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Coal miner Coronado sees steel rebound beyond China
23rd January 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-headquartered Coronado Global Resources expects a rebound in steel production and consumption outside of China this year, driven by recovering industrial activity and trade policies aimed... 


Flags on display at the WEF annual meetings in Davos
One by one, world leaders in Davos fall in line in Trump era
23rd January 2025 By: Bloomberg

He’s not showing up in person, and his video address will come as the World Economic Forum is already winding down. But Donald Trump is still what everyone wants to talk about in Davos. Fans like... 


Cobalt processing
World’s biggest cobalt miner sees 2025 output approaching record
23rd January 2025 By: Bloomberg

The world’s biggest cobalt miner, which churned out a record amount of the battery metal last year, is targeting similar levels of production for 2025 following a ramp-up at two African mines.... 


Urgewald director Heffa Schuecking.
New metallurgical coal list highlights decarbonisation need beyond thermal coal exiting
23rd January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The demand-surpassing production of metallurgical coal, in spite of the availability of environment-friendly alternatives for steelmaking in particular, is highlighted in the launch of a... 


China’s Zijin vies with Glencore after record year for profits
22nd January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Zijin Mining Group racked up record annual profit after a growth burst that made the Chinese firm as big as global commodities giant Glencore, although it has softened its output targets for this... 


Iron-ore and other metals drop after Trump’s China tariff threat
Iron-ore and other metals drop after Trump’s China tariff threat
22nd January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore and most base metals fell after US President Donald Trump said that he could hit China with 10% tariffs on all imports, suggesting February 1 as the possible start date. Futures of the... 


Gold tailings retreatment at DRDGold's Ergo.
Global tailings institute selects South Africa as launch pad of new mine dump standards
21st January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a bid to help make mine tailings safer for people and the environment, a global institute has been launched in South Africa which has also been selected as the location of the independent,... 


Zimbabwe anticipates lithium prices to justify $270m project with China
21st January 2025 By: Reuters

Zimbabwe's State-owned Kuvimba Mining House expects to finalise this month a deal agreed with two Chinese companies as it sticks with its $270 million lithium project on the basis lithium prices... 


Reko Diq
Barrick to expand Capital’s service offering at Reko Diq
20th January 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed mining services company Capital has received a letter of intent from gold mining company Barrick Gold Corporation, the operator and 50% owner of the Reko Diq copper/gold project, in... 


Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto and Glencore spoke for months about deal that was once taboo
20th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

When Glencore proposed a combination with Rio Tinto Group a decade ago, the larger company turned it down after just a few days. News this week that the two spent several months in negotiations in... 


Barrick CEO Mark Bristow
Reko Diq mine to generate $74bn in free cash flow over 37 years, Barrick CEO says
20th January 2025 By: Reuters

The Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan is expected to generate approximately $74-billion in free cash flow over the next 37 years, based on consensus long-term prices, the CEO of joint... 


Half-year production up 5% as Hillside Aluminium.
Strong start to year keeps South32 guidance intact outside of Mozambique
20th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg-, Sydney and London-listed globally diversified mining and metals company South32 on Monday reported a sufficiently strong start to the year to enable it to maintain production... 


France’s Orano signs agreement to develop $1.6bn Mongolia uranium mine
France’s Orano signs agreement to develop $1.6bn Mongolia uranium mine
20th January 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

French multinational company Orano has been given the go-ahead to develop and operate a major uranium mine, in Mongolia. Under an investment agreement signed on Friday, Badrakh Energy, a joint... 


Former Anglo American CEO Mark Cutifani
Holliday, Cutifani join new advisory organisation Resource Resolutions’s council
20th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Newly established advisory organisation Resource Resolutions (RR) has announced that two industry executives will join its Global Advisory Council, Chad Holliday and Mark Cutifani. RR is using the... 


Ferrochrome smelting at the Lion operation.
Ferrochrome production again only marginally up, Merafe’s latest report shows
17th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture for the fourth quarter was 70 000 t, resulting in a marginal increase of approximately 0.3% in production for the... 


Copper in longest winning streak since 2017 on China demand hopes
Copper in longest winning streak since 2017 on China demand hopes
17th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Copper headed for an eighth day of gains, its longest winning streak since 2017, as fresh economic data from China brightened the demand outlook in the top metals-consuming nation. The industrial... 


China copper and gold firm continues spending spree with $1.9bn stake in lithium miner
China copper and gold firm continues spending spree with $1.9bn stake in lithium miner
17th January 2025 By: Reuters

Zijin Mining Group, an acquisitive Chinese copper and gold producer, has agreed to buy around a quarter of a domestic miner for $1.9-billion as it seeks to expand into lithium. The mining giant... 


Safety vests with the Rio Tinto logo
Rio Tinto, Glencore discuss mining's biggest-ever potential merger
17th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have held early stage talks about combining their businesses to create a behemoth to rival longstanding industry titan BHP Group. The discussions took place as recently... 


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Central bank buying likely to remain key to gold’s 2025 performance
17th January 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Driven by factors such as strong global gold exchange-traded fund inflows and over-the-counter (OTC) demand, gold’s record-breaking year of 2024 saw the gold price rising by more than 28% in US... 


Blyvoor Gold's operation.
Blyvoor Gold’s prospects advance further amid deal securing US blessing
16th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The prospect of good forward momentum for a resumption of valuable mining at the re-emerging old Blyvooruitzicht (Blyvoor) gold mine has received another boost. This is because Aurous Resources,... 


Waterberg platinum project in Limpopo.
Waterberg discussing concentrate offtake with South African smelter operators amid Saudi mulling
15th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals Limited is in discussion with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum (Implats), with a view to negotiating formal... 


Eroding glut of rare earths could halt two-year price downtrend in 2025, analysts say
Eroding glut of rare earths could halt two-year price downtrend in 2025, analysts say
15th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Prices of rare earth minerals are likely to stabilise in 2025 after a two-year downturn, as China slows mining output to protect domestic producers and growing demand from electric vehicles and... 


Aluminum rises on EU’s possible Russia ban, China supply trends
Aluminum rises on EU’s possible Russia ban, China supply trends
15th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Aluminum ticked higher, with the European Union considering import restrictions on Russian metal and Chinese production growth expected to slow. The metal climbed toward $2 600 a ton in London,... 


Northam's Zondereinde smelter.
Rapidly rising half-year output from Northam Platinum’s Eland mine marred by tragedy
14th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a voluntary production update, Northam Platinum has reported burgeoning half-year performance from the ramping-up platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome Eland mine. Eland’s chrome concentrate... 


Iron-ore advances after record China imports boost demand hopes
Iron-ore advances after record China imports boost demand hopes
14th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore surged back above the $100-a-ton threshold after data showed China’s annual imports of the steel-making ingredient reached a record and its trade surplus soared. Futures gained for the... 


China 2024 iron-ore imports hit record on resilient demand, steel exports
China 2024 iron-ore imports hit record on resilient demand, steel exports
13th January 2025 By: Reuters

China's iron-ore imports in 2024 rose to a record high for a second year, customs data showed on Monday, as lower prices spurred buying while demand remained resilient due in large part to massive... 


Mark Cutifani
Veteran mining banker teams up with former Anglo American CEO Cutifani to chase M&A revival
13th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

In his two decades at Bank of America Corp as a mining banker, Omar Davis worked on several transactions with former Anglo American boss Mark Cutifani. They’ve now teamed up again to set up a... 


Gold mineralisation
US/China tension likely to drive demand for some commodities – Ninety One
13th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

This year is poised to have various influences impacting on commodity markets, including Donald Trump’s re-election as US President, says private baking organisation Ninety One. In unpacking the... 


Zinc stacked
BMI unpacks lower-price outlook for zinc
13th January 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Market analyst BMI has maintained its zinc price forecast for this year at $2 650/t owing to weaker supply and demand dynamics; however, refined zinc production will likely trend higher this year... 


Tharisa mine in South Africa’s North West.
Underground feasibility progressing, early works capital being deployed – Tharisa
13th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

A well progressing Tharisa mine underground definitive feasibility study accompanied by early works capital deployment is reported by Johannesburg- and London-listed platinum group metals (PGMs)... 


China's coal imports hit record high in 2024
China's coal imports hit record high in 2024
13th January 2025 By: Reuters

China's coal imports rose 14.4% in 2024 to a record high, official data showed on Monday, as lower international coal prices spurred buyers to substitute imports for domestic supply. Coal imports... 


India Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during 2023 visit.
India targeting five-million tons of green hydrogen a year by 2030, PM announces
10th January 2025 By: Martin Creamer

India aims to produce five-million tonnes of green hydrogen year by 2030 under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. As a first step, two green hydrogen... 


Zijin in talks to buy $6bn China lithium producer
Zijin in talks to buy $6bn China lithium producer
10th January 2025 By: Bloomberg

Zijin Mining Group, one of China’s most acquisitive miners, says it’s in discussions to buy shares and potentially to take over Zangge Mining a lithium and potash producer. Zijin is in talks with... 


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