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... 

New CEO at the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM), Victoria Backhaus-Jerling, says she has four main priorities for her tenure at the industry body. Before her appointment on... 

Dual-listed explorer Xanadu Mines on Monday announced a proposed takeover offer from Bastion Mining, a consortium comprising Singapore-based Boroo and Xanadu director Ganbayar Lkhagvasuren. The... 

London-listed Antofagasta has secured environmental approval in Chile to extend the life of its Zaldívar copper mine through 2051 and advance a planned transition to a new water supply. The... 

Uranium developer Neo Energy has appointed Theo Botoulas as its new CEO and executive director, effective immediately. Botoulas, who is based in South Africa, is a seasoned mining executive with... 

The first quicklime produced by Côte d’Ivoire-headquartered mining company Firering Strategic Minerals in February at its Limeco project, in Zambia, marks a major milestone for the company, nearly... 

In response to persistent supply chain challenges faced by mining companies operating in Zambia’s Copperbelt, Dutch logistics firm C.Steinweg Logistics launched a direct air freight service, from... 

Equipment reliability is paramount in the mining industry, where operations face constant wear and extreme conditions. From gold extraction in Zimbabwe to copper mining in Zambia and diamond... 

Driven by a current strong demand from copper, South African mining services company and technology integrator Dwyka Mining Services is supporting Zambian mines through the deployment of drones and... 

The Platreef project hosts an underground deposit of thick platinum group metals, nickel, copper and gold mineralisation on the northern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, in Limpopo. 

The envisaged mining operation is expected to produce about 100 000 t/y of copper equivalent. 

The grid-connected 100 MW Chisamba solar PV project, in Zambia, has secured $71.5-million from financial services firm Stanbic Bank Zambia, with financing anchored by a 13-year power purchase... 

JP Morgan forecasts rise in copper, aluminium prices in second half of year JP Morgan projected on Wednesday that copper prices will average $9 225 a metric ton in the second half of this year and... 

Chinese cobalt smelters have ample supplies of the battery-making material despite the export ban imposed by the world's top producer, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in late February, delegates... 

TSX-listed Foran Mining has announced a C$350-million non-brokered private placement to fund construction of its McIlvenna Bay project, in Saskatchewan, and advance exploration in the surrounding... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has published an independently verified updated mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Makoko District, which is within Ivanhoe’s Western Forelands Exploration project, in... 

Diversified miner BHP CEO Mike Henry said on Tuesday that the mining giant was well-positioned to weather a range of global trade outcomes, including an escalated trade war, as the company focused... 

Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are not, the US will also be adversely affected and... 

ASX-listed junior Legacy Minerals has lodged an exploration licence application (ELA6901) over the Nico Young nickel/cobalt deposit in New South Wales (NSW) – a resource containing about... 

JSE-listed Exxaro Resources has entered into binding agreements to acquire shares and claims in manganese assets held by Ntsimbintle Holdings and OM Holdings in a "transformational" R11.67-billion... 

Chilean copper producer Codelco and global miner Rio Tinto will jointly aim to create a copper "mining district" around their shared Nuevo Cobre project in the Atacama region of northern Chile,... 

Australian miner Rio Tinto on Monday announced a final joint venture (JV) agreement with Japanese group Sumitomo Metal Mining (SMM) to develop the Winu copper and gold project, in the Great Sandy... 

Dual-listed Barrick Mining is officially trading under the single-letter ticker symbol ‘B’ on the New York Stock Exchange. To mark the milestone, Barrick president and CEO Mark Bristow rang the... 

Gold and copper miner Newmont has reduced its shareholding in Discovery Silver by selling 50.5-million shares for C$124.07-million, or C$2.457 each. The transaction reduced its shareholding in... 

A US federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring land to Rio Tinto and BHP for a copper mine opposed by Native Americans, citing the Supreme Court's... 

Mining and metals company South32 said on Monday that Anglo American executive Matthew Daley would become its new CEO in 2026, replacing Graham Kerr who would step down later that year after... 

Global diversified miner Glencore says various initiatives at its industrial assets are driving positive change in the communities where they operate. “Our diversified business model, underpinned... 

Martin Creamer talks about Barrick Mining and green hydrogen. 

The electricity pricing agreement for Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal reflects the South African government’s policy to support strategic industries that create value for the nation, South32... 

ASX-listed technology company Chrysos Corporation has signed a master services agreement (MSA) with global diversified miner Newmont Corporation to provide PhotonAssay technology to Newmont’s gold... 

SolGold, an Ecuador-focused firm backed by some of the biggest names in mining, is working on options to start production at its flagship project three or four years ahead of previous plans. The... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines executive co-chairperson Robert Friedland and president and CEO Marna Cloete have reported that mining crews have driven underground development into the high-grade... 

The foundation of a real mining company lies in its reserve base, Barrick Mining highlighted during Wednesday’s quarterly results presentation when it displayed a slide that brought into sharp... 

Explorer Belararox has signed a binding option agreement with Minerals 260, giving the latter exclusive rights to acquire its Bullabulling project tenements in Western Australia’s Eastern... 

Copper miner Sandfire Resources on Thursday announced the sale of its Old Highway gold project, near its DeGrussa mine in Western Australia, to gold miner Catalyst Metals for A$32.5-million. The... 

ASX- and TSX-V-listed Hot Chili has appointed two seasoned mining executives to steer the company through the next phase of development at its Costa Fuego copper/gold project in Chile. The company... 

A US federal judge said he will rule by May 14 on whether to block the Trump administration from transferring Arizona land to Rio Tinto and BHP to build a major copper mine opposed by Native... 

Toronto-headquartered Barrick Mining CEO Mark Bristow says momentum is building at the company’s Reko Diq project in Pakistan, with construction advancing, exploration upside emerging, and... 

Experts and indigenous peoples’ leaders have called for an end to rights abuses and environmental destruction driven by the growing global demand for critical minerals. In a briefing on April 30,... 

Diversified major Rio Tinto and partner Indium have successfully extracted the first primary gallium from bauxite processed at the Vaudreuil alumina refinery in Quebec as part of a research and... 

ASX-listed Terra Metals has exercised its option to acquire HRM Exploration, securing 100% ownership of four exploration licences adjoining its flagship Dante polymetallic project in Western... 

US authorities are expected to decide on copper tariffs well before a year-end deadline, according to a trade group. President Donald Trump in February directed the US Commerce Department to open...