In an announcement to Mining Weekly from Brussels on Tuesday January 20, South Africa’s Simon Baloyi, the CEO of Sasol, and South Africa's Craig Miller, the CEO of Valterra Platinum, featured... 

Spot gold surged past the psychological milestone of $4 800/oz on Wednesday for the first time, as safe-haven demand kept bullion a favored asset. 

An employee at Harmony Gold Mining Company's Moab Khotsong mine, near Orkney, in the North West, died in a locomotive-related incident on January 20. An investigation into the incident is under... 

Botswana's diamond stockpile is nearly double its target inventory levels amid persistent low prices, leaving the country unable to increase gem production in the short term to lift its economy,... 

Uganda's gold exports leaped 75.8% last year from the previous 12 months, helped by record prices that attracted new dealers into the sector, Uganda's central bank said on Tuesday. Gold has... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for US investors to consider as part of a... 

TSX-listed Montage Gold is making rapid construction progress at its 90%-owned Koné project, in Côte d’Ivoire, with the first gold pour through the oxide circuit expected late in the fourth quarter... 

Silver is entering this year in the spotlight after prices gained almost 150% in 2025, with tight supply, rising industrial demand and investor activity underpinning sharply higher prices,... 

Ferrochrome output from the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture was 63% lower in 2025 than in 2024, Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, January 20. Attributable production fell from 301 000 t in 2024... 

Geopolitical uncertainty, a slower but irreversible energy transition and continued capital discipline will define conditions in the global metals and mining sector this year, consultancy Wood... 

South Africa’s mining production decreased by 2.7% year-on-year in November, with the largest negative contributors having been coal, iron-ore, platinum group metals (PGMs) and gold. According to... 

London-listed mining services provider Capital says it delivered a strong finish to the year ended December 31, 2025, with full-year revenue having been at the upper end of revised and raised... 

TSX-V- and JSE-listed tin miner Alphamin Resources has reported a 25% year-on-year increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to $341-million for the year ended... 

Diamond producer Lucara Diamond Corp has applied to the TSX for a financial hardship exemption that would allow it to complete a deeply dilutive C$165-million private placement without shareholder... 

Nigeria Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr Oladele Henry Alake has welcomed his re-election as the chairperson of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG) and reiterated one of the group’s... 

Ghana’s main mining industry body said on Monday that proposed changes to how the country manages tax and royalty terms risk deterring investment and slowing output. Reuters reported last week that... 

Emerald producer Kagem Mining, which is 75% owned by Gemfields and 25% by the Zambian government’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), has successfully negotiated the 2026/27 collective... 

Spot gold prices reached a high of $4 666/oz on January 19, compared with an average price of $4 590/oz last week, while silver hit a fresh intraday record of $93/oz on January 15, mostly owing to... 

The illustrious Cullinan diamond mine, flagship of London-listed Petra Diamonds, is not only famous for hosting the largest gem diamond but a flurry of reports is now affording sky-high status to... 

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Mining has announced the appointment of Helen Cai as senior executive VP and CFO. Cai will become CFO on March 1, following the departure of Graham Shuttleworth, who... 

Toronto-listed Iamgold has reported preliminary attributable gold production of 765 900 oz for 2025, achieving the midpoint of its full-year guidance following record quarterly output across all... 

Commodities are entering 2026 on a firmer footing, with gold and copper supported by strong structural drivers and the potential for recovery emerging in oil and grain markets later in the year,... 

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources Mining Development Deputy Minister Abdulrahman Al-Belushi has hailed the diversity, reach and impact of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF), with... 

Uranium developer Neo Energy Metals has entered into a strategic funding agreement with a UK-based investment group, which will provide Neo Energy with £8-million in support of its ongoing work to... 

Global gold and copper producer Barrick Mining Corporation has chosen to use end-to-end mining solutions company Metso’s Concorde Cell flotation technology at its Lumwana expansion project, in... 

Global stocks slid and the dollar eased against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap extra tariffs on goods imported from eight European... 

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has confirmed the death of a second employee following an offsite vehicle accident, near its Bagoé gold mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, on January 15. The employee had... 

Zambia is the first African country to let Chinese mining companies pay taxes in yuan. It probably won’t be the last, as Beijing seeks to internationalize the currency and dilute its dollar... 

China, the world's largest iron-ore consumer, has received its first shipment of iron-ore from the Simandou mine in Guinea in West Africa, in which Beijing has heavily invested to increase supply... 

Coal company Liberty Coal has confirmed that about 540 employees have been transferred to Liberty Mine Services (LMS), following its appointment as the principal independent mining contractor at... 

Mali's industrial gold output fell 22.9% in 2025, hurt by the lengthy suspension of Barrick Mining's operations due to a dispute over tougher mining rules, provisional figures from the West African... 

Major Chinese miner CMOC Group plans copper growth of up to double digits in 2026 after a price rally lifted profit, while maintaining guidance after record cobalt output. Copper output is seen at...