Commodities major Glencore has applied to bring two of its flagship Argentine copper projects under President Javier Milei’s new Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI), seeking to unlock... 

Diversified mining major BHP Group expects demand for raw materials to remain strong despite global policy uncertainty, with CEO Mike Henry highlighting resilient growth in China and India and an... 

NYSE- and ASX-listed MAC Copper said on Monday that Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) had cleared Harmony Gold Mining Company’s proposed acquisition of the company, satisfying all... 

Mining energy supplier CrossBoundary has secured a $40-million investment from Impact Fund Denmark to expand its portfolio of clean energy projects across Africa. The investment supports... 

Vancouver-based Eldorado Gold has announced the appointment of Christian Milau as president, effective September 12. He was most recently the CEO and a founder of Saudi Discovery Company, a... 

JSE- and ASX-listed Orion Minerals’ share purchase plan (SPP), which closed on August 12, has raised A$1.93-million, or about R22.2-million. Under the SPP, each eligible shareholder was entitled to... 

London-listed Kavango Resources is encouraged by a recently completed ground geophysical programme at the company’s Karakubis copper project, in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB), part of its 6... 

Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250-million Chinese-owned project in the country's east that will also refine the bullion to 99.9% purity, according to a statement from... 

Diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has signed a subscription agreement to buy 25.78-million common shares in Canadian company Surge Copper Corp at a price of C$0.175 a share, for a... 

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has reported that it has received partial mineralogy and geochemistry results of gallium samples from the Monte Muambe rare earths and gallium project, in... 

The Zambian government sought to calm public concerns about pollution levels after a study found that the damage done by a disaster at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in February was much larger... 

Japanese government agency Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation is considering signing up as a strategic partner. 

Although African mining has not always retained pre-eminence among Australian investors, the organisers of mining conference Africa Down Under (ADU) note that there is little doubt that Australian... 

Water is a lifeline and a liability in mining. It enables processing, cooling and dust suppression –but when contaminated, it contributes to higher maintenance costs, increased downtime and... 

Kefi Gold and Copper has completed the required early works to allow for full project development. 

Fourmile is rapidly competing to be the largest and highest-grade gold discovery in the industry this century, Barrick CEO Dr Mark Bristow enthused during the quarterly presentation of the New... 

Extreme weather events are becoming more prominent, prompting mines to expand their insurance coverage and improve mitigation strategies such as dewatering. The debate around climate change has... 

Zambia's copper production fell slightly in the second quarter of the year due to problems faced by four mines, its mines minister said on Thursday. Minister Paul Kabuswe cited issues at Sino... 

Chilean miner Antofagasta posted a nearly 60% jump in half-year core earnings on Thursday, on higher production and prices its customers paid for energy transition material copper. Earnings before... 

TSX-V-listed Stillwater Critical Minerals said on Wednesday it had raised about C$8.78-million through a series of private placements to fund exploration at its projects in the US and Canada. The... 

ASX-listed Centaurus Metals on Thursday announced firm commitments for A$20-million from Australian and international institutional and sophisticated investors in a placement to advance its... 

Chile's state copper commission slashed its 2025 growth estimate for the country's production, saying it now expected an increase of 1.5% from last year, half the 3% growth it had estimated in... 

Chilean miner Codelco's smelter at its El Teniente mine is set to restart on Thursday, the firm said, after being paused for nearly two weeks due to a deadly collapse at the site. The collapse at... 

London-listed Galileo Resources is “very pleased” with the outcome of the re-evaluation of its previous holes on Kalahari Copperbelt (KCB), CEO and chairperson Colin Bird says. Given that various... 

Zambia’s antipollution measures are unlikely to lead to major pollution reductions as the government continues to place a higher priority on copper output growth, BMI – a Fitch Solutions company –... 

ASX-listed Bougainville Copper said on Wednesday that its CEO, Johnny Patterson Auna, died suddenly on August 11 in Port Moresby. Auna, 59, was appointed CEO in January 2025 after joining the... 

Canada-based Hudbay Minerals has struck a $600-million deal with Mitsubishi, giving the Japanese conglomerate a 30% stake in its fully permitted Copper World project in Arizona, in a move that... 

Under the watchful eye of M23 rebels in the hills around the Congolese town of Rubaya, a line of men in rubber boots ferry sacks full of crushed rocks up winding paths cut into the slopes. The... 

The US on Tuesday announced sanctions against an armed group aligned with Congo's military as well as a Congolese mining company and two Hong Kong-based exporters over armed violence and the sale... 

ASX-listed Waratah Minerals said on Wednesday it had secured firm commitments to raise A$30-million through a share placement, with proceeds to accelerate exploration at its Spur gold/copper... 

Australia’s Evolution Mining on Wednesday reported record profit and earnings for the 2025 financial year, lifted by higher gold and copper production and stronger commodity prices, and raised its... 

De Beers' joint venture in Angola has discovered a new kimberlite field, the most common source of mined diamonds, it said on Tuesday, its first such discovery in three decades. The Anglo American... 

Africa received a strong thumbs up during the second-quarter presentation of Barrick as one of its “main cash generators”. “We saw solid performance across the portfolio,” Barrick CEO Dr Mark... 

Jubilee’s board of directors has unanimously recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the proposed sale of the company’s South African chrome and platinum group metal (PGM) operations to One... 

NYSE-listed Lifezone Metals has secured a $60-million bridge loan from Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2 to accelerate early works and infrastructure development at the Kabanga nickel project in... 

Chilean state copper miner Codelco said on Monday that the general manager of its El Teniente mine, where a recent collapse killed six workers, will leave his position as part of a "mutual... 

Copper production from Chilean State-run miner Codelco ticked up 17% year-over-year in June, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Monday, climbing to 120 200 metric tons. Codelco is the... 

One of China’s biggest copper fabricators is set to reap a windfall from President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost US production of the metal. Zhejiang Hailiang Co., a major manufacturer of copper... 

Gold and copper miner Barrick Mining posted higher production and stronger cash generation in the second quarter, advancing several major growth projects and stepping up shareholder returns. The... 

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper has sanctioned construction of its Mantoverde Optimised (MV-O) project in Chile, following receipt of all required board and regulatory approvals, including the... 

Copper miner Codelco received authorization from Chile's labor inspector office to begin resuming certain operations at its flagship El Teniente copper mine, it said on Saturday, after more than a... 

Democratic Republic of Congo appointed former mining executive Louis Watum Kabamba as mines minister in a cabinet reshuffle, the government said on Friday, ahead of key decisions on potential...