Anglo American reported a 5% fall in third-quarter copper production on Tuesday after record snowfall in Chile, but maintained its 2026 forecast for the metal and raised its diamond production... 

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources has progressed strategic collaborative research alliances supporting its critical minerals and rare earth element (REE) exploration at its 100%-owned Gcwihaba Metals... 

Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) says it has achieved a global freight rail milestone, safely operating a 696-wagon empty train on the Iron Ore Export Line from Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, to the... 

Aim-listed Kodal Minerals has entered into a binding agreement with Ghanaian mining consultancy GH Geo-Consult Limited (GGCL) in relation to the Asamankese lithium project, in Ghana. Under the... 

Aim-listed Gemfields reports that its latest auction of mixed-quality rough rubies, recovered from Montepuez Ruby Mining (MRM), in Mozambique, generated total revenues of $52-million. The auction,... 

Global industrial software company AVEVA is seeing “significant interest” in digitalisation across Africa, especially where it addresses immediate operating challenges, and the company has... 

The R10-billion Gamsberg Phase II expansion of Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), the Southern African zinc business of Vedanta Limited, was officially opened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on October... 

The global refined zinc market is expected to swing to a surplus of 25 000 metric tons in 2027 from a deficit of 88 000 tons this year, while the refined lead market surplus will widen to 163 000... 

The sale of South Africa’s aluminium value chain assets to Alcoa Corporation of the US remains on track for completion in the June 2027 half-year, Johannesburg-, Sydney- and London-listed South32... 

Chicago-headquartered CME Group on Monday said it will launch tungsten futures to meet rising demand for its metals complex, which registered record volume this year. The contracts are expected to... 

The first copper and zinc production from Uppers at the reviving Prieska Copper Zinc Mine in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape is targeted for the end of next year, Orion Minerals reported... 

The world has a copper problem. The average ore quality is plummeting, more resources are being plowed into obtaining the same amount of metal and new mines take years to open because of the cost... 

As African nations push miners to build refineries and smelters at home, government and industry officials say a major obstacle risks crimping investment: a shortage of cheap, reliable electricity.... 

ASX-listed Lindian Resources confirms it is on track for first monazite concentrate production in December. The company has been advancing construction, mining and commissioning readiness... 

Commodities trader Trafigura has announced the appointment of Chipokota Mwanawasa as executive director in Zambia. In her new role, Mwanawasa will coordinate Trafigura’s activities in Zambia across... 

ASX-listed Deep Yellow has delayed a final investment decision (FID) on the Tumas uranium project, in Namibia, given continued weak equity market conditions. The company was due to announce an FID... 

The Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI) has warned mining contractors that many outsourced activities performed on mine sites legally fall under the civil engineering... 

Gold miner Harmony Gold Mining Company has appointed Alwyn Pretorius and James Boardman as independent nonexecutive directors effective October 15. The board says it is satisfied that they meet the... 

While the South African mining sector continues to navigate a period of profound international and domestic change, this year has reinforced both the resilience of the sector and the importance of... 

Aim- and ASX-listed Aura Energy says the results of a bankable feasibility study (BFS) confirm the Tiris uranium project, in Mauritania, as a technically simple, long-life uranium mine that... 

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is looking for investments in iron-ore and uranium as it seeks to expand its reach in critical minerals projects on the continent, the agency's head of mining... 

JSE-listed Copper 360 advises that the incline at the Rietberg underground mine, in the Northern Cape, has intersected copper sulphide mineralisation about 16 m before reaching the planned 300... 

Aluminium is expected to swing into a surplus in 2027, potentially of more than one-million metric tons, as analysts eye a wave of new supply from Indonesia and a recovery in flows from Gulf... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer says Anglo American still sees huge opportunity in South Africa; he discusses Mineral Resources and Petroleum Minister Gwede Matashe wanting South Africans to... 

Canadian advanced subsurface imaging company Dias Geophysical has commercialised two new technologies called DSTX (Deep Search Transmitter) and QAMT (Quantum Airborne MagnetoTellurics), which... 

The International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on Thursday to release over 20-million barrels of diesel to the market and any oil remaining from a record emergency reserves release pledged in March... 

World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business in five years, and has identified 20 countries that it can partner... 

While market conditions for titanium feedstocks remained challenging in the third quarter of this year, with prices continuing to be under pressure owing to oversupply, London-listed Kenmare... 

London-listed Capital has delivered group revenue of $115.7-million for the third quarter – a 23.3% increase year-on-year but a 1.4% decrease quarter-on-quarter.  Revenue for the first nine months... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed mining and metals group Tharisa’s wholly-owned subsidiary Tharisa Minerals has agreed to sell 50% of the platinum group metal (PGM) concentrate produced at its... 

Luxury giant Richemont and US retailer Signet Jewelers are in talks to join a consortium that’s in prime position to buy diamond miner De Beers, according to five people familiar with the matter.... 

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has welcomed the judgment of the High Court of Tanzania, on October 9, in which the Tanzanian Court struck out a lawsuit by the Pula group of companies...