The rollout of new narrow-reef boring technology, which has the potential to boost platinum group metal (PGM) grades, lower unit costs, enhance safety, and streamline downstream materials handling,... 

President Donald Trump is unleashing sweeping import tariffs that he says will reverse the decline of America’s steel towns. But the US isn’t the only nation rushing to protect its factory... 

China will import even more off-exchange refined copper this year, according to analysts and traders, as output from the Congo booms and users look to alleviate shortages and head off a potential... 

The first roundtable discussion between the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), and Rio Tinto was held on March 6, in Port Moresby, marking the beginning of... 

South Africa has extensively tested highly convincing home-grown smelting technology that has the potential to re-establish this country as a global ferroalloys hub by enabling it to produce... 

ASX-listed Geopacific Resources is set to begin a 30 000-m drilling programme at its 1.7-million-ounce Woodlark gold project in Papua New Guinea. Following the completion of a A$40-million... 

Indonesian Mining Association on Tuesday urged the government to reconsider a plan to hike royalty rates for mining products as miners are already struggling with rising operational costs and tight... 

Global iron-ore production growth is expected to accelerate over 2025 to 2029, with production to reach 2.92-billion tonnes by 2029, BMI, a unit of Fitch Solutions, says in its latest ‘Outlook for... 

Australia-based St Barbara has updated its production and cost guidance for the second half of the 2025 financial year, citing adjustments to its Simberi operations in Papua New Guinea. The... 

The results of the pilot testing of a new Proudly South African smelting technology, which lowers electricity usage and has the potential to render local ferroalloy beneficiation globally... 

Indonesia is proposing hiking royalties paid by miners in a bid to bolster public finances that are being strained by President Prabowo Subianto’s spending plans. The Energy and Mineral Resources... 

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that platinum group metal (PGM) prices will increase in the... 

Australia-listed BPH Global has reported exceptional gold and copper assay results from its seaweed cultivation research, validating the potential of marine plants to absorb valuable minerals from... 

Copper miner Freeport Indonesia may get an export quota for around one-million metric tons of copper concentrate, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia told reporters on Friday.... 

China's iron-ore imports in the first two months of 2025 fell by 8.4% from the same period a year earlier, curbed by weather-related supply disruption in major producer Australia. The world's... 

The board of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has declared an interim dividend of R4.50 a share amounting to R1 011-million for the half-year of financial year (FY) 2025, the Johannesburg Stock... 

South Africa’s biggest gold mining company is well down the track with its solar build amid group operating free cash flows increasing by 46% to a new half-year record of R10.4-billion in the six... 

A Chinese State-controlled mining company mothballed a cobalt processing plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo only 15 months after opening it due to a historic slump in the price of the... 

India's Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore is in talks to sign a three-year contract to buy rock phosphate from Togo, to widen its supply sources, three people with direct knowledge of the matter... 

The platinum market recorded a deficit of 995 000 oz for full year 2024, which is 46% higher than previously forecast, as total demand exceeded eight-million ounces for the first time since 2019... 

A new player in South Africa’s mining equipment sector, Kiboko Group, has announced a game-changing partnership with the world’s third-largest mining machinery manufacturer XCMG. This... 

Trade is no longer driving global economic growth to the same extent as in the past and policy changes from the new US administration are triggering responses from other nations, according to... 

China will push the country’s steel industry to cut output, in an attempt to ease a massive glut and restore profitability at mills. Authorities will promote industry restructuring to reduce... 

During this financial year, South Africa’s largest gold mining company will be investing more than R3-billion in its South African assets. “We're on an exciting growth path,” Harmony Gold CEO... 

Record interim free cash flow generation and the highest-ever interim dividend payout was declared on Tuesday by Harmony Gold Mining Company. The gold price has continued to rally since the... 

Great strides are being made in the green hydrogen economy in particularly China and Europe, journalists heard during a media conference, where Northam Platinum emphasised the “absolutely... 

Languishing global prices today mask a very different future for the world’s most-consumed source of power. Australian thermal coal contracts, the benchmark for Asia, are hovering close to $100 a... 

China could reestablish import controls on coal, after leading industry groups warned on mounting oversupply in the world’s biggest market for the fuel, according to Morgan Stanley. The bank said... 

The area south of the metallurgical complex at Northam Platinum’s Zondereinde platinum group metals (PGM) mine in Limpopo has been cleared for the construction of the first of the Johannesburg... 

China last year committed more resources than ever to mining abroad as part of Xi Jinping’s global infrastructure program, a new study found, underscoring its growing grip on the metals supply... 

China's national coal association on Friday issued a statement to members proposing controls on coal production and imports of low-calorie, low-quality coal amid weak demand and high inventories.... 

The Indonesian government’s plan to regulate the price of coal exports is facing pushback from its largest customer, as firms in China balk at paying higher costs as other suppliers lower their...