The world’s current extraordinary times are providing South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGM) companies with an extraordinary opportunity to focus on how to strengthen themselves. Consensus is... 

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... 

Mining major Rio Tinto and the Western Australian government have formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) to complete the Dampier seawater desalination plant in the Pilbara, a project aimed at improving... 

The Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved the large merger in terms of which Dorstfontein Coal Mines (DCM) will acquire sole control of the businesses of Bochabela Mining and SBS Mining... 

ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has begun vertical construction at its Pad #1 commercial facility at the Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan, Canada, following completion of foundation works. The... 

Australia-listed Kalamazoo Resources has appointed mining executive Andrew McDougall as CEO with effect from May 4. McDougall has more than 25 years of global operational and technical leadership... 

Critical minerals company USA Rare Earth on Thursday announced the acquisition of Texas Mineral Resources in an all-share transaction valued at about $73-million, securing full operational and... 

China’s state-backed iron-ore buyer has summoned traders and urged them to refrain from buying new BHP Group cargoes to sell to buyers in the country after they were found to be flouting a... 

London- and Toronto-listed gold miner Endeavour Mining CEO Ian Cockerill has described 2025 as a strong year of operational performance and a record year of financial performance for the group,... 

A temporary surge in oil prices to $100/bbl could slow global growth by 0.4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs analysts said on Thursday, as a widening conflict in Iran chokes off vital Middle East... 

Barend Jacobus Jordaan will step down as technical director of JSE-listed mining technologies provider Master Drilling, with effect from May 1. "The board extends its sincere appreciation to Mr... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats is looking at solar for the Marula PGM mine and also the Impala Rustenburg operation, the company reported during a media roundtable on Thursday,... 

Mining investment company Mantengu Mining, which holds chrome and platinum group metals mining assets in South Africa, has successfully refinanced about R130-million in short-term debt that had... 

The US military asked mining companies last Friday to help boost domestic supplies of 13 critical minerals used to ​make semiconductors, weapons and other products, a document reviewed by Reuters... 

Vancouver-based Deep Sea Minerals has begun engagement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as it moves to advance a licence application for deep seabed mineral... 

In the six months to December 31, South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats generated 180% improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... 

China on Thursday released a new economic decarbonisation plan that seeks to put its carbon intensity reduction programme back on track, mainly by relying on its booming renewable sector to limit... 

Mining major Rio Tinto is advancing a research and development project to extract gallium from its alumina refining process in Quebec, supported by funding from the Canadian government. The... 

Aluminum prices surged to the highest since 2022 after Aluminium Bahrain suspended deliveries of metal to some customers under so-called force majeure clauses in its supply contracts. The company,... 

Canada and Australia have agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals as they move to strengthen supply chains and expand production of minerals essential to emerging technologies and... 

More than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's mines ministry said on Wednesday. A... 

ASX-listed Rincon Resources has entered into a binding agreement to dispose of its Laverton assets in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The transaction would allow the company to... 

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)... 

As gold prices reach historic highs and the geopolitical race for minerals escalates, the pressures on value chains are intensifying – and so too are the risks, London Bullion Market Association... 

TSX- and Nasdaq-listed SSR Mining on Wednesday announced that it would sell its 80% ownership stake in the Çöpler mine, in Türkiye, for $1.5-billion in cash, as the firm shifts its portfolio toward... 

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... 

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... 

MMG said profit more than tripled last year, buoyed by higher commodity prices and strong output at key mines, though still fell short of analyst estimates. The Chinese-owned mining company’s net... 

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... 

South Africa is seeking to expand its electricity transmission grid, which is a R450-billion challenge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his keynote address at the 2026 Africa Energy Indaba, at... 

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... 

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 

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... 

Canada used the global stage at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention to sharpen its pitch as a critical minerals superpower, unveiling new funding vehicles,... 

A US mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo...