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Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s mass of metal ‘probably one of planet’s biggest’
24th June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

This is an incredible endowment and we are executing a deliberate strategy to extract more value from every single square metre of our resource base, an ebullient Sibanye-Stillwater COO Richard Cox... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau
dtic exceeds investment target by 44%, talks up vast economic potential
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

During his budget vote address on June 23, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau noted that the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) and its entities attracted... 


A generic image of school shoes
Repurposed mining gumboots find use as school shoes for Mpumalanga learners
24th June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

JSE-listed Thungela Resources has diverted 4 t of used mining gumboots from landfills and transformed them into durable school shoes for learners in communities surrounding its Mpumalanga... 


Grindrod reports Maputo port volume momentum, says transport constraints expected to ease
Grindrod reports Maputo port volume momentum, says transport constraints expected to ease
24th June 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Logistics group Grindrod has highlighted that it expects an improvement in its overall performance in the second half of the year as weather-related disruptions ease and rail capacity recovers. CEO... 


Atomic Eagle receives enviro, resettlement approvals for Muntanga project
Atomic Eagle receives enviro, resettlement approvals for Muntanga project
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Atomic Eagle reports that it has received approval for the environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA) from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) and a “no objection”... 


Copper World project area
Hudbay completes buy-out of Arizona Sonoran to create one large copper district
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX- and NYSE-listed Hudbay Minerals has completed the acquisition of Arizona Sonoran Copper, with Arizona Sonoran shareholders having received 0.242 of a Hudbay common share for each Arizona... 


Kenmare upsizes revolving credit facility by $30m
Kenmare upsizes revolving credit facility by $30m
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Kenmare Resources has announced that its revolving credit facility (RCF) has been increased by $30-million to $230-million. Covenants relating to net debt to earnings before interest,... 


Haib copper project
Koryx Copper progresses exploration at Zambia projects
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-V-listed Koryx Copper reports that while the company’s focus remains on its Haib copper project, in Namibia, it continues to carry out systematic exploration at its Zambian assets, with the aim... 


Lexington to sell US projects to GoldOz in cash-and-share deal
Lexington to sell US projects to GoldOz in cash-and-share deal
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Lexington Gold has entered into a binding agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary Global Asset Resources (GAR) to GoldOz, a company previously listed on the ASX. Through GAR,... 


Sam Houston Jones State Park, in Louisiana
Woodside Energy pledges $5m restore native habitats in Louisiana
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Woodside Energy has announced a $5-million investment in a comprehensive, multi-year initiative to restore biodiversity and strengthen the environmental resilience of Sam Houston Jones State Park,... 


CatD10Dozer
Epiroc, RCT ensure safe transition to openpit mining at nickel operation in Canada
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mine services company Epiroc, using technology from Remote Control Technologies (RCT), played an integral part in the reopening of a prominent Canadian nickel mine as it moved to openpit mining... 


Dynacor pilot gold processing plant in Senegal
Dynacor’s largest shareholder remains concerned about governance despite AGM outcomes
24th June 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Following TSX-listed artisanal ore processor Dynacor Group’s AGM and election of COO Daniel Misiano as president and CEO of the group, Dynacor’s largest shareholder Iolite Partners remains... 


Salungano’s share price rises as it reports higher earnings expectation
Salungano’s share price rises as it reports higher earnings expectation
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Salungano Group’s share price rose by more than 26% on June 24 after the company said it expects to report earnings per share (EPS) of between 50.64c and 51.14c for the financial year... 


Wheaton CEO and president Haytham Hodaly
Wheaton, Eldorado both named among best Canadian corporate citizens
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian multinational streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals Corporation has once again been named to Corporate Knights' Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, ranking thirteenth overall in... 


Cameco CEO Tim Gitzel
Cameco lauds US efforts to kickstart nuclear reactor supply chain
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian uranium producer Cameco Corporation has welcomed an announcement made by the US Department of Energy's (DoE's) Office of Energy Dominance Financing on its conditional commitment for the... 


Copper mineralisation
American West Metals says PFS on Canada's newest copper project imminent
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

After spending additional time to refine a processing flowsheet, mine plan and other aspects, ASX-listed American West Metals says it is making progress on a prefeasibility study (PFS) for the... 


SARS Commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu
SARS Commissioner welcomes Constitutional Court judgment on zero-rating of gold
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Dr Johnstone Makhubu has welcomed the unanimous judgment of the Constitutional Court in Lueven Metals v Commissioner for the SARS,... 


Rare earths mineralisation
Cobra confirms low-cost recovery of more resources possible in South Australia
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed, South Australia-focused Cobra Resources has confirmed more favourable rare earth assay results at its Boland prospect, as well as initial drilling results from the Head prospect.... 


The neighbouring Los Bronces and Andina mines, in Chile
Anglo, Codelco ink definitive agreement for joint mine plan in Chile
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Diversified miner Anglo American has completed a definitive agreement with Chile's State-owned miner Codelco to implement a joint mine plan for their respective Los Bronces and Andina copper... 


Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku; SMM executive chairperson and shareholder Dr Enock Mathebula; and Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
Steenkampskraal, Mintek achieve breakthrough in rare earth beneficiation
24th June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Steenkampskraal Monazite Mine (SMM) and Mintek, South Africa’s national mineral research organisation, have announced the successful production of high-purity mixed rare earth products at Mintek’s... 


A copper mine in the DRC
Congo eyes coops, credit scheme to fund mine workers' equity stakes
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering a plan to help mining employees acquire mandatory stakes in the companies they work for through worker cooperatives and company-financed credit, a... 


Nickel Industries is invested in the Huayue nickel/cobalt HPAL project, in Indonesia
Australia's Nickel Industries secures more exposure key EV battery feedstock
24th June 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Nickel Industries has taken another significant step in its strategy to expand its exposure to the electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain, agreeing to invest $169-million for a 17.5%... 


Steel rolls
Green steel startup Stegra closes $1.6bn financing round
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

Swedish startup Stegra, which is building Europe's first hydrogen-fuelled steel plant, said on Wednesday its €1.4-billion ($1.6-billion) financing round led by a Wallenberg Investments consortium... 


Critical mineral symbols
China's foreign minister calls on BRICS to strengthen strategic minerals cooperation
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday called on BRICS countries to jointly respond to global challenges from Ebola to AI, and strengthen cooperation on strategic mineral resources, according... 


Gold bar
Dubai exchange to launch same-day gold contract, targeting safe-haven flows
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

Dubai's commodities exchange will launch a same-day settlement gold contract on Monday, its CEO told Reuters, aiming to tap safe-haven demand and faster trading infrastructure to boost liquidity in... 


Rare earths
Aclara secures Chile environmental approval for Penco rare-earths project
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

TSX-listed Aclara Resources said on Tuesday it had received the final environmental greenlight for its Penco Module rare-earths project in Chile's Biobio region, a key step that moves the company... 


Petronas signage
Petronas reports new major gas find at Suriname offshore block
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

Malaysia's State-controlled energy producer Petronas has made another gas discovery at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, the South American country's President Jennifer Simons said on Tuesday, while a... 


Rio Tinto's Rincon lithium operation, in Argentina
Rio Tinto sees lithium as fastest-growing division, executive says
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

Rio Tinto expects its lithium business to grow faster than its copper, iron-ore and other divisions as it works to triple production by 2028 for the electric vehicle and battery storage markets, an... 


Menar coal mine
India nears 50% domestic coal use in import-based power plants, sources say
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

India is increasing the use of domestic fuel to more than 50% at power plants designed to run on imported coal, as the world's second-largest thermal coal importer seeks to curb costly overseas... 


Coal
China's coal power on the rise again in 2026, reversing first-in-a-decade decline
24th June 2026 By: Reuters

China's coal-fired power generation is set to rebound this year from its first fall in a decade, analysts said, due to the impact of El Nino and the Iran war and as renewable sources of energy have... 


People sorting diamonds
Botswana seeing soft recovery in diamond demand, mines minister says
23rd June 2026 By: Reuters

Botswana is seeing a soft recovery in diamond demand in key consumer markets such as the US and China, its mines minister Bogolo Joy Kenewendo said on Tuesday, in part supported by a global... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater declares its South African platinum assets ‘world’s best’
23rd June 2026 By: Martin Creamer

If you gave me an option to have any portfolio of platinum group metal (PGM) assets in the world, this is the portfolio I would take – without a doubt, Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Dr Richard Stewart... 


Chilwa triples Mpyupyu West HMS discovery
23rd June 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Chilwa Minerals reports that reconnaissance hand panning has been extended to the south and south-east of Mpyupyu Hill at the company’s Mpyupyu West heavy mineral sands (HMS) discovery... 


Toubani MD Phil Russo
Toubani reports high-grade drilling results from Kobada gold project
23rd June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Toubani Resources has announced further drill results from the current reverse circulation (RC) drilling programme at its Kobada gold project, in southern Mali. The Kobada project hosts... 


Minbos signs $13.8m Phase 2 construction contract for Angola project
Minbos signs $13.8m Phase 2 construction contract for Angola project
23rd June 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Minbos Resources has announced the signing of a $13.8-million Phase 2 construction contract for the Cabinda Phosphate Fertilizer Plant (CPFP), in Angola, with the Portuguese and Angolan... 


Titanium and zircon in hand
Energy Fuels strikes $1bn deal for German magnet maker to build mine-to-magnet supply chain
23rd June 2026 By: Reuters

Colorado-based Energy Fuels said on Tuesday it would acquire German magnet manufacturer Vacuumschmelze for about $1.9-billion in cash and stock, building an integrated supply chain from rare earth... 


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