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Kodal CEO Bernard Aylward
Kodal receives export permit for Bougouni lithium project
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Kodal Minerals has received the export permit for the spodumene concentrate produced at its Bougouni lithium project, in southern Mali, for an initial 125 000 t of spodumene concentrate,... 


The Letseng mine
Gem Diamonds swings to loss on $10.7m impairment
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Gem Diamonds, which owns and operates the Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, has swung to an attributable loss of $11.7-million for the six months ended June 30, on the back of a $10.7-million... 


The Kayelekera mine in Malawi
Lotus raises A$65m to support uranium growth plans
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and OTCQX-listed Lotus Resources has raised about A$65-million through a strongly supported placement, extending its liquidity runway as it ramps up operations at the Kayelekera uranium... 


Mogale tailings retreatment facility
Higher sales, gold price to give Pan African’s earnings a boost
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed Pan African Resources has advised shareholders in a group trading statement that its earnings per share (EPS) for the financial year ended June 30 are expected to be between $0.07 a... 


Anglo CEO Duncan Wanblad
Anglo American raises R44bn as it sells last remaining shares in Valterra
4th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Diversified miner Anglo American has raised cash proceeds of R44.1-billion, or about $2.5-billion, from the sale of its remaining shares in South African platinum group metals (PGMs) producer... 


Guinea Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ismael Nabe.
Guinea the 'most Australian' country in Africa
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

A new chapter in Guinea's economic future is finally unfolding, as the West African nation sees the world's largest undeveloped high-grade iron-ore deposit, Simandou, come to fruition. Guinea’s... 


Maman Soki
Congolese women turn to mining for survival after jihadist attacks
4th September 2025 By: Reuters

Maman Soki is among a small group of Congolese women undertaking heavy mining work for survival after escaping a deadly attack on her village by Islamic State-alligned rebels that killed her... 


Gold bars
Goldman Sachs says gold could surge if Fed’s credibility damaged
4th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold could rally to almost $5 000/oz if the Federal Reserve’s credibility were damaged and investors shifted just a small portion of holdings from Treasuries into bullion, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.... 


Ghana Lands and Natural Resources Minister Armah-Kofi Buah
Minister defends investment climate in Ghana amid Azumah dispute
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Ghana’s Lands and Natural Resources Minister Armah-Kofi Buah has moved to assure international investors that the West African nation remains a stable and attractive mining jurisdiction, despite a... 


Egypt's Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi addressing the African Down Under conference.
Egypt courts global miners as it seeks to lift mining’s GDP share sixfold
4th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Egypt is stepping up efforts to attract international miners as it targets raising the contribution of mining to the economy from less than 1% of GDP to as much as 6%, Petroleum and Mineral... 


Cora DFS confirms payback of 1.1 years at Sanankoro
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Cora Gold has reported that an updated definitive feasibility study (DFS) has confirmed a payback period of just 1.1 years, feeding into the strong economic potential of the company’s... 


Atlantic Lithium CEO Keith Muller
Atlantic Lithium enters binding financing agreements to fund Ewoyaa project
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-and ASX-listed Atlantic Lithium has entered into binding financing agreements with global investment company Long State Investments to secure funding of up to £28-million to support the... 


Tshipi é Ntle CE Ezekiel Lotlhare and Transnet Group CE Michelle Phillips.
More long-term rail certainty through yet another public-private agreement
3rd September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

State-owned rail company Transnet on Wednesday reported yet another ten-year third-phase Manganese Export Capacity Allocation (MECA3) agreement, this time with the Tshipi é Ntle manganese mining... 


Southern Palladium MD Johan Odendaal
Southern Palladium begins DFS drilling at Bengwenyama
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE- and ASX-listed Southern Palladium has begun its detailed metallurgical and geotechnical drill programmes as part of ongoing field work to support the delivery of a definitive feasibility study... 


Stacked gold bars
Council, partners propose new way to own, trade and use gold
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

The World Gold Council (WGC), British multinational law firm Linklaters and Hilltop Walk Consulting have unveiled a “pioneering vision” to transform the global gold market through the introduction... 


Deputy Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Phumzile Mgcina
Junior Exploration Fund starting to deliver results, says Mgcina
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

South Africa’s R400-million Junior Mining Exploration Fund (JMEF) is starting to bear fruit, with eight projects already supported under its first funding call, Deputy Mineral and Petroleum... 


Murray & Roberts Limited secures additional R80m in business rescue funding
3rd September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Murray & Roberts Limited (MRL) – currently under business rescue – says its business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have secured an additional R80-million in post-commencement finance (PCF), which... 


A map indicating the various mining and metals facilities globally
ICMM launches Global Mining Dataset to support more robust data on mining, metals
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has launched its ‘Global Mining Dataset’, to address the lack of reliable, standardised data for the mining and metals sector. The ICMM says the new... 


Andrada CEO Anthony Viljoen
New mineralised pegmatites identified at Lithium Ridge – Andrada
3rd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Andrada Mining has begun exploration drilling at the Lithium Ridge project, in Namibia, in partnership with Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) through its subsidiary SQM Australia.... 


Mineral Resources and Petroleum director-general Jacob Mbele
SA cadastre delay ‘worth it to get it right’ – Minerals Council, DMPR
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

While the implementation of South Africa’s long-awaited digital mining cadastre has been pushed back to October, government and industry leaders insist that taking more time is necessary to ensure... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane addressing the Africa Down Under conference in Perth on Wednesday.
Logistics reforms gaining traction, SA mining execs tell Australia conference
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane says logistics reforms are “moving in the right direction”, with private sector participation and government-business collaboration starting to... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
3rd September 2025

This week: It’s records all round for Harmony Gold; New mining technology is pointing to continuous round-the-clock operation on many fronts and, Master Drilling’s novel developments are set to... 


Australian High Commissioner to Ghana Berenice Owen-Jones
African governments push for local value-add as resource nationalism returns
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The resurgence of resource nationalism, particularly in West Africa, has emerged as one of the discussion points on the first day of the Africa Down Under (ADU) conference in Perth, with officials,... 


Sophie Proud says applications for BHP Xplor's 2026 cohort will open on Monday.
BHP opens its doors to outside ideas with Xplor accelerator
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP may be the world’s biggest miner, but it knows the next great mineral discoveries are more likely to come from outside its walls. This was the message from Sophie Proud, manager of the... 


Duane Parnham will be joining Dark Star's board of directors.
Critical One acquires 18.5% stake in Namibia-focused Dark Star
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

CSE-listed Critical One Energy, formerly Madison Metals, said on Tuesday it had acquired an 18.5% interest in fellow-listed Dark Star Minerals, underscoring its commitment to supporting the... 


Looming Fed rate cuts fuel gold price bonanza to records
Looming Fed rate cuts fuel gold price bonanza to records
3rd September 2025 By: Reuters

Gold's latest rally, triggered by expectations of US rate cuts, concerns about Federal Reserve independence and strong demand from investors as well as the central bank, is likely to propel prices... 


roadside jobseekers
Minister Meth vows her dept is working to curb job losses across the country
2nd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Employment and Labour Minister Nomakhosazana Meth has expressed concern about the ongoing retrenchment processes being initiated in various industries in South Africa. In the first quarter of the... 


A ferrochrome smelter
Large miners and industrial firms want tariff reopener after R54bn settlement creates price-path uncertainty
2nd September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) has called for a reopening of the most recent electricity tariff determination, arguing that a R54-billion behind-closed-doors settlement between the... 


An image of gold bars
Goldstone reports encouraging progress at Homase
2nd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Goldstone Resources has reported that gold production at its Homase mine, in Ghana, continues to progress encouragingly with 11.06 kg of gold doré, equivalent to about 355.6 oz of gold... 


FutureCoal chairperson Mike Teke
FutureCoal calls for fair, equal funding of coal in new open letter to financiers, investors
2nd September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following the launch of its Fund Fair, Fund Equal campaign in June, the Global Alliance for Sustainable Coal (FutureCoal) has issued an open letter to about 700 global finance, investment and... 


Containers being transported by ship
Unctad reports that trade policy uncertainty has 'become the new tariff'
2nd September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

The unpredictability of particularly US trade policy has become a major factor in global trade, UN Trade and Development (Unctad) has highlighted in its latest 'Global Trade Update'. This was on... 


The Walviskop mineral sands operation
Kazera records improved diamond recovery at South African operation
2nd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aim-listed investment company Kazera Global has recovered the first diamonds at its Deep Blue Minerals (DBM) project, in Alexander Bay, South Africa, following investment in new diamond recovery... 


Caterpillar machine
Barloworld works to address export control violations with a subsidiary before merger proceeds
2nd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Industrial equipment supplier Barloworld has confirmed that it is working to address “apparent violations of export controls” by its Russian subsidiary following an internal investigation by the... 


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