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Vedanta misses quarterly profit estimates on weak aluminium prices
31st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate Vedanta missed quarterly profit estimates on Thursday, as lower aluminium and copper prices and higher tax expenses overshadowed the impact of strong local... 


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Ivanhoe reports second-quarter profit, despite DRC flooding challenges
31st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Base and precious metals miner Ivanhoe Mines reported a second-quarter profit of $35-million and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) of $123-million,... 


WGC senior markets analyst Louise Street
Strong investor interest drives gold demand higher
31st July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Amid a high price environment, the World Gold Council (WGC) has reported that total gold demand, including over-the-counter investment, increased by 3% year-on-year to 1 249 t for the second... 


Anglo's Quellaveco copper mine in Peru.
Anglo's simplified go-forward business advances with 43% earnings margin outlook
31st July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the 2025 transition year, Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American has maintained an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) margin for its go-forward... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Valterra Platinum upping flood defence, envisaging underground trucking, hailing IRMA
30th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum, which experienced severe flooding in the first half of this year at its Amandelbult mine owing to extremely abnormal rainfall, is... 


Mark Cutifani and Vicente Mello
Cutifani to chair Global Tailings Management Institute
30th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The new established Global Tailings Management Institute (GTMI) has appointed Mark Cutifani chairperson and Vicente Mello deputy chairperson. Cutifani is a mining industry stalwart, having led... 


Democratic Republic of Congo Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka during last month’s visit to Glencore operations in Kolwezi.
Glencore’s half-year copper equivalent production up 5%
30th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The copper equivalent production of diversified mining company Glencore rose 5% year-on-year in the six months to June 30 with the integration of the Elk Valley Resources steelmaking coal volumes,... 


Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto half-year profit drops 22% as iron-ore prices weigh
30th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining major Rio Tinto reported a 22% decline in first-half profit to $4.5-billion as lower iron-ore prices and cyclone disruptions in Australia weighed on performance, despite higher... 


The midnight sun at the Kevitsa mine in Finland.
Finland regains top spot in global mining investment rankings, Ethiopia ranks last
30th July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Finland has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, climbing 16 places to lead the Fraser Institute’s 2025 Annual Survey of Mining Companies. The... 


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Global Tailings Management Institute to be established in South Africa
29th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining and metals advocacy group ICMM has advised that its member companies will publish their progress in conforming with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) by August 5.... 


Fidelity says $4 000 gold possible as Fed cuts and dollar drops
Fidelity says $4 000 gold possible as Fed cuts and dollar drops
29th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold could hit $4 000/oz by the end of next year as the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates to cushion the US economy, the dollar drops, and central banks keep expanding holdings, according to... 


Kumba Iron Ore CE Mpumi Zikalala.
Kumba Iron Ore reports R7.9bn half-year free cash flow, declares R5.3bn dividend
29th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In an environment characterised by global economic uncertainty and market volatility, South Africa’s high-flying Kumba Iron Ore is very well positioned to continue delivering stakeholder value amid... 


Fluor receives final notice to proceed on Reko Diq
Fluor receives final notice to proceed on Reko Diq
29th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based engineering group Fluor has received the final notice to proceed from Barrick Mining on the development of the multibillion-dollar Reko Diq copper project in Pakistan. Fluor was named... 


New coal mines fell to 10-year low in 2024, but China pipeline risks oversupply, report says
New coal mines fell to 10-year low in 2024, but China pipeline risks oversupply, report says
29th July 2025 By: Reuters

New coal mining capacity fell to a 10-year low in 2024, but future projects especially in major producer China still risk oversupply, said a new report from US think tank Global Energy Monitor on... 


Majestic suspends DGZ mine after fatal rockfall incident
Majestic suspends DGZ mine after fatal rockfall incident
29th July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-headquartered Majestic Gold has suspended operations at its Denggezhuang (DGZ) underground mine in China’s Shandong province following a fatal accident involving a mineworker struck by loose... 


Iron-ore stays above $100/t amid Sino-US trade talks; coal slump continues
Iron-ore stays above $100/t amid Sino-US trade talks; coal slump continues
29th July 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures prices held well over the key psychological level of $100 a metric ton on Tuesday, while investors closely monitored the renewed Sino-US trade talks for signs of progress. The... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Trial mining on way at promising Sandsloot platinum underground project in Limpopo
28th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Valterra Platinum has received board approval to conduct a feasibility study into the development of Sandsloot Underground at the well-endowed Mogalakwena... 


Sovereign highlights successful results from Malawi project testwork
28th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Sovereign Metals announces that the latest testwork on graphite from its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi, has delivered “highly successful” results. The testwork focused on optimising the... 


Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn.
Seriti Green has R25bn to deploy in Mpumalanga but can’t get Eskom budget quotes
25th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Last week renewable energy company Seriti Green received a budget quote from Eskom that it had applied for as long ago as February 2021 – that's the delay in obtaining collaboration from the State... 


Venetia Diamond Mine in South Africa's Limpopo province.
Higher margins, more cash generation on way, Anglo CEO predicts unequivocally
24th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Looking beyond this transitionary year, Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed Anglo American will emerge as a highly differentiated, higher margin and more cash generative business, Anglo American CEO... 


Japan copper smelters face tough talks with global miners over processing fee
Japan copper smelters face tough talks with global miners over processing fee
24th July 2025 By: Reuters

Japanese copper smelters face tough mid-year negotiations with global miners over treatment and processing charges (TC/RCs) as they wouldn't be able to accept the very low terms that Chinese... 


Kumba Iron Ore CE Mpumi Zikalala.
Higher Kumba iron-ore exports reflect benefit of public-private logistics collaboration
24th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The benefit of South Africa’s public-private logistics collaboration is reflected by an increase in South African-mined iron-ore railed from Anglo American’s Kumba to the Port of Saldanha Bay by... 


Global coal use likely to remain near the all-time high reached in 2024 – IEA
Global coal use likely to remain near the all-time high reached in 2024 – IEA
24th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global coal demand is likely to remain broadly unchanged this year and next, despite short-term fluctuations across several major markets in the first half of this year, the International Energy... 


Six university students drown at Zhongjin gold mine in China
24th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Six students from a Chinese university died during a visit to a mine owned by Zhongjin Gold in Inner Mongolia, northern China. The students from Northeastern University in Shenyang, Liaoning... 


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Freeport-McMoRan still waiting for US copper tariff details, CEO says
23rd July 2025 By: Reuters

Freeport-McMoRan has yet to see details of US President Donald Trump's plan to impose a 50% tariff on copper imports starting next week, its CEO said on Wednesday after the mining company posted... 


Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu.
China generates more electricity than US, India, EU combined, Menar’s Bayoglu reports
23rd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

China generates more electricity than the US, India and the EU put together, Menar MD Vuslat Bayoglu told Wednesday’s Coal & Energy Transition Day, where he added “… and I think this race is... 


Seriti Resources Group CEO Mike Teke.
Wind turbine four on way up, Seriti CEO Mike Teke tells Coal & Energy Transition Day
23rd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Today, as I speak to you, our fourth wind turbine is probably on its way up, Seriti Resources Group CEO Mike Teke, who has also just opened a new coal mine down the road from the turbine in South... 


Green hydrogen retreat poses threat to emissions targets
Green hydrogen retreat poses threat to emissions targets
23rd July 2025 By: Reuters

Green hydrogen developers are cancelling projects and trimming investments around the world, raising the prospect of longer than targeted reliance on fossil fuels. The challenges facing the sector... 


Coking coal hits five-month high on government mine inspections
23rd July 2025 By: Reuters

Coking coal futures' prices in China soared on Wednesday as a government inspection on coal mine production sparked concerns of supply disruptions. The most active coking coal contract on the... 


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Platinum market’s ‘deep’ tightness shows little sign of relief
23rd July 2025 By: Bloomberg

The platinum market has tightened to unprecedented levels in the past few days as tariff fears and speculative buying pull metal from the key London and Zurich markets into warehouses in the US and... 


Mantengu chairperson Jonas Tshikundamalema.
Mantengu obtains consent to take charge of Blue Ridge Platinum from August 1
22nd July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg Stock Exchange AltX-listed emerging mining company Mantengu has obtained consent to take charge of Blue Ridge Platinum, which is currently on care and maintenance, but on which... 


Iron-ore climbs for fifth session on Beijing hydropower stimulus
Iron-ore climbs for fifth session on Beijing hydropower stimulus
22nd July 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures prices closed higher for a fifth straight session on Tuesday, buoyed by expectations of further stimulus after Beijing unveiled a $170-billion hydropower project to boost economic... 


China's coking coal prices hit daily limit again on chatter about government mine inspections
China's coking coal prices hit daily limit again on chatter about government mine inspections
22nd July 2025 By: Reuters

Prices of coking coal futures in China hit their ceiling for a second successive session on Tuesday, amid market chatter about potential government inspections in China's major coal production hubs... 


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