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Strong renewed thrust for South African PGM exchange under way
7th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A strong renewed thrust is under way for the creation of a platinum group metals (PGM) commodities exchange in South Africa to take advantage of South Africa's massive PGMs endowment at a time when the forward momentum of the essential green... 


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Gold projects spark revival
Gold projects spark revival
7th November 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the exciting new West Wits gold project; the Pilgrim’s Rest gold plant project that is accelerating; and Sibanye-Stillwater's gold and platinum group... 


Bolivia is rethinking lithium deals with China, Russia in US pivot
Updated 6 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Bolivia is awash in the battery metal lithium, but the resource is nearly all trapped underground. President-elect Rodrigo Paz, who takes office Saturday, is vowing to finally bring Bolivia into... 


CATL sees progress in bid to restart key Chinese lithium mine
Updated 6 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Contemporary Amperex Technology has been told how much it should pay for the rights to its key lithium mine in China, another sign of progress in the battery maker’s bid to restart the operation... 


Marimaca Copper mourns passing of director Colin Kinley
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX- and ASX-listed Marimaca Copper on Friday announced the sudden passing of director Colin Kinley. Kinley joined Marimaca, then known as Coro Mining, in 2016, served as chairperson from 2017 to... 


Caravel signs MoU with Adani for copper project collaboration
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Caravel Minerals has signed a nonbinding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, to advance the Caravel copper project in Western... 


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Newmont's Boddington operation in Australia
Newmont cuts 16% of workforce in restructuring after Newcrest deal - memo
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

Newmont has cut about 16% of its workforce as part of a restructuring following the acquisition of Australian miner Newcrest, according to an internal memo to staff seen by Reuters. The reductions... 


Congo suspends activities at Chinese mine after spill
Updated 7 hours ago By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended activities at a Chinese-operated mining site in the south of the resource-rich country after a spill, mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba said late on... 


Savannah resumes gold production at Georgetown plant
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Production has resumed at the Georgetown gold processing plant in Far North Queensland, marking Savannah Goldfields' first gold pour since January. The ASX-listed firm said on Friday that all key... 


Freeport Indonesia says investigation concluded on Grasberg incident
7th November 2025 By: Reuters

Freeport Indonesia said on Friday that an investigation into a mud flow that killed seven workers at its Grasberg copper and gold mine has ended and the company has received improvement... 


Wheaton acquires $670m gold stream on Nevada project
Wheaton acquires $670m gold stream on Nevada project
7th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals said on Thursday that it had acquired a gold stream worth $670-million on the Spring Valley project in Nevada, following an agreement with... 


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Stellantis terminates Alliance Nickel offtake deal
Stellantis terminates Alliance Nickel offtake deal
7th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian metals miner Alliance Nickel said on Friday that automaker Stellantis had terminated its binding offtake agreement for nickel and cobalt from the NiWest project in Western Australia,... 


Trump Administration adds copper, coal to critical minerals list
Trump Administration adds copper, coal to critical minerals list
7th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

The US added uranium, copper and silver to a government list of critical minerals as the Trump administration broadens its scope of what commodities it deems vital to the American economy and... 


The Caserones mine in Chile
Lundin lifts copper guidance, trims cost outlook on strong quarter
7th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Lundin Mining has raised its full-year copper production guidance and lowered its cost outlook following a strong third quarter that saw output, revenue and earnings improve across... 


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McEwen sets sights on doubling output by 2030
7th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-headquartered McEwen Mining plans to double its production to between 250 000 and 300 000 gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs) a year by 2030, while lowering costs and extending mine life across... 


Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
7th November 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 


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Magazine round up | 07 November 2025
Magazine round up | 07 November 2025

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. 

DIGGING DEEP: A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners had to endure high humidity, temperatures of up to 30°C, gravel floors and almost complete darkness. To reach the full marathon distance, participants completed 11 laps of a 3.84 km underground tunnel.
DIGGING DEEP

A total of 57 runners from 18 countries, including South Africa, completed the world’s deepest marathon last month. Held 1 120 m below sea level in Boliden’s Garpenberg zinc mine in Sweden, runners... 

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Every South African must insist on integrity, accountability, strategy

South Africa is taking steps to build infrastructure projects that have the potential to grow our economy, provided their implementation is accompanied by integrity, accountability, and strategy.... 

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Head spinning

Given the many moving parts in play currently within the electricity industry, there is a real risk of becoming distracted from what is truly important. Developments over the past few months alone... 

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Wojciech Kulma, MD of BASF South Africa
Wojciech Kulma

This week we profile Wojciech Kulma, MD of BASF South Africa, which manufactures and sells chemical products 



THE B WORD: The world economy is on a roller-coaster ride that includes sharp and unpredictable tariff twists, gut-dropping geopolitical dips and violent turns. Yet the stock markets have floated above the fray, buoyed by optimism over the effect Artificial Intelligence could have on productivity and innovation. More recently, though, the word “bubble” has entered the vocabulary, as some commentators warn of a correction and others of a possible crash.
THE B WORD

The world economy is on a roller-coaster ride that includes sharp and unpredictable tariff twists, gut-dropping geopolitical dips and violent turns. Yet the stock markets have floated above the... 

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