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Copper mines need about $332-billion of new investment to avert a future supply shock, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates. Without significant capital outlays, the copper market...
The world's largest integrated zinc producer Hindustan Zinc posted a more than two-fold jump in quarterly profit on Monday, helped by higher metal prices, while cutting its annual zinc production...
US steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs raised its 2027 core profit forecast on Monday, after stronger prices and lower costs helped it post its first quarterly profit in more than two years. Shares of...
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...
BHP Group on Tuesday reported a steep fall in copper production in the first quarter as bad weather and a fatal accident forced temporary halts at its flagship Escondida mine in Chile. Operations...
China resumed sulphuric acid exports to Chile in September after a three-month halt, with shipments to the world's largest copper producer accounting for nearly all of the month's exports, customs...
The digital gold market, valued at an estimated $45-billion to $55-billion today, could unlock up to $700-billion in latent demand, according to new research from the World Gold Council (WGC) and...
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...
London-listed uranium buyer and holder Yellow Cake has appointed Wendy Walker nonexecutive director effective October 16, succeeding Zoe Rizzuto. She has worked as a senior client director as...
Ontario-based Exiro Nickel Company last week closed the acquisition of Vale Base Metals' Thompson Operations, marking a new era for one of Canada's most storied mining operations and for the...
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...
ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a term sheet for the sale of standard-grade cobalt metal rounds to Swiss metals trader STG Metals. The material will be produced at Cobalt Blue's...
ASX-listed Firebird Metals has successfully produced a 99.99% ultra-pure manganese sulphate from an in-line impurity extraction process. The company developed a manganese-specific extractant and...
Iron-ore major Fortescue has sold more than 40 t of copper concentrate cleaned using its new world-first arsenic removal technology, creating a solution for a complex problem facing the global...
China's primary aluminium production hit a record quarterly high in July to September, official data showed on Monday, as smelters maintained high operating rates despite a longstanding...
Peabody Energy's Powder River Mining unit said no miners were injured after workers were evacuated from part of its North Antelope Rochelle mine in Wyoming following an MSHA imminent danger order....
Woodside said operations remained paused on Sunday at a floating production unit, part of its $12.5 -billion Scarborough natural gas project off the coast of Western Australia, owing to a...
Workers from two unions at Chile's Centinela copper mine have ratified an agreement reached with Antofagasta Minerals on a new collective bargaining contract, ending a strike of more than a week,...
The Australian government has approved South Korean steelmaker Posco Holdings' plans to develop a low-emissions iron-ore processing plant at a major export hub. The project at Port Hedland in...
Diversified miner South32 on Monday posted a 2% rise in first-quarter copper production helped by mining ore with a higher copper content as it had planned,but the output was slightly below market...
Australian coal miner New Hope said on Monday it would acquire unlisted peer Malabar Resources in a deal valued at about A$2.4-billion ($1.67-billion), giving it full ownership of the Maxwell coal...
Freeport-McMoRan is betting a new chemical compound can help it reach an ambitious target of extracting 800-million pounds of copper from waste rock each year and expand production beyond...
Shenghe Resources said it would sell majority stakes for its smelting and separation business for between 1.66-billion and 1.81-billion yuan ($248.44-million and $270.89-million) to a subsidiary of...
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...
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