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New CEO to lead North Wales copper/zinc mine to production
By: Mariaan Webb 29th July 2021 London-listed Anglesey Mining, which is developing a copper/zinc deposit in North Wales, has appointed a new CEO, who will be tasked with moving the Parys Mountain project towards production and raising the funds needed to do so. The company on Thursday announced the appointed of Jo Battershill... →
Zinc delivers record quarter for New Century
By: Esmarie Iannucci 29th July 2021 Base metals miner New Century Resources has reported record sales for the quarter ended June, as zinc production increased and C1 costs declined. The ASX-listed miner on Thursday announced that zinc metal production for the June quarter reached 31 737 t, up 4% on the previous quarter, while C1... →
Bluejay to sell Finnish assets to dedicated battery metals firm
By: Mariaan Webb 28th July 2021 Greenland-focused explorer and developer Bluejay Mining has announced the proposed sale of two projects in Finland to a dedicated battery metals group in which it will become a significant shareholder. Bluejay has signed a binding term-sheet and entered into a conditional agreement for the sale... →
Metals make climate change mitigation possible – Citi Research 
By: Martin Creamer 23rd July 2021 In a rapid electrification scenario, metals have the ability to bring about the reduction of close to 1 000 gigatonnes (Gt) of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, Citi Research states in a note that examines the metals industry’s potential contribution to climate change mitigation over... →
Australian firm sells Myanmar project in wake of coup
By: Reuters 21st July 2021 Myanmar Metals said on Wednesday it planned to sell its 51% stake in Bawdwin silver, lead, and zinc project in Myanmar, citing difficulties in securing financing for the $300-million project after a coup led to social unrest earlier this year. Businesses have collapsed in the Southeast Asian... →
Exploration trailblazer Orion cracks retail investor code with 14 000-plus SA backers 
By: Martin Creamer 21st July 2021 More than 14 000 South Africans now own shares in the discovery and development mining company Orion Minerals, which is reflective of retail investment that can be stimulated in South Africa to support essential local minerals exploration. What is also extremely promising is that the dual listed... →
Kavango further defines South Ganzi mineralisation
By: Marleny Arnoldi 19th July 2021 London-listed Kavango Resources has reported more positive soil sampling results from its South Ganzi base metals project, in the Kalahari Copper Belt, in Botswana. The company has now completed 150 km of sampling lines over the Acacia and Morula targets. →
Mine achieves massive earnings boost after employing four more people
By: Martin Creamer 19th July 2021 Guided by a value driver tree (VDT) study, an opencast mine increased its earnings massively after employing four additional operators at comparatively negligible cost. The operation’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) soared hugely from $634.3-million to... →
Citronen mine life extended
By: Esmarie Iannucci 19th July 2021 A bankable feasibility study (BFS) into the Citronen zinc/lead project, in Greenland, has increased the expected mine life by 50%, to 20 years compared with the 2017 feasibility study while also improving the mine design. ASX-listed Ironbark Zinc on Monday reported that the BFS estimated that... →
Small miners aim for European supply chain for EVs independent from China
By: Reuters 16th July 2021 Growing demand for electric vehicles has spurred small-scale miners of the lithium, cobalt and rare earths that automakers rely on to develop mines and build refining capacity in Europe to reduce their reliance on China. Efforts by the United States and Europe to build a secure and independent... →
Well-known mining personalities behind new green metals SPAC
By: Mariaan Webb 15th July 2021 Former executives of Canadian miner Detour Gold have teamed up with some of the biggest names in Australian mining and a Glencore director to launch a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) targeting assets fitting the green-economy metals and mining profile. Increasingly popular, SPACs are... →
Life in mining-dependent countries significantly improved – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 14th July 2021 Life in mining-dependent countries has improved significantly in the 23 years leading up to 2018, with strong governance the key to improving socio-economic well-being, the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) said on Wednesday. A report that analysed 41 social metrics grouped under... →
Alta upgrades Gorno estimates
By: Esmarie Iannucci 14th July 2021 Junior Alta Zinc has reported a significant increase in the resource estimate for its Gorno zinc/lead/silver deposit, in Italy. The project is now estimated to host some 7.79-million tonnes of resource, grading 6.8% zinc, 1.8% lead and 32 g/t silver for 530 000 t of contained zinc, 140 000 t of... →
Exploration is quick foreign investment ‘no brainer’, says Minerals Council’s Smart
By: Martin Creamer 13th July 2021 Exploration is one of the quickest ways to secure foreign direct investment into South Africa for the generation of desperately needed jobs and wealth during the country's hour of need, said Minerals Council South Africa junior and emerging miners’ leadership forum chairperson Errol Smart on... →
EU, Ukraine sign preliminary deal on key raw materials, batteries
By: Reuters 13th July 2021 The European Union and Ukraine signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) covering critical raw materials and batteries as the 27-country bloc tries to diversify supplies following disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The move is part of the European Commission's Action Plan... →
China to sell more metals from reserves to ensure stable prices
By: Bloomberg 7th July 2021 China, the world’s top commodities consumer, pledged to release more base metals from its state reserves after completing a first batch of sales in its latest effort to rein in surging raw material costs. More sales will be arranged in the near term to ensure market stability, the National Food... →
S2 Research says Orion announcements underline ‘compelling’ investment proposition
By: Simone Liedtke 7th July 2021 Market researcher S2 Research on July 6 said dual-listed Orion Minerals’ current share price “represents a significant discount to the value of the Prieska copper/zinc project alone”, and that the miner’s recent announcements “represent value-accretive options that significantly underline the... →
Mining vital to economy, can help guide country's path – President
By: Martin Creamer 5th July 2021 Mining is vital to the South African economy and the opportunities that exist in mining can help guide the country’s path to a more inclusive and equitable economy, President Cyril Ramaphosa stated on Monday. Writing in his From the Desk of the President column, Ramaphosa placed mineral and... →
Glencore paid governments $5.8bn, working hard to develop local skills
By: Martin Creamer 30th June 2021 As one of the world’s largest natural resource companies, with operations across five continents, Glencore is committed to delivering long-lasting socioeconomic benefits, CFO Steven Kalmin on Wednesday. Speaking on video with the release of Glencore's 2020 Payment to Governments Report, Kalmin... →
Glencore CFO Steven Kalmin
Aton signs drilling contract with Energold
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 17th June 2021 TSX-V-listed Aton Resources has signed a contract with Energold Drilling to carry out a minimum of 4 250 m of diamond drilling at its Abu Marawat concession, in Egypt. The drilling programme will be focused on the Rodruin and Hamama projects, with drilling expected to begin in September. →
PFS supports sequential development of Fountain Head and Hayes Creek – PNX
By: Creamer Media Reporter 17th June 2021 A prefeasibility study (PFS) has confirmed the viability of the sequential development of the Fountain Head gold and Hayes Creek gold/silver/zinc projects, in the Pine Creek region of Northern Territory. Announcing the PFS outcomes on Thursday, PNX Metals said the study envisaged initial gold... →
300-plus vehicle fleets assessed for cleaner, safer mine mobility in five regions – ICMM
By: Martin Creamer 15th June 2021 As part of the cleaner, safer vehicles initiative of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), more than 300 vehicle fleets have been assessed for cleaner, safer mobility on more than 300 mines in five regions globally, ICMM health, safety and product stewardship director Sarah Bell... →
NUM to march next month over rising unemployment in Mpumalanga
By: Simone Liedtke 15th June 2021 The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Highveld Region is preparing to march against continued retrenchments, outsourcing, use of labour brokers and the increasing unemployment rate in the Mpumalanga province. The march, to be held on July 15, will be targeted at State-owned utility Eskom, as... →
New Century hedges its bets
By: Esmarie Iannucci 15th June 2021 Base metals miner New Century Resources has executed a zinc hedging transaction with Macquarie Bank, representing some 25% of the annual production from its Century zinc mine, in Queensland. The company has hedged 90 000 t of payble zinc over a three year period, in equal monthly proportions,... →
Early Tesla investor backs firm that tracks metals supply chain
By: Bloomberg 11th June 2021 An early Tesla investor is backing a startup that helps track battery metals across the supply chain to ensure they hold up to environmental and ethical scrutiny. The Westly Group, which led a funding round with five other venture capital firms, invested $14-million in Circulor, according to a... →
Allow geologists from surrounding African countries to boost SA's exploration rebirth, top explorer advises
By: Martin Creamer 11th June 2021 Exploration geologists from surrounding countries should be allowed into South Africa to boost exploration. That is the view of Exploration Geology Consultants exploration manager Thinus Jordaan, who believes that South Africa’s planned exploration thrust should focus on commodities required in... →
‘Overwhelming’ support for Beament-led VentureX recap
By: Mariaan Webb 10th June 2021 Shareholders in ASX-listed VentureX Resources have given their “overwhelming” backing for a Bill Beament-led strategic funding package, designed to reposition the company to be come a supplier of new-generation energy and technology metals. The approval at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM)... →
US must work with allies to secure electric vehicle metals - White House
By: Reuters 8th June 2021 The United States must work with allies to secure the minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries and process them domestically in light of environmental and other competing interests, the White House said on Tuesday. The strategy, first reported by Reuters in late May, will include new... →
Mining firms with higher ESG ratings outperform market – PwC
By: Martin Creamer 8th June 2021 Mining companies with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings outperformed the broader market during the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, delivering 34% average total shareholder return over the past three years — ten percentage points higher than the general market index, PwC... →
Titan opts out from Mineral Ridge
By: Marleny Arnoldi 7th June 2021 TSX-listed Titan Mining has decided to terminate its option on the Mineral Ridge property, owned by Scorpio Gold, and will rather focus its efforts on increasing cash flow from its Empire State Mines (ESM), in upstate New York. The company explains in a statement that it had undertaken an... →
Hot prices pervading commodities market, CRU tells Junior Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 2nd June 2021 Price hotness is pervading the commodities market, CRU senior analyst Clare Hanna said on Tuesday, when she addressed the second and final day of the Junior Indaba. Speaking on ‘what’s hot and what’s not’, Hanna said almost all commodities were at the higher-than-15% level. (Also watch attached... →
Australia poised to benefit from increased commodity demand - MCA
By: Esmarie Iannucci 2nd June 2021 A new report by the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has shown that Australia was poised to take advantage of the predicted increase in global demand for commodities. The MCA’s Commodity Demand Outlook 2030 has predicted that seaborne iron-ore demand would rise moderately, from 1.5-billion... →
Council for Geoscience goes live with digital geoscience data
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2021 South Africa’s Council for Geoscience went live on Tuesday with making geoscience data digitally available. During a panel discussion on the first day of the Junior Indaba, Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza invited all to go on to the council’s website to find this data, the bulk of which,... →
From top clockwise, ENSafrica COO Otsile Matlou, Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza, Orion Minerals CEO Errol Smart, DMRE DG Advocate Thabo Mokoena and AmaranthCX director Paul Miller.
Tender for new modern cadastre system to be invited next week
By: Martin Creamer 1st June 2021 A tender for a new modern cadastre system to provide exploration information will be invited by the end of next week, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) director-general Advocate Thabo Mokoena said on Tuesday. In his opening keynote address on initiatives to ignite the exploration... →
Fitch lifts 2021 pricing assumptions for various metals
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th May 2021 Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has increased its copper price assumptions, among others, following “exceptionally” strong pricing conditions in the year-to-date. The agency declared a new price assumption of $9 000/t for this year, up from its previous assumption of $7 200/t. →
Biden's EV metals import plan unlikely to match climate goals - executives
By: Reuters 27th May 2021 The Biden administration's plan to rely on ally nations for most of the metals needed to build electric vehicles (EV) ignores the complexity of modern mining and could keep the US from meeting aggressive climate goals, according to industry executives. Reuters reported on Tuesday that President... →
Concern over lack of JSE listings ahead of Junior Indaba
By: Martin Creamer 27th May 2021 In anticipation of next week's Junior Indaba virtual conference, AmaranthCX director Paul Miller has updated statistics on the change in the number of listed mining companies on the JSE over time. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.) It is not a pretty picture. (See attached chart.) →
Govt-Minerals Council team established to promote exploration – Mgojo
By: Martin Creamer 26th May 2021 The Department of Mineral Resources (DMRE) and Minerals Council South Africa have established a task team to promote exploration, outgoing Minerals Council president Mxolisi Mgojo said on Wednesday. The exploration task team, Mgojo said during his address to the council’s 131st annual general... →
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