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Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney
Carney pitches tighter Canada-Saudi mining and energy ties
10th July 2026 By: Reuters

Mark Carney, making the first visit to Saudi Arabia by a Canadian Prime Minister for 26 years, on Thursday said the two nations were well-placed to deepen mining and energy ties. Carney, who says... 


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Mining boom drives African infrastructure growth
10th July 2026 By: Halima Frost

The increased interest in mining, to fulfil global minerals demand, has initiated the establishment of crucial logistics corridors as well as achieved a boost in investment in power projects in... 


An AI generated image of a mine truck the African continent and financial scales
DRC integral in energy transition metals supply
10th July 2026 By: Halima Frost

The global energy transition represents a significant opportunity for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with its vast reserves of copper, cobalt and other critical minerals, says... 


Three large yellow load haul trucks at the Longonjo rare earths mine in Angola
Major rare earths mine construction progresses
10th July 2026 By: Halima Frost

The construction of the Longonjo rare earths mine in Angola is progressing on target and on budget for first mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC) commissioning in 2027, according to owner and operator... 


Mintek Physical Separation Head Gertrude Marape
Mintek spells out value of PGM preconcentration plus chrome recovery
9th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Successful removal of coarse waste is beneficial in that it reduces power requirements in the milling circuit, lowers water needs, and increases platinum group metal (PGM) feed grades. With... 


Sibanye-Stillwater EVP Processing Lucas Msimanga.
First phase of Sibanye-Stillwater’s secondary mining thrust given thumbs up
8th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

A lower-risk secondary mining business, which focuses on extracting value from platinum group metals (PGM) surface waste that hosts chrome, is being built by the South Africa PGM Operations of... 


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Council for Geoscience, Netherlands counterpart sign MoU to boost critical materials development
8th July 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Geoscientific research institutes the Council for Geoscience (CGS) and the Geological Survey of the Netherlands (TNO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance integrated... 


Empire State Mines site in the US
Titan Mining confirms germanium potential at Empire State Mines
8th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and NYSE-listed Titan Mining has confirmed elevated germanium mineralisation across the Balmat-Edwards mineral system, in both primary zinc ore and historic tailings, establishing... 


Diatreme silica sands
Diatreme receives funding boost from partner in Australian silica sands venture
8th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed silica sand developer Diatreme Resources' joint venture partners, Sibelco Silica, has exercised its call option to subscribe for additional shares in the companies' Cape Silica Holdings... 


Teck Resources' Trail Operations in British Columbia
Teck to receive up to $400m Canadian investment for germanium, gallium, antimony scale-up
8th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and NYSE-listed Teck Resources, Natural Resources Canada and Canada Growth Fund (CGF) have signed a strategic investment agreement to support expanding production capacity for germanium,... 


Polymetallic nodules on seabed
Deep Sea Minerals partners with US autonomous underwater exploration tech company
7th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian seabed explorer Deep Sea Minerals Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with a US-based marine technology company called Impossible Metals, which is developing autonomous... 


A globe focused on Africa
Africa attracted investment in 2025; the challenge is turning it into broader industrial development – Unctad
7th July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa reached about $70-billion in 2025, which was below the exceptional $94-billion recorded in 2024, but was the third-highest number since 1990 and... 


Defender-Pine Crow project area in Nevada
Great Western confirms tungsten zones ahead of drill programme in Nevada
7th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Great Western Mining Corporation has found significant tungsten mineralisation from its latest sampling programme at the Defender-Pine Crow project, in Nevada, US. Four new machine-cut... 


Sibanye-Stillwater executive VP head of projects Ralph Lombard
Sibanye-Stillwater developing seven primary platinum metals mining projects
6th July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Seven relatively shallow primary adjoining mining projects that focus largely on upper group two (UG2) reef and mainly mechanised mining are at various stages of development within the South... 


Waving Canadian flag
Public engager Resource Works lauds latest Canadian natural resource investments
6th July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian public engagement organisation Resource Works has welcomed the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement signed on July 2 by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David... 


WMS mineral sands in New Zealand
New Zealand backs two minerals projects with up to NZ$50 million
6th July 2026 By: Reuters

New Zealand will provide up to NZ$50-million ($31-million) to two West Coast projects that expand processing capacity for critical minerals used in advanced manufacturing and clean-energy... 


Raw copper ore
Brazil aims to lift global share of critical minerals output to 12.2% by 2050
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

Brazil will unveil its National Mining Plan 2050 on Thursday, setting a target to increase its share of global critical minerals production to 12.2% by that year, from 8.3% currently, said the... 


Cook Islands manganese nodules on seabed
US envoy says Cook Islands minerals are a top priority
3rd July 2026 By: Reuters

The new US ambassador to New Zealand and several Pacific island nations said on Friday that securing Cook Islands seabed minerals was a top priority, and that China's push for influence in the... 


South Africa's Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal.
South32 deal enabling Alcoa to surpass Rio as world’s biggest bauxite miner
2nd July 2026 By: Martin Creamer

With the acquisition of South32’s aluminium assets, Alcoa will surpass Rio Tinto to become the world's largest bauxite mining company on an equity-attributable production basis, with global share... 


Synthetic rutile
IperionX to publish Camden-Titan integrated economic study by year-end
2nd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

US titanium developer IperionX has successfully completed the acquisition of the Camden critical minerals project, which includes existing infrastructure assets. The acquisition is highly... 


Gallium
MRG Metals confirms high levels of gallium in South Africa for byproduct production
2nd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed MRG Metals has confirmed significant levels of gallium returned from analytical results as the company works to define its Garies project resource, in South Africa's Northern Cape... 


Almonty tungsten mining at Sangdong in South Korea
Almonty reaches first tungsten processing throughput in South Korea
2nd July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq- and ASX-listed tungsten producer Almonty Industries has started processing operations at its Sangdong mine, in South Korea. The company this month started feeding stockpiled run-of-mine... 


Penouta mine, in Spain
ETM steps closer to restarting EU's only domestic primary source of tantalum, niobium
1st July 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A shuttered mine in the hills of inland Galicia is a step closer to becoming the EU's only domestic primary source of tantalum and niobium - strategic metals the bloc today imports almost in their... 


A generic image of a cobalt stone
Celsius Resources concludes sale of cobalt and copper asset in Namibia
30th June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

ASX-listed Celsius Resources has concluded a binding share sale agreement with Chinese State-owned mining, smelting and processing company Chinalco Mining for the sale of its 95% interest in the... 


Fossil generation ‘substituted’ by renewables in 2025 amid electricity tipping point
Fossil generation ‘substituted’ by renewables in 2025 amid electricity tipping point
30th June 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Record global electricity demand last year was met entirely by low-carbon sources, resulting in fossil fuels generation being substituted rather than supplemented, the Energy Institute’s... 


Tungsten
Guardian Metals outlines viable tungsten trioxide operation in Nevada
30th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

New York- and London-listed Guardian Metal Resources finds in a prefeasibility study (PFS) that the Pilot Mountain tungsten project, in Nevada, can viably produce 15 916 t/y of tungsten trioxide... 


Mintek supervisor: applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho.
Attributes of platinum group metals explicated at Mintek PGM Day
30th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGMs) have several properties that make them critical everyday-life minerals, Mintek supervisor applied chemical analysis Nehemiah Mukwevho explicated during his presentation... 


Andrada's Uis mine
Andrada records strong quarterly results across its Namibian assets
29th June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has reported a strong first quarter, ended May 31, including an increase in quarterly tin production, positive drill results and significant processing development across... 


Africa urged to embrace equitable resource-based industrialisation
Africa urged to embrace equitable resource-based industrialisation
29th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As a continent endowed with a vast number of natural resources and high renewable-energy potential, Africa’s natural resources can be a platform for industrialisation if linkages with the rest of... 


Antimony rock chips
Pantera Minerals hits antimony, silver mineralisation ahead of drill programme in US
29th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Pantera Minerals has published more "outstanding" results from its Phase 2 exploration programme at the Gillham project, in Arkansas. The latest exceptional assay results from rock chip... 


Fortune Metals' NICO project
Canada announces more federal investment for projects to advance critical minerals mining
29th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canada Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson on June 29 announced investments of up to $73-million planned for 12 projects across Canada to advance mining and the infrastructure needed... 


AI integration can help unlock legacy data, enhance mineral discovery
AI integration can help unlock legacy data, enhance mineral discovery
26th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

As demand for critical minerals continues to increase globally, the need to explore for and identify mineral resources quicker than before has mounted, raising the need for integrated... 


Tungsten ore
Australia's Apollo Minerals garners approval to list on Euronext
26th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Apollo Minerals has announced the Euronext Growth Paris Exchange has formally approved the company's listing of its ordinary shares. The company's flagship asset, the Couflens high... 


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