A lightning advance in Congo's mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion's illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals... 

The London Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum is looking forward to the Thaba Joint Venture introducing a chrome revenue stream. On its way to becoming the first platinum group metals (PGM) beneficiation... 

Canadian diamond mining company Diamcor Mining, which owns and operates the Krone-Endorra at Venetia project, in South Africa, has entered into a nonbinding letter of intent for a non-dilutive... 

Toronto-listed Loncor Gold has said that its operations and logistics for the Adumbi gold exploration project remain unaffected by developments in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), located... 

ASX-listed Lotus Resources has signed termsheets with two Southern African banks – Standard Bank and First Capital Bank – for equipment finance and working capital facilities to support the restart... 

South African electricity trader Discovery Green has confirmed that it has signed supply agreements for wheeled electricity with five companies in the mining, property and hospitality sectors,... 

Gunfire rippled across east Congo's largest city Goma where Rwandan-backed M23 rebels still faced pockets of resistance from army and pro-government militias on Tuesday, while another four South... 

Ghana plans to launch a Gold Board to streamline gold purchases from small-scale miners, increase earnings and reduce smuggling, the west African country's newly appointed finance minister Cassiel... 

Copper declined after US President Donald Trump said he planned to impose import tariffs on the metal, as well as aluminum and steel, raising fears of trade wars and spurring further gains in the... 

Dual-listed Perseus Mining on Tuesday announced a final investment decision (FID) for the development of the CMA project at its Yaouré gold mine, leading Côte d’Ivoire into an era of mechanised... 

Alphamin Resources shares fell the most in nine years after Rwanda-backed rebels overran the eastern Congolese city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province where the company’s tin mines are... 

Mali's government and Barrick Gold will start a new round of negotiations on Tuesday to resolve a deepening dispute over the alleged nonpayment of taxes by the Canadian miner and the seizure of its... 

Aim-listed Rome Resources has advised that its on-site activities, including drilling on the Mont Agoma and Kalayi base metal projects, in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), remain unaffected by... 

Laurent Charbonnier has resigned as chief commercial and development officer (CCDO) of multinational mining and metals processing company Sibanye-Stillwater, citing personal reasons. His... 

Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has released its ‘2025 Annual Precious Metals Forecast Survey’, which shows bullish price forecasts for gold and... 

Data and analytics company GlobalData says the hydrogen economy has recently experienced some hiccups in its growth story, noting that demand for this commodity is not rising at the pace it was... 

In 2017, Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) exported a record 76.47-million tons of coal on the 907 ships that called in that year, and chairperson RBCT Nosipho Damasane believes that exports can be... 

JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Discovery Green for the supply of wheeled renewable electricity to its refinery operations in... 

Diamond miner De Beers has named Botswana-born Olympic track and field gold medallist Letsile Tebogo as its global ambassador. Tebogo won a gold medal in the 200 m race at the 2024 Olympics, as... 

London-listed Altona Rare Earths has announced that, further to the exercise of the Sesana copper project option announced on July 29, 2024, it has entered into a final agreement with Ignate... 

World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) president Yoram Dvash says the 2024 festive season showed some demand recovery for natural diamond jewellery, with sales having been stable. Notably, he... 

Platinum is finding increasing use in the semiconductor and sensor industries, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council points out. In 2024, electrical demand for platinum... 

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Gold’s Business Accelerator Programme is seeking 150 small and medium-sized enterprises to support the upcoming Superpit expansion at its Lumwana copper mine, in... 

South Africa’s biggest political party will ask the National Treasury to consider a one-off debt-relief package for state-owned rail and ports operator Transnet before next month’s budget. Transnet... 

Australia's BHP will not be making a fresh bid for rival miner Anglo American in the near term because its shares have become too expensive, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing three... 

TSX-V-listed GoviEx Uranium has announced strong feasibility study results for the Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia, confirming its low technical risk for a shallow openpit mine and heap... 

NYSE- and TSX-listed Barrick Gold has injected more than $4.24-billion into the Tanzanian economy since establishing the Twiga joint venture (JV) with the government in 2019. Its contribution for... 

Aim-listed Premier African Minerals has announced a subscription for 2.7-billion new ordinary shares to raise about £540 000 before expenses at an issue price of 0.02p per new ordinary share.... 

The rescue of 246 surviving illegal miners from the Stilfontein shaft in less than three days was enabled by a locally designed and manufactured Mobile Mines Rescue Winder (MMRW), equipped with... 

South Africa’s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in KwaZulu-Natal exported 52.08-million tons of coal in 2024, up on the 47.21-million tons of 2023, which was the lowest since 1992. RBCT’s budgeted... 

Uranium project developer Global Atomic has announced a non-brokered private placement to raise up to C$30-million as it continues to advance its flagship Dasa project in Niger. The offering... 

Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has described illegal mining in South Africa as a war being waged against the country. He reaffirmed the State’s zero-tolerance stance on...