In a major advance that enables local refining of artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold and elevates West Africa's responsible sourcing standards to a new high, South Africa’s Rand Refinery, as... 

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. 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto reported robust production results for 2025, highlighted by an 8% year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent output. The strong performance was driven by the company’s... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

China's coal output rose to a record in 2025, statistics bureau data showed on Monday, as lower domestic prices prompted buyers to cut imports and rebuild stockpiles with cheaper local supply,... 

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... 

Nickel miner PT Vale Indonesia's mining production quota approved for this year will likely be insufficient to meet demand from the smelters that will come online later this year, the company's... 

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... 

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... 

 Iron-ore futures drifted lower on Friday as high prices and slim margins deterred buying in the biggest consumer China, with the Dalian iron-ore contract reporting a weekly decline for the first... 

Global trade is expected to continue growing this year but at a slower pace after reaching a record high in 2025, as rising protectionism, geopolitical tensions and tighter regulation reshape trade... 

Africa’s mineral wealth has become a focal point for the clean energy transition and advanced manufacturing and coordinated action by Africa can convert the continent’s mineral wealth into GDP... 

Coal India is scouting partnership opportunities in rare-earth mining across Australia, Russia, Argentina, Chile and several African countries, a top executive of its coking coal-focussed unit said... 

Independent precious metals authority the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has appointed ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) as the administrator of the LBMA Platinum and Palladium Prices.... 

Speaking at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week on Tuesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa positioned green hydrogen at the centre of Africa’s big energy opportunity – and then on Wednesday... 

Indonesian military rescued 18 workers at gold and copper miner Freeport Indonesia that had been surrounded by armed rebels for three days at a company outpost in the insurgency-plagued Papua... 

With burgeoning demand for critical minerals globally, there is a need for secure, sustainable and resilient supply chains to ensure countries can capitalise on this momentum and their resources.... 

The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) has launched the inaugural Future Minerals Barometer, a pioneering tool designed to measure and track progress of critical mineral value-chain developments across... 

The Trump administration’s policies and repeated attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve are bringing into question the role of the US dollar as the global reserve currency and driving... 

China's December coal imports climbed to a record monthly high, spurred by winter stockpiling and rising domestic prices, even as total imports for the year fell 10%, customs data showed on... 

China's rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of several medium to heavy elements from April. The world's top producer... 

China's unwrought copper imports in 2025 fell to the lowest level since 2020, China's customs data showed on Wednesday, as high prices weighed on demand. The top consumer imported 5.32-million... 

Rio Tinto has engaged JPMorgan and two other advisers on its potential acquisition of Glencore, a deal that could create the world's largest miner worth over $200-billion, a source with knowledge... 

Gold and silver's upward run has reignited, with bullion topping $4 600 an ounce for the first time and big brokerages predicting $5 000 as a range of factors intensify, boosting the metal's... 

Africa does not have the luxury of treating regional cooperation and regional beneficiation as afterthoughts. If the continent continues to negotiate in small, fragmented units, the result will be...