The United States announced the launch of a critical minerals initiative with Australia, India and Japan on Tuesday as part of efforts to counter China, although ties between the partners have been... 

Diversified major BHP said on Wednesday it had signed contracts with China's COSCO Shipping Group to charter two ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers, continuing efforts to decarbonise... 

ASX-listed VHM has signed a non-binding letter of interest (LoI) with Japanese trading giant Mitsui & Co for the potential supply of 40% of the heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) production from its... 

TSX- and NYSE American-listed GoldMining has signed a binding term sheet with Australian Mines, giving the ASX-listed junior miner the right to earn up to an 80% interest in the Boa Vista gold... 

ASX-listed Santana Minerals on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary, Matakanui Gold, had entered into a binding agreement to acquire Ardgour Station – a strategic landholding with competing land... 

Roadblocks by informal miners are disrupting transport of copper from some mines in Peru, including those owned by MMG and Hudbay Minerals, said people briefed on the matter. Artisanal miners are... 

ASX-listed Meeka Metals has poured first gold at its Murchison gold project in Western Australia – just 12 months after breaking ground. Commissioning of the processing plant has been completed... 

Vitol Group and Breakwall Capital have formed a credit fund targeting mining companies in the Americas, as competition among traders for copper and other metals contracts heats up. Valor Mining... 

Chile's State-run copper producer Codelco said on Tuesday it has secured regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, clearing one of the remaining hurdles to produce the battery metal through its... 

An $88-million satellite backed by billionaire Jeff Bezos that detected oil and gas industry emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane has been lost in space, the group that operates said on... 

Chile's congress approved long-awaited legislation to speed up the permitting process for investment projects in the country on Tuesday. The law was a key demand from the country's mining industry... 

Railveyor Technologies Global has been selected as the preferred haulage solution provider for Ivanhoe Electric’s Santa Cruz copper project, in Arizona, in the US. Ivanhoe Electric included... 

South Africa has a huge opportunity “right now” to grow its mining sector so that mining is able to provide prosperity for the entire nation, Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane... 

ASX-listed Santana Minerals’ updated prefeasibility study (PFS) for its Bendigo-Ophir gold project, in New Zealand, has shown strong fiscal outcomes, with an after-tax net present value (NPV) of... 

Euronext-listed Akobo Minerals has successfully completed its first smelt of gold with a new gravity setup at the Segele mine, in Ethiopia. The company advises that an upgraded gravity recovery... 

London-listed Kavango Resources has exercised its option to acquire 100% of the Nara gold project, in Zimbabwe. Kavango entered the option to acquire Nara in June 2023. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US is hopeful China will do more to ease the export of rare earth magnets after last month’s deal between the two countries, saying flows had still not... 

HSBC raised its 2025 average gold price forecast to $3 215 an ounce from $3 015 and its 2026 forecast to $3 125 from $2 915, citing elevated risks and government debt. Gold tends to perform well... 

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has entered into an agreement with its second-largest shareholder Gathoni Muchai Investments (GMI) to increase a loan facility to Shuka by £1.5-million. Along... 

ASX-listed Auric Mining has reached an agreement with fellow listed WIN Metals to acquire a package of assets related to its Munda gold mine, in Western Australia. The transaction includes all... 

JSE-listed Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has advised that it will consolidate the operations of its Impala Platinum and Impala Bafokeng Resources (IBR) subsidiaries, in response to low... 

Despite ongoing trade tensions and a weakening economy, Canada’s main stocks benchmark outshone its US counterpart in the first half thanks to a record-breaking gold rally. The S&P/TSX Composite... 

Russian base metals sales to China surged in the first five months of 2025, underscoring its economic dependence on its Asian neighbor even as the country seeks to diversify trade. Russian... 

Indian State-owned miner NMDC on Tuesday said it is exploring acquisition opportunities for critical minerals in Africa, Australia and South America, as part of its global mineral diversification... 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has announced that all employees at the joint venture Cato Ridge Works (CRW), in KwaZulu-Natal, will be retrenched with effect from August 31, following a... 

JSE-listed Copper 360’s financial results for the year ended February 28 show that the company, which is transitioning from exploration to production, had a difficult year and that it needs to... 

ASX-listed Medallion Metals has entered into a binding contract to acquire about 258 ha of freehold property, which will form the foundation of the company’s environmental offset strategy as it... 

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Monday opened the country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant, built by PowerChina, which will supply electricity to copper miner First Quantum... 

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral supplies... 

Toronto-based Arizona Metals has released its maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Kay project, flagging growth and development potential for the volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)... 

Shares in Aim-listed CleanTech Lithium plunged 31% on Monday after the Chilean Ministry of Mines rejected the company’s request to enter a streamlined process for a special lithium operating... 

Mineral sands producer Sheffield Resources’ Thunderbird project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been caught up in an equipment failure at the Port of Broome, delaying the shipment of... 

Rare earths hopeful Critica has appointed mining executive Jacob Deysel as CEO, with a mandate to advance the company’s flagship Jupiter project in Western Australia and spearhead a strategic... 

ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium has appointed Ian Rodger as MD with effect from July 1. He has been Jindalee’s CEO since January last year and has overseen several critical milestones, including... 

ASX-listed Fortescue has appointed Yasmin Broughton to its board as a non-executive director, effective July 1, as the company continues its transition towards a green energy and technology-focused...