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Chinese nationals detained for alleged trespass at Lindian rare earths project in Malawi
Chinese nationals detained for alleged trespass at Lindian rare earths project in Malawi
22nd April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-based Lindian Resources said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were among a group of individuals detained by authorities for allegedly trespassing and attempting to collect geological... 


Anil Agarwal
Metals billionaire Agarwal seeks mining reboot amid debt overhaul, Saudi push
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is inching closer to finishing a long-planned breakup of his metals-to-energy conglomerate Vedanta, a move aimed at trimming the group’s $11-billion debt pile and... 


The Cangrejos camp in Ecuador
CMOC to acquire Lumina Gold in C$581m all-cash deal
22nd April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Chinese mining company CMOC Group has agreed to acquire Canada's Lumina Gold in an all-cash deal valued at C$581-million.  The transaction, announced on Monday, will mark a step forward for the... 


US rare earth miner MP Materials halts exports to China
22nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A US producer of rare earth metals stopped shipments to China after Beijing placed export controls on similar materials crucial for defense and technology manufacturing. MP Materials, which... 


China's export controls are curbing critical mineral shipments to the world
22nd April 2025 By: Reuters

China's export controls on three metals important across the defence and chip sectors are keeping shipments at historically low levels despite high prices worldwide as Beijing flexes its control... 


Euro Sun CEO Grant Sboros (left) with Euro Sun GM Dr Sorin Halga.
South African resolve helping to turn copper/gold deposit to account in Romania
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way of turning one of Europe’s large copper/gold... 


Turkish nickel bull plans $2bn M&A spree to rival China
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Turkish billionaire Robert Yuksel Yildirim is on a $2-billion hunt for nickel mines, betting that the battery metal’s price will rebound and that the West will want those supplies to cut its... 


Asian coal prices fall to fresh four-year low on trade war fears
Asian coal prices fall to fresh four-year low on trade war fears
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Asia’s coal price benchmark fell to a four-year low as trade tensions threaten to sap demand, testing levels where miners shut more production. Australian Newcastle futures declined to $94.25 a... 


Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal.
Hillside Aluminium guiding unchanged output for 2025 financial year
17th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of... 


Sinomine targets 2026 production at Kitumba copper mine in Zambia
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

Sinomine Resource Group aims to start copper production in September 2026 at its Kitumba Copper Mine in the Mumbwa district of Zambia’s Central Province, according to a company WeChat post on... 


Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
Iron-ore miners in rocky start to year as tariff turmoil begins
17th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The world’s biggest iron-ore miners face a difficult start to the year, after extreme weather impacted production and as their biggest customer China braces for a trade war. This week, BHP Group,... 


World Bank president Ajay Banga
World Bank's Banga doubles down on intent to end a ban on loans for nuclear power projects
17th April 2025 By: Reuters

World Bank president Ajay Banga on Wednesday doubled down on his push to revamp the bank's energy strategy to end a ban on lending for nuclear power projects and enable more natural gas projects,... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
Rising protectionism to slow global growth, reshape trade — BHP's Henry
17th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified commodities major BHP CEO Mike Henry has expressed concern about increasing protectionism, warning that while tariffs have little direct impact on the miner, their broader implications... 


Newmont CEO Tom Palmer
Newmont wraps up noncore asset sales, banks $2.5bn this year
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold major Newmont has completed its previously announced non-core divestiture programme, closing the sales of its Akyem mine in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada. The company has now... 


Indonesia hikes mining royalties in bid to fund Prabowo policies
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Indonesia has raised the royalty rate to be paid by nickel, tin and other metal producers as the government searches for ways to fund President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious but costly priority... 


India extends auction for deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

India has extended an auction of deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products until May 1, a spokesperson at India's Ministry of Mines said on... 


Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold on Wednesday issued a sharp rebuke to the government of Mali as tensions over taxes escalated, warning that the viability of its flagship Loulo-Gounkoto mine is... 


Woodside hires Mexico Pacific CEO Bairstow for Louisiana LNG project
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's top gas producer Woodside Energy aid on Wednesday it had hired Sarah Bairstow, the chief executive of Mexico Pacific, for its Louisiana liquefied natural gas plant in the United... 


Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to record high as the Trump administration pressed ahead with probes that could broaden a sweeping trade war, boosting demand for havens. Bullion climbed above $3 248 an ounce for the... 


Goldman Sachs cuts aluminium price forecast on weaker growth outlook
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for aluminium prices this year after its economists downgraded global growth forecasts including for the US and China following the Trump administration's... 


Control room at Black Rock manganese ore mine.
Assmang refutes illegal sugilite mining allegations
14th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining company Assmang on Monday refuted allegations that it engages in the illegal mining of sugilite at the Black Rock mine in the Northern Cape. Sugilite is described as a pink to purple... 


China’s commodities imports shrink bar oil as trade woes worsen
China’s commodities imports shrink bar oil as trade woes worsen
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

China’s commodities imports mostly fell year-on-year in March, the last full month before the Trump administration choked off bilateral trade by imposing punitive levies on Chinese goods. With the... 


China to keep building coal plants through 2027
14th April 2025 By: Reuters

China plans to keep building coal-fired power plants through 2027 in regions where they are needed to meet peak power demand or stabilise the grid, according to government guidelines for upgrading... 


India's polished diamond exports hit two-decade low, industry group says
India's polished diamond exports hit two-decade low, industry group says
14th April 2025 By: Reuters

India's exports of cut and polished diamonds plummeted to their lowest level in nearly two decades in the 2024/25 fiscal year, which ended in March, on sluggish demand from the United States and... 


Goldman puts $4 000 gold on the agenda as hunt for havens grows
Goldman puts $4 000 gold on the agenda as hunt for havens grows
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs Group and UBS Group issued another round of bullish calls for gold, with stronger-than-expected central bank demand and the metal’s role as a hedge against recession and geopolitical... 


Gold slips from record as Trump tariff agenda stays in spotlight
Gold slips from record as Trump tariff agenda stays in spotlight
14th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold edged down from a record as markets weighed the latest US trade news from President Donald Trump, who has driven a flight to safety assets amid mounting confusion over his tariff agenda.... 


ASM says China REE curbs reinforce need for alternative supply chains
11th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Sydney-listed Australian Strategic Materials said China’s newly announced export restrictions on rare earth elements (REEs) underscore the urgent need to establish secure and diversified global... 


Centre for Palladium Technologies head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa invited to help uplift palladium demand by 1.7-million ounces a year
11th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce increase in demand for palladium, a PGM that... 


Trade war risks copper investments needed to meet future demand
Trade war risks copper investments needed to meet future demand
11th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The copper industry is turning attention to how the escalating trade war between the world’s biggest economies will affect investments needed to meet future demand for the wiring metal. US... 


Gold bars
Gold surges past $3 200 as economic concerns reignite record rally
11th April 2025 By: Reuters

Safe-haven gold surpassed the key $3 200 mark for the first time on Friday, spurred by a weaker dollar and economic concerns due to an intensifying trade war. Spot gold jumped over 1% to $3 214.92... 


Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel.
PGM Day highlights ruthenium’s bright future in hydrogen, biomass, electronics
10th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

After listening to Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel placing ruthenium on a new high pedestal and describing this low-profile platinum group metal (PGM) as “my personal... 


Falling alumina price prods some China producers to begin maintenance
10th April 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese alumina producers, which rushed to expand capacity after prices surged last year due to short supplies of raw material bauxite, are being squeezed by falling prices, prompting some to shut... 


A trader gestures while working on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange after the White House announced a 90-day pause and lowered 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries.
Trump's stunning tariff pause focuses trade war on China
10th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's stunning decision to pause the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries sent battered global stock markets surging on Thursday even as he ratcheted up a... 


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