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Platinum cathode needed in PEM fuel cells.
Platinum uplift likely as particularly China, California gear for green hydrogen mobility
14th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

While South Africa’s latest green hydrogen development is a request for information (RFI) involving the East London Industrial Development Zone becoming the site for a greenfield green hydrogen... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
BHP CEO sees trade war risks but says miner’s commodity mix is resilient
14th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner BHP CEO Mike Henry said on Tuesday that the mining giant was well-positioned to weather a range of global trade outcomes, including an escalated trade war, as the company focused... 


Iron-ore bounces back to six-week high on trade-war truce hopes
14th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore rose as trade tensions eased, spurring optimism across a metals market that has been hit especially hard by global growth worries. Futures of the steel-making ingredient reached a... 


Global cobalt market seen swinging to deficit from surplus in early 2030s
Global cobalt market seen swinging to deficit from surplus in early 2030s
14th May 2025 By: Reuters

Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt Institute said in a research on... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
Menar hopeful US-SA trade relations will be normalised soon to avoid dual adversity
13th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are not, the US will also be adversely affected and... 


Rough diamonds being sorted
De Beers secretly sells discounted diamonds to selected traders
13th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

De Beers has been quietly selling rough diamonds at sharply marked-down prices to a small handful of customers, in a highly unusual move that’s fuelling tensions across an industry already mired in... 


Gold holds heavy loss as markets latch onto US-China optimism
Gold holds heavy loss as markets latch onto US-China optimism
13th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold steadied after a sharp selloff as a major de-escalation in US-China trade tensions hurt demand for havens. Bullion traded near $3 237 an ounce — after losing 2.7% on Monday — with investors... 


China to strengthen control over strategic minerals exports
12th May 2025 By: Reuters

hina said on Monday that it will strengthen controls over the full supply chains of strategic minerals exports as part of efforts to tighten its dominant grip on materials it deems crucial to its... 


Jameson confirms reserve and doubles project NPV in Crown Mountain study update
Jameson confirms reserve and doubles project NPV in Crown Mountain study update
9th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Jameson Resources has reaffirmed the reserve for its Crown Mountain hard coking coal project in Canada's British Columbia, following a feasibility update that reflects updated... 


AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon.
AngloGold cash up 607%, earnings up 671%, gold output up 22%, costs up only 1%
9th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the first quarter (Q1) of this year, gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has reported a sevenfold increase in free cash flow and an almost eightfold rise in profit attributable to equity... 


China launches campaign to crack down on critical mineral smuggling
9th May 2025 By: Reuters

China has launched a special campaign to crack down on the smuggling of strategic minerals as Beijing seeks to enforce export restrictions it placed on various metals used in industries ranging... 


Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal.
Hillside Aluminium contribution highlighted following power price agreement scrutiny
9th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The electricity pricing agreement for Hillside Aluminium in KwaZulu-Natal reflects the South African government’s policy to support strategic industries that create value for the nation, South32... 


China's export controls see April rare earth shipments tumble on month
9th May 2025 By: Reuters

China's exports of rare earths in April fell 15.6% from the month before after the country, which dominates global supply,announced controls on shipments of some of the critical minerals. China's... 


The De Beers name on a building
De Beers to shut down its lab-grown diamond jewellery brand Lightbox
8th May 2025 By: Reuters

De Beers plans to shut down its lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, Lightbox, and focus on natural diamonds, it said on Thursday, as the company battles weak diamond prices due to low demand and... 


Barrick President and CEO Mark Bristow.
Barrick’s drill bit adds 111-million gold equivalent ounces at a mere $10/oz
8th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The foundation of a real mining company lies in its reserve base, Barrick Mining highlighted during Wednesday’s quarterly results presentation when it displayed a slide that brought into sharp... 


Iron-ore falls as China steel body says output curbs under way
Iron-ore falls as China steel body says output curbs under way
8th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

Iron-ore fell as China’s top steel association confirmed that output curbs were under way, and long-awaited PBOC rate cuts failed to deliver a sustained lift in sentiment. Futures fell as much as... 


LBMA CEO Ruth Crowell
Most LBMA refineries using gold database, the association says
8th May 2025 By: Reuters

Most gold refineries accredited by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) are now providing data to a digital platform launched in January to increase transparency in the industry, the... 


DHL Supply Chain Europe, Middle East Africa CEO Hendrik Venter.
Coordinated action needed to realise green hydrogen ambitions, DHL CEO highlights
8th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s world-leading platinum group metals (PGM) endowment received a major boost last month when European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen referred specifically to clean energy... 


B2Gold completed its 2025 ice road campaign, which is a critical logistical undertaking for the Nunavut mine, one month ahead of schedule.
B2Gold nears first gold pour at Goose project
8th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Precious metals miner B2Gold is closing in on a key milestone at its Goose project in Nunavut, with the first gold pour expected by the end of next month. The Vancouver-based miner said on... 


Barrick’s Bristow says 'all systems go' at Pakistan copper/gold project
Barrick’s Bristow says 'all systems go' at Pakistan copper/gold project
8th May 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-headquartered Barrick Mining CEO Mark Bristow says momentum is building at the company’s Reko Diq project in Pakistan, with construction advancing, exploration upside emerging, and... 


India eases coal supply rules to ramp up power generation capacity
7th May 2025 By: Reuters

India on Wednesday changed rules to allow long-term coal supply contracts for so-called independent power producers as it looks to ramp up its coal-powered plant capacity. The government also did... 


DRDGOLD's flagship Ergo plant on Johannesburg's East Rand.
Good gold price uplifts DRDGOLD revenue amid unprecedented wet weather setback
7th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to March 31 when gold sold in the quarter added up to 1 109 kg, the revenue of surface gold miner DRDGOLD increased on strong gold pricing, despite the impact of unprecedented... 


Red Dog zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil
Red Dog zinc mine gets caught in US-China tariff turmoil
7th May 2025 By: Bloomberg

The owner of the world’s largest zinc mine is in discussions to reroute output of the US operation away from China due to the trade war between Washington and Beijing, according to people familiar... 


Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser.
Strong gold price benefiting Gold Fields amid advances in Chile, Canada, Australia
6th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The benefit of the strong gold price is playing out for Gold Fields, which is generating steady cash and deleveraging the balance sheet, the first-quarter’s $335-million dividend payout... 


A gold pour
Safe-haven demand lifts gold to two-week peak, focus on Fed meet
6th May 2025 By: Reuters

Gold prices rose to a two-week high on Tuesday, as tariff threats from US President Donald Trump lifted demand for the safe-haven metal, while the Federal Reserve's policy decision this week was... 


Big South Deep mine west of Johannesburg.
South Deep produces 24% more gold, on track to meet guidance, Gold Fields reports
6th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

After addressing backfill leakage and rehandling issues and transitioning into higher-grade areas, the big South Deep gold mine west of Johannesburg has delivered a 24%-higher 72 200 oz... 


Moab Khotsong's quality orebodies supporting investment under way.
Harmony on track to meet full year guidance, increased grade, net cash up
5th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Harmony Gold Mining Company is on track to meet full-year guidance with the underground recovered grade guidance increased to more than 6 g/t. South Africa’s Mponeng and Papua New Guinea’s Hidden... 


Community near mine
ICMM publishes new handbook on community-led mine closure practices
5th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining and metals advocacy group ICMM provides in its latest “Handbook on Multistakeholder Approaches to Socioeconomic Transitions in Mining” publication a practical guide for mining companies to... 


Gold bar on silver bars
Gold consumption dips on back of latest price rallies
5th May 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Refining services provider Heraeus Precious Metals finds in its latest appraisal publication that fabrication demand for gold fell significantly in the first quarter of the year, largely owing to... 


DRDGOLD CFO Riaan Davel (left) interviewed by Mining Weekly’s Martin Creamer.
The good gold price is providing much more capex confidence, says chief financial officer
5th May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The good gold price is providing gold mining companies with much more confidence to execute capital programmes, and a sentiment doing the rounds is that South Africa should, in every respect, make... 


Adani Enterprises fourth-quarter profit drops on coal trading weakness
2nd May 2025 By: Reuters

India's Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of the Adani Group, reported a drop in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by weaker performance at its coal trading division. The company's... 


Trump’s push for deep-sea metals clashes with UN ocean treaty
2nd May 2025 By: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump first set his sights on Canada and Greenland’s mineral resources. Now he’s eyeing the global seabed that holds vast troves of critical metals for green technologies but is... 


Drilling at Siguiri in Guinea.
AngloGold agrees sale of Côte d’Ivoire projects, acquisition of Guinea project
2nd May 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The New York- and Johannesburg-listed AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to sell its interests in two gold projects in Côte d’Ivoire and simultaneously acquire a project in Guinea, alongside its Siguiri... 


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