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Goldman Sachs sees continued central bank gold buying in November
Updated 3 minutes ago By: Reuters

Central banks likely bought large amounts of gold in November in a multi-year trend to diversify reserves to hedge geopolitical and financial risks, Goldman Sachs said on Monday. The Wall Street... 


Endeavor mine moving to continuous shifts as restart gains pace
Endeavor mine moving to continuous shifts as restart gains pace
Updated 4 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian miner Polymetals Resources has ramped up operations at the Endeavor silver/zinc mine, in Cobar, New South Wales, with mining teams shifting from dayshift-only work to continuous... 


EU's EIB to work with Australian government on critical raw materials
EU's EIB to work with Australian government on critical raw materials
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

The EU's European Investment Bank and the Australian government said in a joint statement on Monday they would deepen cooperation on critical raw materials, as Western powers scramble to cut their... 


Viridis secures Canadian financing interest for rare earths project
Viridis secures Canadian financing interest for rare earths project
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

Australia's Viridis Mining and Minerals said on Tuesday it received a letter of interest from Export Development Canada for up to $100-million in debt financing for its Colossus rare earths project... 


Rio Tinto to cut Yarwun output by 40% from next year
Rio Tinto to cut Yarwun output by 40% from next year
Updated 4 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified commodities group Rio Tinto will cut production at its Yarwun alumina refinery in Gladstone, Australia, by 40% from October next year, a move aimed at extending the operation’s life to... 


West Wits CEO Rudi Deysel (left) and Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer on site.
West Wits drawdown firms up return of gold mining to Golden City early next year
17th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

West Wits Mining on Monday issued a drawdown notice for a first tranche of $12.5-million from a loan facility to advance the development of Qala Shallows, the promising project that is bringing... 


Syrah, Tesla to further extend graphite supply deal deadline
17th November 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Syrah Resources said on Monday that it had agreed with Tesla to extend the deadline to tackle an alleged default of their graphite supply agreement for the second time in two months as... 


Rio Tinto Iron Ore CE Matthew Holcz says the pilot could help progress a pathway for Pilbara ores in low emissions steelmaking.
Rio Tinto pauses BioIron, partners on new low-emissions steel pilot
17th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with Australian environmental technology firm Calix to support the proposed Zesty green iron demonstration plant in... 


Catalyst and Zuleika settle long-running dispute
Catalyst and Zuleika settle long-running dispute
17th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold miner Catalyst Metals has gained 100% ownership of a critical part of the Plutonic Gold Belt after settling the final legal dispute it inherited through its 2023 consolidation of the... 


BHP takes delivery of Australia’s first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives
BHP takes delivery of Australia’s first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives
17th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner BHP has taken delivery of Australia’s first purpose-built battery-electric locomotives, with two new heavy-haul units arriving in Port Hedland for trials on the company’s Pilbara... 


Red Mountain cleared for US stock exchange debut
Red Mountain cleared for US stock exchange debut
17th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Critical minerals developer Red Mountain Mining has been approved to list on the US OTCQB market, with trading in the company’s RMXFF code scheduled to begin at 9:30 New York time on Monday. The... 


BHP liable for 2015 Brazil dam collapse, UK court rules in mammoth lawsuit
BHP liable for 2015 Brazil dam collapse, UK court rules in mammoth lawsuit
14th November 2025 By: Reuters

BHP is liable for the 2015 collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil, London's High Court ruled on Friday, in a lawsuit the claimants' lawyers previously valued at up to 36-billion pounds... 


Rox launches A$200m equity raise for WA gold mine
Rox launches A$200m equity raise for WA gold mine
14th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Rox Resources on Friday unveiled a A$200-million capital raise to fund the equity component of developing its Youanmi gold project, in Western Australia. The placement drew strong... 


Horizon sells noncore Lake Johnston to Forrestania
Horizon sells noncore Lake Johnston to Forrestania
14th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Emerging gold miner Horizon Minerals said on Friday that it would sell its noncore Lake Johnston project to fellow ASX-listed Forrestania Resources for A$35-million. Under the agreement, the... 


Major step forward for emissions-free aluminium smelting
Major step forward for emissions-free aluminium smelting
14th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Alcoa and Rio Tinto's technology joint venture (JV), ELYSIS, has successfully produced its first commercial-size inert anode cell at the Alma smelter, in Quebec, in what the partners describe as a... 


Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser
Gold Fields targeting incrementatal growth in output over the next five years
13th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

During a Capital Markets Day media conference call, on November 13, gold miner Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser pointed out that the company was targeting incremental production growth over the next... 


China's copper exports boom on rising arbitrage, supply
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese copper exports are on pace to set a record in 2025, with October shipments set to exceed 100 000 metric tons for only the third time ever, as rising domestic supply and higher foreign... 


Katanning gold project gains priority status under new WA approvals programme
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Western Australian government has selected Ausgold's Katanning gold project (KGP) to participate in its newly established Priority Approvals Programme, streamlining the project’s permitting... 


Austral’s Mt Kelly processing facility
New Frontier lodges mining lease for Big One copper deposit
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper developer New Frontier Minerals has lodged a mining lease application for the Big One copper deposit, part of its NWQ copper project in the Mount Isa copper belt of north-west Queensland.... 


Sandfire CEO Brendan Harris
Sandfire eyes repeat of Kalahari success with Curnamona entry
13th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s largest listed independent copper producer, Sandfire Resources, announced on Thursday a binding term sheet with Havilah Resources to advance the Kalkaroo copper/gold project in... 


Rio Tinto mothballs flagship Jadar lithium project
Rio Tinto mothballs flagship Jadar lithium project
13th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group has mothballed the controversial $2.95-billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia, according to an internal note. The memo, sent this week and seen by Bloomberg, said that the project... 


PLS CEO Dale Henderson
CEO of Australia's PLS says government support could boost lithium supply chains
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

Global supply chains for lithium could benefit from collaboration among governments but any intervention on prices would need to be handled carefully, Dale Henderson, CEO of Australian lithium... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel
Harmony celebrates fatality-free quarter, reports solid operational performance
13th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold and copper producer Harmony Gold Mining Company delivered a solid operational performance for the three months ended September 30 – the first quarter of its 2026 financial year – which CEO... 


Mount Gibson chair says safety trumps production, focus shifts to gold
Mount Gibson chair says safety trumps production, focus shifts to gold
12th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore miner Mount Gibson chairperson Brett Smith has vowed that safety will remain the company’s top priority following last month’s rockfall at the Koolan Island iron-ore mine, in Western... 


Atlantic awaits Parliamentary ratification of Ewoyaa mining lease
12th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-based Atlantic Lithium said on Wednesday that the mining lease for its flagship Ewoyaa lithium project, in Ghana, had been submitted to Parliament for consideration and ratification. The... 


AngloGold Ashanti's Geita mine in Tanzania.
Best prospects are within, AngloGold avers amid highlighting low-hanging Tanzania fruit
12th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

AngloGold Ashanti is constantly coming up with the same answer during its continual assessment of where this 40 000-employee gold mining major can generate the most value.   “The answer is clear,”... 


Liontown to hold first digital spodumene auction
Liontown to hold first digital spodumene auction
12th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Liontown Resources has partnered with Metalshub to launch its first digital auction for spodumene concentrate from the Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Western Australia. The... 


Renewable-energy deal to power Queensland’s coal export network
Renewable-energy deal to power Queensland’s coal export network
12th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Queensland’s coal export supply chain is set for a renewable energy boost, with government-owned generator CleanCo signing an agreement to supply green power to freight operator Aurizon, which runs... 


Mineral Resources founder and CEO Chris Ellison
MinRes inks $765m deal with Posco for lithium JV stake, shares surge
12th November 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Mineral Resources said on Wednesday it would sell a 30% stake in part of its lithium business to South Korea's Posco for $765-million as it seeks to cut debt and repair its balance... 


Simandou partners mark start of operations at Africa’s biggest iron-ore project
Simandou partners mark start of operations at Africa’s biggest iron-ore project
12th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Operations have started at the giant Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea, marking a historic milestone for Africa’s largest greenfield mine and infrastructure development. At a ceremony held at... 


AEMEE Annual Conference
MCA urges shift from contracts to co-ownership in Indigenous partnerships
11th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has called for a shift in Indigenous economic participation, urging governments and resource companies to move “from contracts to capital” by supporting... 


AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon.
AngloGold Ashanti’s third-quarter free cash flow up 141% to record $920m
11th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In the three months to September 30, the free cash flow of AngloGold Ashanti rose 141% year-on-year to a record $920-million as continued cost discipline helped to capture the benefits of a higher... 


Initial trials will include autonomous piling systems from Built Robotics.
ARENA helps fund Fortescue's Solar Innovation Hub
11th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed A$45-million to establish a first-of-its-kind Solar Innovation Hub with Fortescue, aimed at driving down the cost of large-scale solar... 


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