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NYSE-listed Brazil Potash Corporation has awarded a second front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for mine shafts and underground development at the Autazes project to WSP, with Redpath... 

Construction of the Kipushi mine's second tailings storage facility (TSF) is more than 90% complete. 

An updated independent technical report supports a revised mine plan for the complex that is expected to ramp up production to more than 500 000 t/y of copper from 2028 onwards.  

The project is advancing towards a final investment decision targeted for the end of 2026. 

Ivanhoe Mines has reported that the Kipushi concentrator delivered another record quarter in the first quarter of 2026. 

Early works are advancing on budget and on schedule. 

Giyani Metals Corp has secured an additional R29.9-million from the Industrial Development Corporation for its subsidiary Giyani Metals South Africa. 

The startup of Kamoa-Kakula’s 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter started on November 21, 2025. 

Aura Energy is aiming for a final investment decision in the first half of 2026.  

High-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate has been successfully produced by Giyani at its demonstration plant, in Johannesburg. 

Bannerman Energy has reported that early works construction activities are tracking in line with budget and are on schedule. 

ASX-listed Bannerman Energy has reported that early works construction activities at its Etango uranium project, in Namibia, are tracking in line with budget and on schedule. The company reports... 

Aura Energy has concluded two agreements for the future sales of U3O8 concentrate from the project. 

The 4th Annual Women & Leadership in Mining Conference organised by women owned business, Pinpoint Stewards will take place on 27 and 28 August at the Indaba Hotel, Johannesburg.  Ankia Roux,... 

Despite offtaker qualification having only recently being started at the K.Hill project there has already been considerable interest from interested parties. 

Global consulting and engineering firm Wood has been selected by the Mongolian National Rare Earth Corporation (MNREC) to deliver a definitive feasibility study for its Khalzan Buregtei rare earth... 

Battery metal development company Giyani Metals Corporation has received a nonbinding letter of interest from the US government's export credit agency for up to $225-million in financing to support... 

The project has been formally registered with Chile’s Office for Sustainable Project Management. 

The project involves the development of a midstream refinery to produce battery-grade nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle industry, along with cobalt carbonate, copper cement and ammonium...