Teck wins enviro nod to extend life of Canada’s largest copper mine

Canadian miner Teck Resources has secured an environmental assessment certificate from the British Columbia (BC) government to expand the operations of its Highland Valley copper mine into the mid... 

Milling agreement fast-tracks Gold Duke into production – Western Resources

Junior gold developer Western Gold is fast tracking its transition into a gold producer with a binding toll milling agreement placing its Gold Duke project in Western Australia on a path to... 

Boss meets first-year Honeymoon guidance

Australian uranium producer Boss Energy on Wednesday announced that its Honeymoon operation had met its first-year production guidance of 850 000 lb of uranium oxide (U3O8). The guidance, which... 

Charger completes drilling at Lake Johnston, receives additional funding from Rio Tinto

ASX-listed Charger Metals has wrapped up a nine-hole, 1 500 m reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at its Lake Johnston lithium project in Western Australia, while securing an additional... 

Element 25 gets A$50m NAIF loan for Butcherbird manganese expansion

Manganese developer Element 25 has secured a senior debt facility of up to A$50-million from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF), supporting the planned expansion of its... 

Appian appoints former Newmont COO as senior operating partner

Appian Capital Advisory has named mining executive Rob Atkinson as its new senior operating partner, strengthening the investment firm’s operational and technical capabilities as it continues to... 

Agribusiness confidence index drops slightly in the second quarter

After a notable uptick in the first quarter of this year, the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz)/Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) fell... 

Giyani receives LoI from Exim for potential $225m financing

Giyani Metals Corp, the developer of the K.Hill battery-grade manganese project, in Botswana, has received a nonbinding letter of interest (LoI) from the US government's export credit agency the... 

NeoSmelt secures federal support, adds Woodside and Mitsui to green steel JV

NeoSmelt, an Australian joint venture (JV) formed to advance lower-emissions steelmaking from Pilbara iron-ore, has secured fresh federal funding and welcomed two new partners to its... 

Tiffany & Co Canada threatens action over Diamcor's failure to repay loan

Diamond miner Diamcor Mining has received a Section 244 notice under the Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, after failing to repay a C$3.51-million loan to jeweller Tiffany & Co Canada. The... 

West Wits to raise A$14m to start operations at Qala Shallows, increase its stake in WBP

ASX-listed West Wits Mining, which has gold mining assets in South Africa, has received firm commitments to raise A$14.36-million through a share placement to existing and new sophisticated and... 

Resolution fast-tracks US strategy with OTCQB listing

Australia's Resolution Minerals is looking to strengthen its North American presence and tap into growing US investor demand for critical minerals exposure with a planned listing on the US OTCQB... 

Critical One to sell Namibia uranium assets as focus shifts to Canada antimony

Canada-based Critical One Energy plans to sell its uranium projects in Namibia to shift its focus to antimony and gold in Ontario's Thunder Bay. Critical One, formerly Madison Metals, announced on... 

Big changes on the way for South Africa's electricity market

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses big changes in the electricity sector, linked to the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act; the vertical separation of the transmission business... 

Ioneer raises A$25m for Rhyolite Ridge project

ASX-listed Ioneer on Friday it had secured commitments to raise about A$25-million ($16-million) through a share placement to fund work at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project in Nevada. The... 

Platinum trading, Pan African and Copper 360 make headlines

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks a new platinum and palladium trading ecosystem proposed by China; Pan African's success in starting up a gold operation in Australia's Northern... 

Tivan progresses culturally sensitive access road realignment for Speewah project

ASX-listed Tivan is progressing development planning for a revised access road to its Speewah fluorite project, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, with a focus on cultural sensitivity... 

Rio Tinto to trial ore sorting tech at Lac Tio mine with Quebec government support

Diversified major Rio Tinto will invest C$7.6-million in an industrial demonstration project aimed at assessing the integration of ore sorting technology at its Lac Tio mine, in Havre-Saint-Pierre,... 

Bülent Tüfekçioğlu

This week we profile Bülent Tüfekçioğlu, chairperson of the board of Tüfekçioğlu Rubber Machinery and Mining Inc, a manufacturing of ore beneficiation machines, slurry pumps, hydrocyclones and... 

EV Resources buys majority stake in Mexican antimony mine

Perth-based EV Resources (EVR) has finalised its acquisition of a 70% interest in the Los Lirios antimony mine in Mexico. The company said on Thursday that it had met all conditions precedent under... 

Meeka begins commissioning at Murchison gold project

Meeka Metals has begun its transition from gold project developer to producer with commissioning of its Murchison project in Western Australia getting under way. The ASX-listed company said on... 

Hastings names new CEO

ASX-listed Hastings Technology Metals has appointed Vince Catania as CEO. Catania, who joined Hastings in January 2023 as general manager of corporate, assumes the CEO role effective immediately. 

Talga wins permit for graphite mine as Sweden dismisses appeals

ASX-listed Talga has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for its Nunasvaara South graphite mine in northern Sweden, after the national government dismissed all outstanding appeals against the... 

Perpetua secures $400m as part of Stibnite financing push

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Perpetua Resources has locked in $400-million in equity commitments through a bought deal financing and private placement, advancing a funding plan for its flagship Stibnite... 

Canada risks losing out on billions in critical mineral investments, report warns

Canada could miss out on up to C$12-billion a year in critical minerals production by 2040 unless governments take immediate steps to de-risk investment and accelerate mining development, according... 

Cokal secures $15m to boost BBM coal production, cuts ties with Cratus

ASX-listed Cokal has secured a $15-million strategic debt funding facility to support the expansion of metallurgical coal production at its Bumi Barito Mineral (BBM) mine in Central Kalimantan,... 

Bowen to assume owner-operator role at Burton Mine Complex

ASX-listed Bowen Coking Coal has announced it would transition the Burton Mine Complex in Queensland to an owner-operator model, with the shift to take effect on July 1, following the expiry of its... 

MAC elects Agnico Eagle exec as new chair

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has elected Carol Plummer, executive VP, sustainability, people and culture at Agnico Eagle, as chairperson for the next two-year term. Plummer comes to her... 

AngloGold to join Russell 3000, other Russell equity indexes

Global gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has been named for the first time as a preliminary addition to the Russell 1000 or Russell 2000, the Russell 3000 and the Russell Midcap Indexes, as part of the... 

Itac maintains existing customs duties on aluminium rolled products at 15%

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has decided that the existing duties on aluminium rolled products serve to protect domestic manufacturing and employment... 

Sappi starts trading on the OTCQX

Renewable resource company Sappi has decided to upgrade its presence for North American investors by joining the OTCQX trading platform. "It is our stated intention to diversify our shareholder... 

Ironveld raises £900 000 to lift processing capacity

Aim-listed strategic metals producer Ironveld has raised £900 000, before expenses, through a placing with investors of two-billion shares at a price of 0.045p apiece. "Market demand for our dense... 

Pilbara grows Pilgangoora resource by 23%

ASX-listed Pilbara Minerals has announced a 23% increase in contained lithium at its Pilgangoora operation in Western Australia, following a drilling campaign. The updated mineral resource now... 

Perseus sets five-year production guidance at up to 535 000 oz/y

ASX- and TSX-listed gold miner Perseus Mining has set its production guidance for the 2026 to 2030 financial years at between 515 000 oz/y and 535 000 oz/y, for total output of 2.6-million to... 

Steenkampskraal reaches milestone with NNR acceptance

Steenkampskraal Holdings, which owns the Steenkampskraal monazite mine (SMM), in the Western Cape, reports that the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has accepted the mine's authorisation change... 

Japanese titanium producer validates Kasiya rutile for high-spec applications

Japan titanium metal producer Toho Titanium Company has confirmed the suitability of natural rutile from ASX- and Aim-listed Sovereign Metals' Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, for... 

Manufacturing output down 6.3% y/y in April

South Africa's manufacturing production decreased by 6.3% year-on-year in April. The largest negative contributions were made by the food and beverage; basic iron and steel, nonferrous metal... 

Vodacom reaches 100% renewable electricity goal

Telecommunications giant Vodacom Group has reached a major decarbonisation milestone – 100% of its purchased electricity is now from renewable sources. The group has several on-site renewable power... 

Cobalt Blue scopes near-term copper/zinc opportunity at Halls Creek

ASX-listed Cobalt Blue has completed a scoping study for its Halls Creek project in Western Australia, outlining a staged development plan aimed at delivering near-term copper and zinc production.... 

Rio Tinto seeks innovative collaborators at London Tech Week

Diversified miner Rio Tinto is taking its innovation strategy directly to entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators at London Tech Week as it works to accelerate the breakthroughs needed to...