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Rincon offloads Laverton assets, plans West Arunta sale or JV
Rincon offloads Laverton assets, plans West Arunta sale or JV
Updated 25 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Miners urged to improve balance between being a ‘great’ company and an attractive investment stock
Miners urged to improve balance between being a ‘great’ company and an attractive investment stock
Updated 36 minutes ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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)... 


London Bullion Market Association CE Ruth Crowell.
Global call to action to halt illicit gold flows
Updated 1 hour ago By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Copler sulphide plant
SSR to sell Çöpler for $1.5bn as portfolio shifts to Americas
Updated 1 hour 8 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

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... 


Atomic Eagle reports 24% increase in uranium resources
Atomic Eagle reports 24% increase in uranium resources
Updated 1 hour 12 minutes ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


URU begins ground-based geophysical programme at South African nickel project
Updated 1 hour 17 minutes ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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 profit more than triples on copper rally, strong output
MMG profit more than triples on copper rally, strong output
Updated 1 hour 49 minutes ago By: Bloomberg

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... 


Cascade increases strategic investment in Pensana to $165m
Cascade increases strategic investment in Pensana to $165m
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Africa's energy transition must support industrialisation, Ramaphosa tells Energy Indaba delegates
Updated 3 hours ago By: Rebecca Campbell

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


Bannerman’s Chamberlain appointed CEO and MD
Bannerman’s Chamberlain appointed CEO and MD
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected
Updated 4 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

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... 


DMPR Minister Gwede Mantashe
DMPR welcomes Rio Tinto’s investment in Zulti South project
Updated 4 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

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... 


Minister Tim Hodgson at the PDAC Convention this week
Canada sharpens critical minerals pitch at PDAC Convention
Updated 5 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

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,... 


Maps of the DRC spread out on a desk
Belgian museum, US mining company at odds over colonial-era Congo archive
Updated 6 hours ago By: Reuters

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... 


An aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz
US strike on Iran 'ahead of game plan' but global markets rattled, energy prices soar
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

US forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a "broad wave" of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top... 


Canada launches online Mine Permit Navigator to streamline project approvals
Canada launches online Mine Permit Navigator to streamline project approvals
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Canadian government has introduced a new online Mine Permit Navigator aimed at providing greater clarity and predictability for mining proponents navigating federal approvals. Developed by... 


Brightstar completes $120m bond to fund Goldfields development
Brightstar completes $120m bond to fund Goldfields development
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Brightstar Resources has completed a fully subscribed $120-million senior secured Nordic bond issue, locking in funding to develop its Goldfields project in Western Australia and advance... 


Rare Earths Norway says estimate of Europe's biggest deposit jumps 81%
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

An estimate of the mineral resources at a mine being developed by Rare Earths Norway, Europe's largest rare earth project, has soared by 81% since the last evaluation two years ago, the privately... 


Turning wealth in ground into wealth for South Africa’s people is a must, says analyst and, DSTI discusses the importance of partnerships, collaboration in driving progress in mining
Resources Watch
4th March 2026

This week: Turning wealth in ground into wealth for South Africa’s people is a must, says analyst and, DSTI discusses the importance of partnerships, collaboration in driving progress in mining 


BHP says Australian coal mines can’t compete for capital
BHP says Australian coal mines can’t compete for capital
4th March 2026 By: Bloomberg

BHP Group told workers at its vast coal operations across Queensland that the mines can no longer “compete for investment” and the company was receiving no returns from the projects. The mines in... 


The Lamaque mill
Eldorado’s Lamaque earns TSM Gold Leadership Award
4th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-based Eldorado Gold reports that its Lamaque Complex, in Val-d’Or, Quebec, has received the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) Gold Leadership Award from the Mining Association of Canada,... 


Lucara posts lower 2025 revenue, says additional funding required
Lucara posts lower 2025 revenue, says additional funding required
4th March 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-listed Lucara Diamondhas reported lower revenue and earnings for 2025 as it advances the underground expansion of its flagship Karowe mine in Botswana, while cautioning that additional... 


Gold bulls say broader rally is intact despite investors' dash for cash
Gold bulls say broader rally is intact despite investors' dash for cash
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

Gold's appeal as it draws support from the widening conflict in the Middle East is expected to remain intact even if some investors have favoured the dollar as their preferred safe haven, traders... 


Energy and Mining Minister Tim Hodgson
Canada advocates buyers' alliance to tackle critical minerals supply concentration
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

Canada believes that the best way to address the issue of concentrated supply of critical minerals is through a production alliance or a buyers' club rather than just a price floor, Energy and... 


Lithium demand could exceed 13Mt by 2050 – WoodMac
Lithium demand could exceed 13Mt by 2050 – WoodMac
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global lithium demand could exceed 13-million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base case projections, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s (WoodMac’s)... 


Maronan granted development licence for Qld silver project
Maronan granted development licence for Qld silver project
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Maronan Metals has been granted a mineral development licence (MDL) for its Maronan silver project in north-west Queensland, Australia, representing a significant milestone in advancing... 


Chile and Capstone Copper flags
Capstone achieves record quarterly output, adjusted Ebitda
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper achieved record consolidated total contained copper production of 58 273 t in the fourth quarter last year. Having achieved higher realised prices, higher... 


Construction at Longonjo on track for first production in 2027
Construction at Longonjo on track for first production in 2027
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Pensana has reported that construction activities at the Longonjo rare earth project, in Angola, continue at pace and that the company is looking forward to a 12-month period of... 


Scandium
Sunrise confirms $120m cost to build NSW scandium project
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Sunrise Energy Metals has confirmed in a feasibility study that the Syerston project, in New South Wales, is one of a few in the world capable of delivering scandium at the scale and... 


Iran flag
Gold, crude oil prices trend higher amid world’s newest conflict in Middle East
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

UK-based market research agency CreditSights says the conflict in Iran is already influencing global metals markets, with prices reflecting both geopolitical risk premiums and rising energy costs.... 


Monazite concentrate and MREC samples
Lindian acquires MREC processing facility in Kazakhstan
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has signed a binding term sheet to secure 51% ownership of the Sareco mixed rare earth carbonite (MREC) processing facility in Kazakhstan. The MREC facility was... 


Artemis appoints nonexecutive chairperson, executive director
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Artemis Resources has appointed Simon Lill as nonexecutive chairperson and Dr Matthew Greentree as an executive director, further bolstering the company’s leadership team as it advances... 


Fresnillo's Soledad-Dipolos mine
Miner Fresnillo posts annual profit surge, sets record dividend
3rd March 2026 By: Reuters

Mexican precious metals miner Fresnillo reported a nearly 81% jump in annual profit on Tuesday, driven by higher precious metals prices, and proposed a record dividend. The company's final dividend... 


EIT RawMaterials CEO Bernd Schaefer
Rare Earths Norway says estimate of deposit, biggest in Europe, jumps 81%
3rd March 2026 By: Reuters

An estimate of the mineral resources at a mine being developed by Rare Earths Norway, Europe's largest rare earth project, has soared by 81% since the last evaluation two years ago, the privately... 


An iron-ore mine
Iron-ore wobbles as investors weigh rising freight costs against falling demand
3rd March 2026 By: Reuters

Iron-ore prices wobbled on Tuesday, as investors weighed rising freight costs due to a widening Iran conflict, which is choking shipments via the crucial Strait of Hormuz, against falling demand... 


Lithium iron phosphate battery
First Phosphate granted C$16.7m to investigate battery-grade phosphate processing
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian minerals developer First Phosphate has been approved for a nonrepayable contribution agreement for up to C$16.7-million with the Canadian government under the Global Partnerships... 


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