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Apple-MP Materials deal boosts US rare earth recycling push, says Metallium
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Rare earths company Metallium says the newly announced $500-million partnership between technology giant Apple and rare earths miner MP Materials to recycle rare earth magnets in the US underscores... 


Trevor Manuel
Issues on the agenda at the G20 finance meeting in South Africa
16th July 2025 By: Reuters

Group of 20 finance officials meet in South Africa from Thursday amid trade tensions, a global economic slowdown and Washington's threat to withdraw from multilateral organisations. President Cyril... 


US aluminium tariffs added $300m in costs in H1, says Rio Tinto
US aluminium tariffs added $300m in costs in H1, says Rio Tinto
16th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified metals and mining company Rio Tinto incurred about $300-million in gross costs tied to US aluminium tariffs on Canadian product during the first half of 2025, the firm reported on... 


One Year Until Kick-Off: Securing the 2026 Football World Championships – NETSCOUT Comments
One Year Until Kick-Off: Securing the 2026 Football World Championships – NETSCOUT Comments
15th July 2025

This time next year the eyes of the world will be fixed on the Football World Championships; excitement is already building, with this event taking place across the US, Canada and Mexico, promising... 


US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Bessent no-show, Brics tensions set to cast shadow over Durban G20 meeting
15th July 2025 By: Reuters

Another no-show by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Donald Trump's tariff threats and rising tensions between Washington and Brics countries all look set to overshadow this week's meeting of... 


Almonty debuts on Nasdaq with $90m listing
Almonty debuts on Nasdaq with $90m listing
15th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Tungsten company Almonty Industries has priced a $90-million upsized and oversubscribed US public offering as it begins trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker “ALM”. The... 


China's rare earth exports jump in June in sign of trade war relief
14th July 2025 By: Reuters

China's rare earths exports rose 32% in June from the month before, customs data showed on Monday, in a potential sign that agreements reached last month to free up the flow of the metals are... 


Tungsten Mining targets early cash flow to accelerate access to critical minerals
Tungsten Mining targets early cash flow to accelerate access to critical minerals
14th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Critical minerals developer Tungsten Mining on Monday announced a revised development strategy at its Mt Mulgine project in Western Australia, integrating early-stage gold extraction into its plans... 


Rely Precision Castings to Showcase Local Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Manufacturing Indaba 2025
Rely Precision Castings to Showcase Local Excellence and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies at Manufacturing Indaba 2025
11th July 2025

Rely Precision Castings, South Africa’s leading manufacturer of high-integrity investment castings, is proud to announce its participation in Manufacturing Indaba 2025, taking place from July 15... 


Barrick Mining CEO Mark Bristow
Copper's positive, long-term trajectory unchanged despite US tariff, Barrick CEO says
11th July 2025 By: Reuters

Copper miners remain bullish on the metal's future prospects even as a looming 50% US tariff creates short-term price volatility, Barrick Mining Corp CEO Mark Bristow said in Zambia, where the... 


Weaponising the threat: The changing face of cybercrime
Weaponising the threat: The changing face of cybercrime
10th July 2025 By: Dimpho Madiba

By: Richard Frost - Head of Technology and Innovation at Armata Cybersecurity Companies and high-profile individuals are using cyber-attacks as a way of discrediting and disrupting their... 


Cornfield
Grain SA backs agri budget, new policy direction envisioned by Steenhuisen
10th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Industry body Grain SA has declared its support for the new policy direction outlined in Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen’s 2025/26 budget vote speech, which was presented to Parliament on... 


Top CEOs want Canada to build a strategic minerals reserve for defence
Top CEOs want Canada to build a strategic minerals reserve for defence
10th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Canada should become a world leader in producing and processing raw materials for military equipment and defense systems, according to an influential business group. The Business Council of Canada... 


SANDF soldiers in the DRC
Contested debate highlights depth of defence challenges in South Africa
9th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The debate in Parliament on the Department of Defence and Military Veterans' Budget Vote, on July 9, highlighted the significant challenges facing the defence sectors and the military in South... 


Carbon Markets Africa Summit reveals packed programme featuring continent’s entire carbon markets value chain
8th July 2025

The upcoming Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) programme features the continent’s entire carbon markets value chain in what is a compelling combination of successful early carbon market movers,... 


Police Minister Senzo Mchunu
Fedusa, SACP want independent inquiry into Mkhwanazi’s Saps allegations
8th July 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

The Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to appoint an independent commission of inquiry to investigate... 


Midvaal reservoir infrastructure
Midvaal invests R1.2m to strengthen water quality
8th July 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

The Midvaal local municipality has installed an automated chlorine dosing system at the Meyerton water reservoir, which supplies water to over 80% of the Midvaal areas. The R1.2-million project... 


Bayan stakes ground near Mountain Pass rare earth mine
7th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Bayan Mining and Minerals has secured a strategic foothold in one of the world’s most prospective rare earth elements (REE) corridors, filing staking applications for 72 federal... 


The latest generation TwisterTrac VS350E, from Pilot Crushtec, offers major productivity gains and environmental benefits, with up to 50% higher production rate
Pilot Crushtec powers Ovenden Earthmoving with new TwisterTrac VS350E
4th July 2025

Pilot Crushtec’s longstanding relationship with leading UK contractor Ovenden Earthmoving Co Ltd has been strengthened with the successful delivery and operation of the latest generation... 


When help hinders growth
4th July 2025 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

When Western governments sneeze, development projects in Africa catch a cold. In 2024 alone, these governments disbursed $42-billion in official development assistance (ODA) to Africa. But the aid... 


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AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape and outpacing traditional security
4th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

AI tools are rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape, enabling fraud attacks that are more difficult to detect, and the exploitation of vulnerabilities and stolen credentials in increasingly... 


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AI is changing the cybersecurity landscape and outpacing traditional security
4th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

AI tools are rapidly changing the cybersecurity landscape, enabling fraud attacks that are more difficult to detect, and the exploitation of vulnerabilities and stolen credentials in increasingly... 


Tin ore
Mineral smuggling from Congo to Rwanda at ‘unprecedented levels’, UN says
3rd July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Mineral smuggling from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo into neighbouring Rwanda has reached “unprecedented levels” amid the occupation of a large swath of the region by Rwanda-backed M23... 


Trigg raises A$12.5m to advance US antimony project
2nd July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Trigg Minerals has raised A$12.5-million through a placement to institutional and professional investors, including strategic US funds, to accelerate development of its Antimony Canyon... 


Ramaco says Brook rare earth project viable with $1.2bn NPV – Fluor report
Ramaco says Brook rare earth project viable with $1.2bn NPV – Fluor report
2nd July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq-listed Ramaco Resources said on Tuesday that a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) by Fluor had found its Brook mine project to be commercially and technologically feasible, with a... 


Congo gold miner says M23 rebels force staff to work without pay
30th June 2025 By: Reuters

Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work against their will and without pay after seizing its mine in eastern Democratic Republic of... 


China's rare earths are flowing again, but not freely
30th June 2025 By: Reuters

The threat of mass shutdowns across the automotive supply chain is fading as Chinese rare earth magnets begin to flow, though automakers and suppliers say production plans still face uncertainties... 


UK trade envoy for Southern Africa Calvin Bailey, MP.
UK committed to fresh value-adding mining approach, says Southern African envoy
27th June 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The UK government is promising Africa a fresh in-Africa value-adding approach to the mining and minerals development it will be going all out to partner and promote. This promise was spelt out... 


Food Fraud vs Food Defence: Understanding the Difference and the Need for Risk Mitigation
Food Fraud vs Food Defence: Understanding the Difference and the Need for Risk Mitigation
27th June 2025

By: Camilla Christino and Mike Smith In the evolving landscape of food safety, two critical yet often misunderstood concepts stand out: Food Fraud and Food Defence. While both involve intentional... 


Atlantic Strategic Minerals starts commercial production at Virginia operations
Atlantic Strategic Minerals starts commercial production at Virginia operations
27th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US critical minerals producer Atlantic Strategic Minerals (ASM) has started commercial production at its mining and mineral processing operations in Virginia. ASM is producing ilmenite and zircon... 


LOcation map of the Longonjo rare earths project
Longonjo neodymium/praseodymium project, Angola – update
27th June 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Rare earths developer Pensana Rare Earths has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nasdaq-listed American Resources Corporation and US critical mineral refiner ReElement Technologies. 


Panel stresses importance of diversified supply chains
26th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

This is a pivotal moment in Africa’s journey, with the continent brimming with opportunity but also challenges. “By 2050, the African population will reach 2.6-billion, so how can we ensure that... 


Energy Fuels and Astron’s Donald rare earth JV secures regulatory approval
26th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Uranium and critical minerals company Energy Fuels has received the final major regulatory approval required to construct and operate the Donald rare earth and mineral sand project in Victoria,... 


Speakers mull geopolitical considerations for mining industry
25th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The second day of the London Indaba kicked off with an opening keynote session delivered by British diplomat Lord Mark Sedwill, during which he pondered some broad considerations for the mining... 


Trigg appoints US defence adviser
25th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Trigg Minerals has appointed former senior US Department of Defense official Ben Harris as its US defence and armaments adviser, as the company positions its Antimony Canyon project in... 


Ivanhoe Electric pencils in 2026 construction start at Arizona copper mine
Ivanhoe Electric pencils in 2026 construction start at Arizona copper mine
25th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-based exploration company Ivanhoe Electric has completed a preeasibility study (PFS) for its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona, confirming the viability of a high-grade underground mine and... 


Prime Minister Mark Carney
Carney says Canada can hit new C$150bn NATO bill with mines
25th June 2025 By: Bloomberg

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada can meet a steep expected increase in its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation obligations spending partly by leaning on the country’s bounty of critical... 


A gold nugget on dollar banknotes
Central banks eye gold, euro and yuan as dollar dominance wanes
24th June 2025 By: Reuters

The custodians of trillions of dollars of global central bank reserves are eyeing a move away from the greenback into gold, the euro and China's yuan as the splintering of world trade and... 


EU needs rare earths strategic reserves against China threat
23rd June 2025 By: Reuters

European Union countries should create joint reserves of rare earths to prevent supply chain disruptions and economic blackmail from China, the EU's Commissioner for Industrial Strategy, Stephane... 


ReElement CEO Mark Jenson and Pensana CEO Tim George
Pensana signs MoU with ReElement Technologies, American Resources Corporation
23rd June 2025 By: Darren Parker

Rare earths mining and processing company Pensana has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nasdaq-listed American Resources Corporation and US critical mineral refiner ReElement... 


Image of Donald Trump
SA condemns US military attacks on Iran, calls for dialogue to end conflict
23rd June 2025 By: Thabi Shomolekae

President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged dialogue to end the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, with the hope that US President Donald Trump will use his government’s “influence” to urge parties to pursue a... 


Teck Resources eyes output boost for chipmaking-metal germanium
23rd June 2025 By: Reuters

Canada's Teck Resources is weighing options to expand production of germanium, a strategic metal key to chipmaking, and is currently talking with governments, including Canada and the United... 


Electra launches early works at cobalt refinery to prepare for construction restart
Electra launches early works at cobalt refinery to prepare for construction restart
20th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials has launched an early works programme at its cobalt refinery in Ontario, aiming to accelerate preparations for the resumption of full-scale... 


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