The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will provide a $400-million subordinated loan for Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper/gold mine, according to an IFC disclosure on Friday. The loan adds to a... 

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, preparing an $18.7-billion bid for Santos, is likely to face close scrutiny from Australian regulators worried about local gas supply, but could win them over with... 

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... 

Critical Metals has received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for a loan worth up to $120-million to fund the company's Tanbreez rare earths mine in Greenland, in what... 

Ecuador's mining ministry announced on Monday the launch of a new registry of concessions for the first time in seven years in an effort to attract more mining projects to the South American... 

Canada's Hudbay Minerals said on Monday it has resumed operations at its Snow Lake mining site in Manitoba following the lifting of evacuation orders in the region. Manitoba declared a state of... 

Group of Seven leaders on Monday provisionally agreed on a strategy to help protect the supply of critical minerals and bolster their economies, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters. The... 

US President Donald Trump said on Monday a new economic deal with Canada was possible but stressed tariffs had to play a role, a position that the Canadian government strongly opposes. Canadian... 

Ghana is losing billions of dollars in revenue annually to smuggling from its booming artisanal gold mining sector with much of the gold flowing to the United Arab Emirates, according to a report... 

Botswana's Debswana Diamond Company is looking to international capital markets to help fund its $6-billion Jwaneng underground project, a director said on Monday, as dwindling revenues have... 

Canada's Barrick Mining had its Loulo-Gounkoto gold complex in Mali placed under state control by a court on Monday in a major escalation of a dispute over taxes and ownership.   A former Malian... 

Mali's government will establish a State-controlled gold refinery with Russia's Yadran to boost bullion revenue as West African nations aim for greater resource returns amid rising commodity... 

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has signed a nondisclosure agreement (NDA) with an international critical metals industry group for potential strategic investment in the Monte Muambe rare earths... 

Zambia is strengthening transparency and accountability to make sure that natural resources improve the lives of all of its citizens. It gives easy visibility to the level of natural resource... 

As South Africa faces mounting economic pressure, exacerbated most recently by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) latest downgrade, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a strategic... 

A World Bank-linked climate fund has backed South African plans to cut its reliance on coal, unlocking up to $2.6-billion in financing and giving the nation’s energy transition an unexpected boost.... 

JSE-listed platinum group metals (PGMs) producer Northam Platinum Holdings has advised of a successful private placement of new domestic medium-term notes valued at R5.7-billion. The notes issue... 

Gemstone miner Gemfields has successfully completed a fully underwritten rights issue, which was first announced on April 11. The rights issue has resulted in the issuance of about 556-million new... 

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... 

London-listed Blencowe Resources has reported that American Energy Technologies (AETC) and other SAFELOOP project partners have continued their test work using natural flake graphite from... 

Angola has through its newly established Angola Diamond Exchange started the process of joining the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), which marks a significant milestone in the country’s... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

South Africa’s government said it will give Transnet additional guarantees so the troubled State ports and freight railway operator can settle all its debt that falls due and execute its... 

Toronto-listed Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) will acquire London- and Sydney-listed Adriatic Metals in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the silver-focused miner at about $1.25-billion, the companies... 

Several ASX-listed companies have secured a foothold in Brazil’s million-dollar-plus push to build strategic mineral supply chains, with their projects selected for funding under programmes backed... 

Woodside Energy and the Australian government said on Friday they have extended the consultation period for conditions tied to the environmental approval of the firm's North West Shelf LNG 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... 

Canadian miner Teck Resources and Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining are locked in a commercial dispute over a major copper supply deal, exposing cracks in a decades-old pricing system as the market... 

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,... 

Seismic activity that disrupted output at a massive copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo appears self-induced, according to preliminary findings released by operator Ivanhoe Mines. The... 

HyProMag USA, a joint venture between CoTec and TSX-V-listed Mkango Resources, has received a letter of interest (LoI) from the Export–Import Bank of the United States (Exim) for its planned rare... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

The latest version of the Mineral Resources Development Bill of 2025, released for public comment on May 20, is unlikely to meet its objectives and may instead prolong regulatory uncertainty,...