The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a financing package worth $275-million to help Mauritania upgrade its main railway corridor. Under the agreement,... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer says South Africa's PGMs could get a boost with China’s platinum futures exchange debut; good news for the Phalaborwa rare earths project with a surge in the... 

Australia-listed Green Technology Metals (GT1) has appointed engineering consultancy Altris Engineering to optimise and lead the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Seymour lithium project... 

ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has confirmed that its export-credit partner Export Development Canada (EDC) has extended credit approval for its existing $300-million senior debt facility, a... 

Dual-listed Greatland Resources on Monday confirmed the development pathway for its Havieron gold/copper project in Western Australia, releasing a feasibility study that positions the asset as a... 

Ecuador-focused SolGold on Friday revealed that it had rejected a fresh non-binding takeover proposal from Jiangxi Copper Company (JCC), after the Chinese group approached the company with a... 

Canada’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows investors to proceed with a proposed securities class action against Lundin Mining, clearing the way for the case to be heard in Ontario’s... 

ASX-listed Polymetals Resources has secured further working capital support to underpin operations at the Endeavor mine in New South Wales, following last month’s fatal detonation incident. The... 

Chile’s Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), the transport division of Antofagasta, has launched Latin America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The unveiling coincides with FCAB’s... 

Indonesia could impose a coal export levy next year, finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told reporters on Wednesday without providing further detail. The finance ministry has also said they... 

An internal survey at Polish coal miner JSW showed more than 6 000 employees were interested in a planned workforce reduction, almost double the number eligible for the scheme, acting CEO Boguslaw... 

Chile's state-owned copper producer has offered to sell copper at record premiums above $500 a metric ton to US customers with contracts based on London Metal Exchange copper prices, two sources... 

The Cinovec lithium project has been awarded a €360-million grant by the Czech Republic, project owner European Metals announced on Friday. Executive chairperson Keith Coughlan said that the... 

Gold and copper developer SolGold has outlined a high-confidence 60.2-million-tonne near-surface starter-pit opportunity at the Tandayama-América deposit in northern Ecuador, a development the... 

Canada's Karnalyte Resources has unveiled an updated feasibility study for its Wynyard project in central Saskatchewan, outlining a 70-year mine life and positive economics that could underpin one...