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Teck CEO Jonathan Price and Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Teck CEO Jonathan Price and Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad
Canada industry Minister to meet CEOs of Teck and Anglo American
17th September 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday said she would be meeting the CEOs of Anglo American and Teck Resources next week to discuss their proposed merger. "There have been conversations with the companies, and clearly we wanted to... 


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Syrah Resources gets Tesla reprieve in graphite supply deal
17th September 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Syrah Resources said on Wednesday that it has agreed with Tesla to extend the deadline to address an alleged breach of their critical graphite supply agreement, buying the miner... 


FPX CEO Martin Turenne and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson
FPX Nickel secures C$3.5m federal funding for Baptiste project studies
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Vancouver-based FPX Nickel has been awarded C$3.5-million from Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund (CMIF) to advance its Baptiste nickel project, in central... 


Cassio Diedrich
Hochschild appoints new COO as it advances Brazil projects
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Hochschild Mining has appointed Cassio Diedrich as its new chief operating officer (COO), effective September 15. Diedrich, a Brazilian mining engineer, brings more than 15 years of... 


ADNOC-led consortium pulls bid for Australia's Santos
ADNOC-led consortium pulls bid for Australia's Santos
Updated 26 minutes ago By: Reuters

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's international investment arm XRG said on Wednesday that an investor group it was leading had withdrawn an indicative $18.7-billion offer to buy Australian gas... 


Ivanhoe Mines co-chairperson Robert Friedland
Ivanhoe secures $500m investment from Qatar sovereign wealth fund
Updated 36 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines on Wednesday announced a $500-million investment from sovereign wealth fund Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Under the terms of the private placement, Ivanhoe will... 


Orion CEO Tony Lennox.
Prieska copper project uplifted by Glencore's financing and offtake term sheet
Updated 1 hour 34 minutes ago By: Martin Creamer

Orion Minerals’ Prieska copper/zinc mine, in South Africa’s well-endowed Northern Cape, has received a prospective financing and offtake uplift through the signing of a non-binding term sheet with... 


Deutsche Bank raises 2026 gold forecast to $4 000 as bullion hits record highs
Deutsche Bank raises 2026 gold forecast to $4 000 as bullion hits record highs
Updated 2 hours 8 minutes ago By: Reuters

Deutsche Bank raised its gold price forecast by $300 for next year to an average of $4 000/oz on Wednesday, due to strong central bank demand, potential US dollar weakness and a resumed Federal... 


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Tivan secures Molyhil project to advance Central Australian critical minerals precinct
Updated 4 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Critical minerals company Tivan has strengthened its foothold in Central Australia with the A$8.75-million acquisition of the Molyhil tungsten/molybdenum project, in a deal welcomed by the Northern... 


Ferrochrome smelting.
Provided power costs are fixed, Chrome SA ready to be part of ferrochrome solution
Updated 5 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

South Africa needs both a competitive mining sector and a strong manufacturing base but supporting one sector by undermining another is an unsustainable strategy, Chrome SA has cautioned in a... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
Updated 6 hours ago

This week: Demand for platinum as an investment product is 'extremely strong'; Year of records for booming Pan African as eyes turn to promising Soweto gold project and, Teck, Anglo American agree... 


The Shaakichiuwaanaan exploration camp
Patriot to rebrand as PMET Resources, reflecting critical minerals focus
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Patriot Battery Metals will change its name to PMET Resources this week, marking what it describes as the next stage in its evolution into a diversified global critical minerals company. The... 


BHP to suspend operations, cut jobs at Australian coking coal mine
BHP to suspend operations, cut jobs at Australian coking coal mine
17th September 2025 By: Reuters

BHP will suspend operations and cut 750 jobs at a Queensland coking coal mine it shares with a unit of Mitsubishi, blaming low prices and high state government royalties that have dented its... 


Glencore Allloys CEO Japie Fullard
Glencore to meet with Ramokgopa in bid to save smelters
16th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Glencore will meet with the South African government this week to seek ways to prevent smelters that make a key stainless steel ingredient from shedding thousands of jobs as they grapple with... 


Magnetic secures mining leases for Lady Julie gold project
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Magnetic Resources has received approval for all mining leases covering its Lady Julie gold project (LJGP) in Western Australia, marking a key step as the company advances the project... 


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China's Inner Mongolia halts coal mines for exceeding output plans, document shows
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

Inner Mongolia, China’s largest coal-producing region, has ordered 15 mines to halt production after they were found to have exceeded their approved output plans, a document from the Inner Mongolia... 


Vedanta Resources CEO Deshnee Naidoo
Vedanta to retain coal as base energy source, top executive says
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

Indian mining and metals conglomerate Vedanta will continue to rely on coal as its primary energy source for mining operations while aiming to increase the share of renewable sources in its energy... 


An offshore oil rig
Global oil and gas field decline rates are increasing, IEA says
16th September 2025 By: Reuters

The natural rate of decline in output from the world's oil and gas fields is speeding up, owing to more reliance on shale and deep offshore resources, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on... 


Exim signals financing interest in Syerston scandium project
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and OTC-listed Sunrise Energy Metals has received a letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim) for up to $67-million (A$103-million) in potential debt... 


North American Lithium in Quebec
Sayona study backs NAL expansion with lower costs, higher returns
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and Nasdaq-listed Sayona Mining has released the results of a scoping study into the expansion of its North American Lithium (NAL) operation in Québec, confirming improved economics through... 


The next generation subsea diamond recovery crawler developed by De Beers Upstream Technology
De Beers unveils next generation subsea diamond recovery crawler
16th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diamond company De Beers' Upstream Technology business has developed a next generation of advanced subsea diamond recovery crawlers, with the first unit having been installed on Debmarine Namibia's... 


Peak dismisses US suitor, backs Shenghe scheme
16th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Peak Rare Earths has rejected an unsolicited approach from US-based General Innovation Capital Partners (GICP), reaffirming its support for a proposed A$195-million takeover by Shenghe... 


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Magazine round up | 12 September 2025
Magazine round up | 12 September 2025

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

HARD TIMES: ArcelorMittal South Africa announced earlier this month that it had placed the Newcastle blast furnace into temporary care and maintenance and had initiated retrenchment processes. While discussions were still under way in a bid to salvage the mill and the group’s long-steel business, the prospects looked bleak at the time of going to press. Photograph: Creamer Media
HARD TIMES

ArcelorMittal South Africa announced earlier this month that it had placed the Newcastle blast furnace into temporary care and maintenance and had initiated retrenchment processes. While... 

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Africa must act now to collectively seize beckoning energy-linked critical minerals opportunity

The countries of Africa have a beckoning opportunity to collectively leverage its critical minerals endowments, which require energy to turn to account. To get best advantage, the countries of... 

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Tariff pushback

The extreme pace of the 2025 news cycle has made it difficult to remember even the most important developments. For instance, it is difficult to recall the immediate concern raised in January over... 

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Basani Maluleke, group executive of personal banking at Capitec
Basani Maluleke

This week we profile Basani Maluleke, group executive of personal banking at Capitec 

SHOCKING: When the latest round of electricity tariffs were announced earlier this year, Eskom immediately raised questions about whether the methodology had been applied correctly. Once the reasons were published, the utility approached the courts for a review, claiming errors by the regulator, or Nersa, which has been on the wrong side of several legal rulings, acknowledged error and subsequently reached a R54-billion settlement, for which consumers will now pay.
SHOCKING

When the latest round of electricity tariffs were announced earlier this year, Eskom immediately raised questions about whether the methodology had been applied correctly. Once the reasons were... 

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