Unusually large shipments of copper to the United States are unlikely to abate as long as the threat of tariffs hangs over the market and price premiums for the metal on US-based COMEX make deals... 

Flat fees for turning copper concentrate into metal have emerged as a potential starting point for mid-year talks between Antofagasta and Chinese smelters due to tight supplies of mined material,... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has temporarily suspended underground mining operations at the Kakula mine, part of the Kamoa-Kakula copper complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following... 

Woodside Energy, Australia's top natural gas producer, expects global gas demand to increase by 50% from now to 2030, CEO Meg O'Neill said on Tuesday. "The message is very clear, consistent,... 

Hot commissioning of the processing plant at JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum’s Bakubung project has started, as plant rectification works remain on track. The company in June 2023 announced delays to... 

Whereas every mineral is found to be critical for various reasons, the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources’ (DMPR’s) Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy has identified platinum,... 

New technology, which uses sound to recover 92% of platinum from hydrogen fuel cell stacks, is emerging from Johnson Matthey, a company which, interestingly, has a long-standing South African... 

Gas and energy company Renergen’s share price on the JSE surged by more than 78% on May 20, after the company and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes announced that ASP Isotopes... 

TSX-listed Giyani Metals has made the first shipment of high-purity manganese oxide (HPMO) samples, from its demonstration plant in Johannesburg, to multiple potential offtakers for testing and... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) has issued further detail on how its name change to Valterra Platinum will play out over the coming weeks. At the general... 

Rough emerald producer Grizzly Mining generated revenue of $24.8-million from its latest international emerald auction held in Dubai, in May. The auction included medium- to high-grade rough... 

China imported the most gold in nearly a year last month despite record prices, after heightened demand for the precious metal prompted the central bank to ease restrictions on bullion inflows.... 

South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa on Tuesday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to coal-based energy. He was delivering the keynote address at the Enlit Africa... 

Congolese minerals such as tungsten, tantalum and tin, which Kinshasa has long accused neighbouring Rwanda of illegally exploiting, could be exported legitimately to Rwanda for processing under the... 

Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the global safety charity, has launched its new Global Safety Evidence Centre, backed by a £15-million investment over ten years.   

Gold edged lower as the haven-demand boost from Moody’s Ratings downgrade of the US faded, and attention turned back to the easing of trade tensions between the two largest economies. Bullion... 

Africa, including South Africa, had to be able to fulfil its developmental potential. So highlighted South African Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote address on... 

South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted environmental authorisation for an underground mining right and related infrastructural activities to ASX- and... 

Canada’s mining industry delivered solid growth in 2023, contributing C$117-billion, or 4% of GDP, and directly employing 430 000 people. However, the sector faces pressure from regulatory... 

Exploration company Bastion Minerals recommenced trading on the ASX on Tuesday, after unveiling a refreshed leadership team and a renewed strategy focusing on Australian gold assets. The company,... 

TSX-V-listed Ucore Rare Metals has signed an $18.4-million agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) to fund the initial construction of a commercial-scale rare earth separation facility in... 

Santos' A$3.6-billion Narrabri gas project in Australia can proceed, a tribunal ruled, as boosting domestic energy supply outweighed concerns the development would hurt the climate and damage... 

Russia’s Tuva region said it has agreed with Zijin Mining Group to keep the Kyzyl-Tashtyg zinc mine working after sanctions prompted the Chinese company to weigh suspending operations. Zijin’s... 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has announced a dramatic 70% cut to the capital expenditure (capex) budget associated with its greenhouse-gas emission reduction roadmap to 2030, while still... 

ASX-listed Kingston Resources has struck a binding agreement to divest its Misima gold project, in Papua New Guinea, to Ok Tedi Mining for $95-million. The transaction includes $50-million payable... 

The Stibnite gold and antimony project in Idaho has cleared its final federal regulatory hurdle, owner Perpetua Resource announced on Monday. The US Army Corps of Engineers has issued the project... 

Diversified mining company Rio Tinto Group is deepening its presence in the battery metals space, announcing on Monday an agreement with Chile’s State-owned Codelco to jointly develop a major... 

Kimberley Process (KP) chair Ahmed Bin Sulayem of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has revealed that more than 1.06-billion carats of combined rough and polished diamonds were traded through Dubai in... 

Mineral exploration and development company Kodal Minerals has criticised recent media reports for inaccurately suggesting that exports of spodumene concentrate from its flagship Bougouni lithium... 

Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has advanced the implementation of its proposals requiring refiners to publicly disclose additional information... 

Blockchain-powered ecosystem for traceable and ethically sourced gold Responsible Gold has announced the appointment of Sakhila Mirza as its president. She will oversee the firm’s next phase of... 

ASX-listed Canyon Resources has received notice that a major shareholder Eagle Eye Asset Holdings (EEA) intends to exercise 350-million options, providing a $24.5-million investment in Canyon for... 

South African- and London-listed Tharisa expects its basic earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended March 31 to be between $0.02 and $0.03 a share. This is a decrease of 76.6% to 84.3%... 

London-listed Pensana announces that, following Angolan sovereign wealth fund Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA)’s deployment of $25-million mine finance, main construction activities have begun on... 

A leading branded jewellery retailer in Beijing is including platinum investment bars in its offering amid platinum bar sales being launched on TikTok for the first time by a World Platinum...