A definitive feasibility study has shown the project to be robust, even in a low pricing environment.  

NYSE- and ASX-listed Alcoa said that its San Ciprián complex in Galicia, Spain, was affected by the massive power outage that swept across the Iberian Peninsula on Monday. Both the alumina... 

Australia’s IGO has trimmed capital spending plans for the Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia, lowering its 2025 capital expenditure (capex) forecast to between A$700-million and... 

American Battery Technology said on Tuesday it has received a letter of interest from the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) for $900-million in financing to support the construction of its Nevada-based... 

Central bank gold buying and global trade tensions are likely to push bullion prices to near $5 000 an ounce by 2028, billionaire investor John Paulson said in an interview during which he... 

Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Zimplats has reported an 11% year-on-year and a 4% quarter-on-quarter decrease in mined volumes for the quarter ended March 31, owing to lower availability of... 

Multilateral trade financing institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a $3-billion revolving intra-African oil trade financing programme to finance the purchase of... 

Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths is in talks with the Trump administration to counter rising costs for the refinery it’s building in Texas, while at the same time warning that the president’s tariff... 

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 

Vedanta Resources, is considering a US public listing for its Zambian unit Konkola Copper Mines as one of its options to try to raise about $1-billion for mine development, three sources familiar... 

Gold and silver refiner Rand Refinery has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive growth and enterprise development in the local jewellery sector, as its Silver and Gold Mentorship Programme enters... 

ASX-listed RareX has entered into a consortium agreement with Australian miner Iluka Resources to apply for the Mrima Hill rare earth/niobium/phosphate/manganese project licence, in Kenya. RareX... 

Global central banks will mostly stand ready for interest-rate cuts in coming months to cushion their economies from US President Donald Trump’s trade war. Despite flux in implementation, his... 

BHP aims to increase copper production in South Australia to more than 500 000 t/y of refined copper cathode by the early 2030s. 

Cobalt Blue has signed a binding pre-final investment decision consortium deed with Iwatani Australia to progress development. 

Operator and majority owner of the Waterberg project Platinum Group Metals has indicated that its near-term focus remains advancing the Waterberg project to a development and construction decision 

Energy and chemicals group Sasol has again reduced its coal production forecast for the current financial year, owing to ongoing quality problems affecting production at its Secunda Operations,... 

Australia-listed Talga Group’s planned battery anode refinery in Luleå, Sweden, has been designated a net-zero strategic project under the European Union’s (EU's) Net-Zero Industry Act, the company... 

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to... 

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) says its near-term objective remains advancing the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project, in South Africa, to a development and construction... 

ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a binding pre-final investment decision (pre-FID) consortium deed with Iwatani Australia (IWA) to progress development of the Kwinana cobalt refinery,... 

Gold major Barrick is leveraging its $4.25-billion investment into the Tanzania-based Twiga Minerals Corporation – a joint venture (JV) between it and the Tanzanian government – to further progress... 

Africa-focused infrastructure and industry development investment catalyst group, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has reported that last year (ending December 31) was its strongest-ever... 

Chinese alumina producers, which rushed to expand capacity after prices surged last year due to short supplies of raw material bauxite, are being squeezed by falling prices, prompting some to shut... 

Angola's Sonangol is in talks with Chinese and European banks to overcome a $4.8-billion funding shortfall for its planned 200,000 barrel per day Lobito refinery, an executive with the State-owned... 

The newly formed State-owned South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) and its holding company the Central Energy Fund (CEF) have reached an agreement with organised labour and non-unionised... 

Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore said that it has approached both Queensland's and the Federal Government of Australia about the future of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townville copper... 

The European Commission has designated the GalliCam project as a strategic project. 

The European Commission has designated the Keliber lithium project as a ‘strategic project'. 

Rand Refinery, one of the world’s leading gold and silver refiners and an operator of one of the continent’s largest low-grade gold recovery smelters, is reaffirming its unwavering commitment to... 

Johannesburg-based Sibanye Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman says the European Commission’s designation of its Keliber lithium and GalliCam projects as strategic projects under the EU’s Critical Raw... 

Astron Energy, a unit of global commodity trader Glencore, will invest up to R6-billion to install new equipment and become compliant with South Africa's cleaner fuel specifications ahead of a 2027... 

US jet fuel imports are set to hit a two-year high in March after Nigeria's Dangote refinery pushed barrels to North America, which should lower prices of the aviation fuel in the peak summer... 

Nanshan Aluminum International Holdings, a company backed by Glencore, declined in its Hong Kong trading debut, with sentiment for the top alumina producer in Southeast Asia impacted by falling... 

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials has received a letter of intent (LoI) for C$20-million in proposed funding to support the completion of North America’s first battery-grade cobalt... 

Gold rose to an all-time high on Thursday as the Federal Reserve hinted at two possible interest rate cuts this year, bolstering bullion's appeal amid ongoing geopolitical and economic woes. Spot... 

With the gold price soaring sky-high, insight into the global gold assaying and refining standards that need to be upheld was intensively communicated this week at the conference of the London... 

In terms of sustainability and responsible sourcing, the 2025 focus of the independent London-based precious metals association – the LBMA – will be on mandatory disclosure, recycled gold and... 

Glencore is doubling down on a cost-cutting drive at its Canadian copper and zinc plants following job cuts last year, in a further overhaul of its global smelting business following a collapse in... 

As Africa positions itself for a new era of energy growth and investment, the Invest in African Energy (IAE) Forum in Paris brings together top executives, policymakers and financiers to chart the... 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto and energy group Edify Energy have entered into two new solar and battery hybrid services agreements (HSAs) to enhance the supply of reliable, competitively priced... 

A copper/gold/silver/molybdenum mine in the Atacama region.