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Central banks support gold; silver ETFs surge; platinum faces cost and trade challenges – report
8th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Central banks continue to underpin gold demand, while investors are seeing value in silver as well, precious metals trader Heraeus said in its latest precious metals appraisal published on July 7.... 


Orion chairperson Denis Waddell
Orion raises funds to advance Prieska, Okiep development
8th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Australia- and Johannesburg-listed Orion Minerals has secured firm commitments for a placement of new fully paid ordinary shares to sophisticated and professional investors and loan conversions for... 


Nornickel's Palladium Center Head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa’s palladium can cut South Africa’s water treatment costs, researchers show
8th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The message Nornickel's Palladium Center head Dmitry Izotov communicated strongly at South Africa’s PGM Industry Day in Johannesburg in April was that research is pointing to a long list of... 


Blencowe receives additional $750 000 tranche towards Orom-Cross development
8th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed Blencowe Resources has received a further $750 000 tranche of grant funding from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), bringing total funds received under the... 


A coal-fired power station
Banks plough billions into coal ‘as if Glasgow never happened’
8th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Global banks channeled more than $385-billion to the coal power industry over the past three years, with annual flows increasing last year from 2023, according to analysis by a group of nonprofits.... 


Copper ore
Third of chip production could face copper supply disruptions by 2035, PwC report says
8th July 2025 By: Reuters

Some 32% of global semiconductor production could face climate change related copper supply disruptions by 2035, quadrupling from today's levels, advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said in... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump talk during what was a hostile Oval Office meeting on May 21
South Africa will continue to pursue trade deal with US despite Trump’s letter confirming 30% tariff
8th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa will continue with its diplomatic efforts towards a more balanced and mutually beneficial trade relationship with the US after having received a letter... 


Arrow MD David Flanagan
Arrow Minerals still in the dark over Guinea tenements amid govt review
8th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Exploration and development company Arrow Minerals remains in voluntary trading suspension on the ASX as it awaits clarity from Guinean authorities regarding the status of its exploration... 


Zeus completes acquisition of Casablanca antimony project
7th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Zeus Resources has completed its acquisition of a portfolio of six exploration licences comprising the Casablanca antimony project, in central Morocco, following satisfactory completion... 


Traka warns its stake in Guinea project at risk
7th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Traka Resources has received a notice from its project partner Alamako Resources, purporting to terminate the partnership agreement entered into on April 18 relating to the exploration... 


Barrick president and CE Mark Bristow
Twiga partnership continues to deliver growth, shared value – Barrick
7th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Five years after its formation, the Twiga partnership between TSX-listed Barrick Mining Corporation and the government of Tanzania continues to redefine the role of mining in national development,... 


Neodymium magnet powder
Mkango subsidiary achieves first commercial-scale rare earth powder production from scrap
7th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Toronto- and London-listed Mkango Resources has successfully conducted first production runs for commercial-scale hydrogen processing of magnet scrap (HPMS) as part of a trial process at the... 


The JSE's offices in Rosebank
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs see more upside for South African stocks
7th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

South African stocks are poised to extend their rally in the second half, buoyed by an improving outlook for the domestic economy and supportive monetary policy, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co.... 


An image of Premier African Minerals CEO George Roach
Premier restarts Zulu lithium plant
7th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Premier African Minerals has provided an update on the plant status and flotation plant test run at Zulu lithium and tantalum project, in Zimbabwe, following the installation of... 


Lexington’s South African subsidiary granted new prospecting right
7th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Gold exploration and development company Lexington Gold’s South African subsidiary Reef Exploration has been granted a new consolidated prospecting right for the group’s Bothaville project in the... 


Kavango achieves encouraging drilling results at Bill’s Luck
7th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The results from the latest high-grade gold intercepts from ongoing underground drilling at the Bill’s Luck gold mine, on the Hillside project, in Zimbabwe, are “highly encouraging”, London-listed... 


Sebastiaan Surie of CFM (left), South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) and Hive Hydrogen chairperson Thulani Gcabashe at the Green Hydrogen Summit.
Hive Hydrogen requests proposals for $5.8bn Coega Green Ammonia Project
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The final stage of development for the Coega Green Ammonia Project at Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape commenced today with the release of the request for proposals (RfPs) to 15 shortlisted... 


Bauxite at port
Guinea bauxite exports up 36% to 99.8Mt on Chinese demand
7th July 2025 By: Reuters

Guinea's exports of bauxite, a feedstock for aluminium, jumped 36% to a record 99.8-million metric tons in the first half of 2025, driven by robust Chinese demand that offset declines from a... 


Shanghai Platinum Week under way.
China’s ‘strategic metal’ in sharp focus as Shanghai Platinum Week gets under way
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy... 


Iron-ore loaded onto a ship
Iron-ore gets second weekly boost on hopes of supply-side reform
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore headed toward the highest close since May as China’s renewed focus on supply-side reform lifted expectations for the country’s steel market. Futures of the steel-making ingredient were on... 


Hudaco CEO Graham Dunford
Hudaco CEO pleased with company’s turnover amid ‘tough’ operating environment
4th July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Although JSE-listed industrial and automotive parts distributor Hudaco endured a difficult six months to May 31, CEO Graham Dunford is pleased that the company managed to achieve a turnover of... 


An image of the Prieska mine
Trading in Orion’s securities halted on ASX ahead of capital raise
4th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Trading in the securities of dual-listed Orion Minerals on the ASX will be halted at the request of the company, pending a material announcement regarding a capital raising being undertaken by the... 


Kula Gold secures exploration licence over Malawi niobium project
4th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Kula Gold will soon start a field programme at the Wozi niobium project, in Malawi, after having received formal approval of the grant of an exploration licence over the project tenement... 


Platinum prices at a ten-year high.
Rising platinum price unlikely to dampen demand, World Platinum points out
4th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The rising platinum price is unlikely to dampen demand or stimulate additional supply, meaning that forecast market shortfalls are here to stay, says the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC).... 


SA mining’s economic potential, cadastre delays, and greener BHP shipping in focus
SA mining’s economic potential, cadastre delays, and greener BHP shipping in focus
4th July 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the huge opportunity for South Africa’s mining sector to uplift South Africa’s economy; the reason behind the delay for the long-awaited cadastre... 


Gold bars being stacked
Gold set for weekly gain as investors weigh rates, trade impact
4th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold remained on track for a weekly gain despite falling on Thursday, as investors weighed lower odds for Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts as well as lingering concerns about the outlook for... 


Alphamin ends second quarter with net cash of $50m
3rd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V- and JSE-listed Alphamin Resources ended the second quarter to June 30 with a net cash position of $50-million, an improvement of $52-million from a net debt position of $2-million at the end... 


Many Peaks expands Côte d’Ivoire footprint through earn-in deal for Ferké South project
3rd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Many Peaks Minerals’ subsidiary Ferke South Holdings has entered into a binding agreement with Magic Mineral Structure (MMS) to secure exclusive rights to earn up to an 80% ownership... 


Peak Minerals raises A$3.5m through strategic placement
3rd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Peak Minerals has received a firm commitment to raise A$3.5-million through a strategic placement to a European-based investor at an issue price of $0.035 a share. The issue price is... 


Minerals Budget Vote 2025 under way in Parliament.
Hazardous, illegal mine openings shut, rehabilitation sharpened, Parliament hears
3rd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s derelict and ownerless mine rehabilitation programme has gone beyond rehabilitation to include the closure of hazardous old shaft openings as well as apertures created by illegal... 


Rare earth oxides
Mkango announces proposed merger with US firm
3rd July 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim- and TSX-listed Mkango Resources has announced that its subsidiary, Lancaster Exploration, along with other related entities, will merge with US-listed special purpose acquisition company Crown... 


Caracal secures $1m loan facility
3rd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Caracal Gold has secured interim funding of $1-million through a convertible loan facility from a group of lenders comprising existing German-based financiers and Gathoni Muchai... 


Kazera’s South African project continues to perform well
3rd July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Kazera Global says operations at its Whale Head Minerals (WHM) heavy mineral sands (HMS) project, in South Africa, continue to progress well, with new processing infrastructure... 


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