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Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine now available on PressReader
Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine now available on PressReader
19th March 2026

Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly is now available on one of the world’s leading digital newspaper and magazine distribution platforms, PressReader. Readers can download the current... 


Zijin’s investment unit aims to expand strategic metal portfolio
Zijin’s investment unit aims to expand strategic metal portfolio
19th March 2026 By: Bloomberg

Zijin Mining Group, China’s biggest gold and copper producer, wants to invest in metals like tungsten and uranium, as the global bid to secure critical minerals drives prices higher. “We are... 


Lynas CEO Amanda Lacaze
Lynas expands heavy rare earths suite with first samarium production
19th March 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-headquartered Lynas Rare Earths has strengthened its position in the global rare earths market, announcing on Thursday that it had produced its first samarium oxide at its Malaysian... 


South African-born, naturalised Australian Brandon Craig has risen through the ranks and – for the last two years – been at the forefront of BHP's shift in direction.
BHP’s next leader faces same problems in deal-obsessed industry
19th March 2026 By: Bloomberg

BHP Group has picked the continuity candidate for its next boss: A life-long company man who has spent quarter of a century at the biggest miner, honing his skills in iron-ore and copper, its most... 


Los Azules
McEwen Copper plans $300m IPO to help finance Los Azules, exec says
19th March 2026 By: Reuters

Canadian miner McEwen Copper plans to carry out an initial public offering (IPO) of about $300-million toward the end of this year as part of a financing push to advance the Los Azules copper... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump Alaska lease sale draws record $163m from oil majors
19th March 2026 By: Reuters

The US government on Wednesday held its most successful sale ever of oil and gas drilling rights in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, attracting $163-million in winning bids from industry... 


KoBold Metals targets early-2030s copper output at Zambia project
KoBold Metals targets early-2030s copper output at Zambia project
19th March 2026 By: Reuters

KoBold Metals, the mining firm backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has started development of its Mingomba copper project in Zambia, targeting production in the early 2030s, its... 


Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Anglo American expects final approval for Teck Resources merger around year-end, Brazil CEO says
19th March 2026 By: Reuters

London-listed mining company Anglo American expects to get final regulatory approval for its merger with Teck Resources around the year-end, the company's Brazil CEO Ana Sanches said on Wednesday.... 


West Wits CEO Rudi Deysel.
More gold mining approvals have been secured by West Wits
18th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The Australia-listed gold mining company West Wits Mining, which is already on the way to contributing $1.15-billion-plus to the South African economy over the 17-year life of its maiden Qala... 


Coal mining site
Coal prices poised for increase as LNG spikes on the back of Iran war
18th March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Coal miners are poised to benefit from a rising coal price as a result of the Iran war, says Bloomberg Intelligence. Analysts at the market research firm say if the Iran war disrupts liquefied... 


US hosts critical minerals event in Brazil amid diplomatic strains
18th March 2026 By: Reuters

The US embassy will sponsor an event in Sao Paulo between US investors and Brazilian firms looking to produce critical minerals on Wednesday amid diplomatic tensions that threaten to overshadow... 


Prime Minister Mark Carney
Carney climate plan at risk as Canadian oil companies stress need to boost production
18th March 2026 By: Reuters

A key plank of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's climate plan will likely miss its target implementation date, industry sources said, raising new doubts about Canada meeting its environmental... 


Tsodilo closes private placement to raise C$900 000 for Botswana project
18th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources has announced the closing of a non-brokered private placement financing for gross proceeds to the company of C$900 000 on March 18 through the issuance of 4.5-million... 


An image of Sibanye's Montana operation
Sibanye-Stillwater welcomes US commerce dept’s preliminary determination on Russian palladium imports
18th March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater has welcomed the US Department of Commerce’s preliminary affirmative determination on March 6 regarding the countervailing duty (CVD) petition filed by the... 


Brandon Craig
BHP's newly appointed CEO says to focus on Americas in new age for mining
18th March 2026 By: Reuters

BHP Group on Wednesday named senior executive Brandon Craig as its next CEO as the mining industry undergoes a generational shift amid a rush for copper, with Craig saying he would be "bringing to... 


NMG firms up Matawinie financing with $335m debt package
NMG firms up Matawinie financing with $335m debt package
18th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian developer Nouveau Monde Graphite (NMG) has lined up $335-million senior project debt commitment to advance its Phase 2 Matawinie mine in Québec. The Export Development Canada (EDC) and... 


Brandon Craig
Brandon Craig to succeed Mike Henry as BHP CEO
18th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner BHP has appointed its Americas president Brandon Craig to succeed Mike Henry as group CEO and director with effect from July 1. Henry is stepping down after six and a half years... 


At gold pour are (from left) Martin Creamer, Lucas Msimango, Jaques De Beer, Michael Quinert, Rudi Deysel and Ayanda Shabalala.
West Wits pours first Qala Shallows gold at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Ezulwini plant
17th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

First blast October, first pour March. It’s just go, go, go for Australia-listed West Wits Mining as it streaks ahead at a time of sky-high gold prices. The highly impressive and safe manner in... 


West Wits Mining chairman Michael Quinert.
Many more ‘great’ gold opportunities in South Africa, West Wits chair says at first gold pour
17th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Many more "great" opportunities exist in South Africa for gold mine development, West Wits Mining chair Michael Quinert emphasised on March 17 when the first gold pour from his new virgin rock Qala... 


Falcon pursues $100m arbitration claim against Guinea over graphite project
Falcon pursues $100m arbitration claim against Guinea over graphite project
17th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Falcon Energy Materials has initiated international arbitration proceedings seeking $100-million in damages from Guinea over the 2025 expropriation of its Lola graphite project. The... 


Almonty restarts Sangdong tungsten mine after 30-year hiatus
Almonty restarts Sangdong tungsten mine after 30-year hiatus
17th March 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Strategic metals supplier Almonty Industries has completed Phase 1 commissioning at its Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea, bringing the historic operation back into production amid record... 


Munitions metal tungsten outshines gold, copper in 557% rally
Munitions metal tungsten outshines gold, copper in 557% rally
17th March 2026 By: Bloomberg

A metal used in weapons and semiconductors is finding itself the subject of geopolitical tensions as Chinese export limits and rising military demand squeeze supplies, sending prices to record... 


Land swap unlocks next phase of Rio Tinto and BHP's Resolution Copper project
Land swap unlocks next phase of Rio Tinto and BHP's Resolution Copper project
17th March 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining majors Rio Tinto and BHP have secured key land needed to advance the Resolution Copper project in Arizona, following the completion of a long-contested federal land exchange. The exchange... 


Perseus subsidiary sells interest in Sudan project
16th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


Gold from South Africa's Rand Refinery.
Gold’s Middle East disruption confined to region, World Gold Council strategists note
16th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Gold trade disruption caused by the war in the Middle East should not be compared with that of the global impact experienced during the Covid pandemic but should rather be viewed as a regional... 


Oskar Lewnowski
Orion closes $2.2bn mine finance fund as assets under management top $9bn
16th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global mining investment firm Orion Resource Partners has completed the final close of its Mine Finance Fund IV, raising about $2.2-billion in what the company described as its largest fund to... 


An oil rig
Trump adviser says Iran 'terror premium' inflated oil prices for decades
16th March 2026 By: Reuters

Neutralising Iran could make crude oil much cheaper because the threat posed by Tehran imposed a "terror premium" that inflated global oil prices for decades, a top White House adviser said in a... 


Area around Ampasindava project
Harena signs exclusivity agreement to acquire US rare earth, uranium permits
16th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


Lynas CEO Amanda Lacaze
Lynas one step closer to supplying rare earths to US War Department
16th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed rare earths producer Lynas Rare Earths has signed a binding letter of intent with the US Department of War to establish a rare earth oxide supply agreement aimed at strengthening... 


The Vidalia facility in Louisiana
Syrah, Tesla extend deadline to resolve alleged default in graphite supply deal
16th March 2026 By: Reuters

Australian graphite miner Syrah Resources said on Monday it agreed with Tesla to extend for a fourth time a deadline to resolve an alleged default under their graphite supply agreement to June 1.... 


South Africa’s mining production up 4.6% amid global uncertainty
13th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The month of January marked a surprising resilience in South Africa’s mining sector, with overall production up 4.6% year-on-year despite severe flooding in Mpumalanga and Limpopo. The January... 


Agnes Modiga at Mintek's rare earths pilot plant.
Mintek spearheading rare earth elements recovery from discard coal, fly ash
13th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s State-owned mineral research organisation Mintek is spearheading a far-reaching research initiative into the recovery of rare-earth elements (REEs) from South Africa’s abundant... 


Cygnus raises A$25m for Quebec copper/gold project
13th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Investors are backing dual-listed Cygnus Metals' Chibougamau copper/gold project in Quebec, Canada, raising A$25-million through a share placement to accelerate exploration, resource growth and... 


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