong project economics as it advances...
Critical minerals company Westwater Resources on Tuesday announced that its Coosa graphite deposit had been designated a “covered project” under the US federal FAST-41 framework. The designation...
Jillian Wolk has been appointed CEO of diamond miner De Beers' diamond traceability subsidiary Tracr, with effect from May 1. She succeeds Wesley Tucker, who stepped down at the end of February...
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute a unit of state-run Coal India, made a tepid trading debut on Monday, pressured by broader market weakness tied to the month-long Middle East conflict and...
Junior Cascadia Minerals has struck a strategic alliance, earn-in agreement and equity deal with Agnico Eagle Mines, unlocking funding and technical support to advance gold/copper exploration in...
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is considering lowering the fuel levy to cushion the impact of the Iran war on domestic fuel prices, a senior government official told Reuters....
Australia-headquartered Reward Minerals has moved to consolidate highly prospective ground at its Mountain Pond gold project in Newfoundland, Canada, securing a key tenement that could extend known...
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