Botswana's government on Tuesday signed a long-delayed ten-year diamonds sales agreement with Anglo American unit De Beers adding a possible extension period of five more years to the provisional... 

Top copper supplier Codelco is starting to win over investors on signs that a long-awaited production recovery will help keep the Chilean state firm’s debt levels in check. In the past month,... 

Cobalt stocks rose in China on Tuesday as a surprise export ban in the Democratic Republic of Congo lifted the near-term outlook for the material used in alloys and batteries. Shares in Nanjing... 

The South African Poultry Association (SAPA) has expressed concern over another potential widespread Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak in South Africa, since the virus typically... 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol is repurposing its Twistdraai export coal plant as a destoning operation to improve the quality of coal being used in its Secunda gasifiers, in Mpumalanga, where it... 

Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) says the engine certification issues that affected its new-vehicle export business last year have been resolved. “Export streams are continuing as before,” says a... 

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Zuko Godlimpi and Agriculture Deputy Minister Nokuzola Capa have attributed the 52 930 jobs retained by the poultry industry in recent years to the... 

The Indonesian government has agreed to allow copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia to resume exports of copper concentrate until repairs at its smelter are completed, Energy and Mineral Resources... 

Bismuth prices in Europe have soared to their highest in nearly 17 years after China's plan to impose export curbs raised fears of curtailed supply for the metal used in medication, cosmetics and... 

Petrochemicals giant Sasol is set to face significant headwinds at its Sasolburg and Secunda operations in the coming decade, including a R30-billion-a-year carbon tax cost. Researchers, having... 

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed an online tool that enables abalone farmers along South Africa’s coast to leverage ocean colour maps to track marine algal... 

McEwen has applied for the admission of the project to Argentina's Large Investment Incentive Regime. 

The suspensive conditions to transactions between Orion Minerals’ New Okiep Exploration Company and New Okiep Mining Company, and historically disadvantaged South Africans, have been met. 

While the South African defence industry grew significantly in the late twentieth century, it has been in decline ever since, owing to budget cuts as well as diminished support from the South... 

Sustainability was not just an environmental need, it was an economic necessity. So asserted UN Development Programme resident representative in South Africa and director of the Africa Sustainable... 

TSX-listed GoviEx Uranium has taken the first step in securing project financing for its Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia, by appointing Endeavour Financial as its financial adviser. Muntanga is... 

China’s coal slump is likely to persist for several months, weighing on a global market that has seen mining giant Glencore forced to consider output cuts after prices dropped to near their lowest... 

New polling data reveals that a majority of West Australians support lifting the state's uranium mining ban, as the global demand for the commodity continues to rise. The survey, conducted by... 

The International Commodity Summit 2025 (ICS2025) is set to take centre stage as Africa’s groundbreaking platform dedicated to the advancement of commodity trade on the continent. Scheduled for 14... 

Zambia has suspended a 15% export tax on precious stones and metals in a bid to enhance competitiveness on the global market and draw investment, the finance ministry said on Wednesday. The... 

A Chinese company has stopped exporting a piece of equipment used to process the electric vehicle battery metal lithium, in the clearest sign yet manufacturers are already implementing export... 

The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has found in an independent study that the citrus industry suffered a R5.2-billion direct and indirect cost owing to inefficient logistics in the... 

Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore has reported a 17% lower total dividend for the year ended December 31, on the back of steel market and iron-ore pricing dynamics. The company’s total... 

Mining billionaire Robert Friedland’s latest venture, iron-ore producer Ivanhoe Atlantic, is seeking to raise as much as A$300-million from an initial public offering (IPO) in Australia, people... 

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and GFA... 

ASX-listed Cyclone Metals on Monday announced a binding commercial agreement with Vale for the joint development of the Iron Bear iron-ore project in Canada. Under the terms of the agreement,... 

Following the February 12 announcement of the placing of a temporary ban on the exports of all minerals from Malawi, the country’s Ministry of Mining has moved to clarify its position. “The... 

The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday it expects Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, to focus his Budget on accelerating economic reforms that drive investment, create jobs, and reduce debt,... 

Mongolia is aiming to increase its coal exports to China by almost a fifth this year, as it seeks to expand energy cooperation with its resource-hungry neighbor. The central Asian nation forecasts... 

JSE-listed mining and materials group Afrimat has warned that losses in its cement segment and a weaker-than-expected performance from its anthracite segment will mean that its results for the 2025... 

Australia’s biggest iron-ore port reopened and Rio Tinto Plc mines resumed operations after being spared any major damage from Tropical Cyclone Zelia. Port Hedland, which handled almost 760... 

Modifications to AQSE- and A2X-listed Marula Mining’s Kilifi manganese processing plant, in Kenya, remain on schedule to be completed in the first quarter, the company said on February 14. The work... 

Manufacturer, distributor and retailer of automotive components, Metair, says its exit from the Turkish market and a slump in local vehicle production will have a significant impact on its 2024... 

Chinese electric carmaker BYDacquired mineral rights for two plots of land in a lithium-rich part of Brazil in 2023, entering the mining business in its biggest market outside of China, according... 

As more businesses adopt renewable energy solutions like rooftop solar and energy storage, they become prosumers – both consumers and producers of energy – a trend that presents organisations with... 

Copper miner PT Freeport Indonesia has reduced its copper ore mining to 60% capacity due to rising stockpiles, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry senior official Tri Winarno said on Friday.... 

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Perpetua is advancing its Stibnite gold project in Idaho, announcing on Thursday the start of detailed engineering and a procurement contract with Idaho Power for powerline... 

Canadian miner McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of McEwen Mining, has submitted a request to join an Argentine government incentives program that would give it significant tax breaks for its Los Azules... 

Singapore iron ore futures prices rose on Friday and were on track for a weekly gain, supported by heightened concerns over cyclone-led supply disruptions in major producer Australia. The... 

Despite possessing vast mineral wealth, including significant deposits of copper, cobalt and gold, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) infrastructure remains a critical barrier to further... 

First concentrate has been produced. 

Naamsa | The Automotive Business Council has issued a significant correction to South Africa’s 2024 new-vehicle export data “following a comprehensive data verification exercise” which showed that...