Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto plans to create a standalone lithium division after it closes its $6.7-billion acquisition of Arcadium Lithium, according to an internal memo seen by... 

Fitch Solutions company CreditSights says a rumoured merger between major diversified miners Rio Tinto and Glencore could result in a $126-billion company. However, the rumoured merger raises... 

Australia-listed Global Uranium and Enrichment has announced a A$1.8 million placement, which will be directed towards reviewing and conducting due diligence on complementary assets, staking new... 

Copper headed for an eighth day of gains, its longest winning streak since 2017, as fresh economic data from China brightened the demand outlook in the top metals-consuming nation. The industrial... 

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have held early stage talks about combining their businesses to create a behemoth to rival longstanding industry titan BHP Group. The discussions took place as recently... 

Rare earths miner Lynas missed market forecasts for its second-quarter revenue and warned on Friday it expects tough market conditions to prevail in the coming quarter on subdued demand from China,... 

Rio Tinto Group shares fell as much as 1.8% in Sydney after Bloomberg News earlier reported the world’s second-biggest miner held early-stage talks with Glencore Plc about a deal. The stock was... 

Driven by factors such as strong global gold exchange-traded fund inflows and over-the-counter (OTC) demand, gold’s record-breaking year of 2024 saw the gold price rising by more than 28% in US... 

Kalgoorlie-based mining services and resource asset management company MLG Oz has announced four contracts with gold miner Northern Star for the provision of haulage and site services across four... 

ASX-listed Victory Metals on Thursday announced a significant resource upgrade for its North Stanmore heavy rare earth elements (HREE) project in Western Australia. Despite being a minimal infill... 

Mid-tier gold miner Regis Resources has announced the early and full repayment of its A$300-million syndicated loan facility, originally scheduled to mature on June 30. The company used its... 

Precious metals miner SSR Mining said on Thursday that the February 2024 heap leach failure at its Çöpler gold mine in Türkiye was owing to a design flaw in the third-party engineered plan. An... 

The prospect of good forward momentum for a resumption of valuable mining at the re-emerging old Blyvooruitzicht (Blyvoor) gold mine has received another boost. This is because Aurous Resources,... 

ASX-listed Canyon Resources has appointed Kudzai Mtsambiwa CFO effective January 15. He will also assume the role of company secretary and manage the group's investor relations.  

Global diversified miner Rio Tinto has reported a marginal decline in its fourth-quarter and full-year iron-ore shipments from the Pilbara, citing resource depletion and above-average rainfall that... 

Three job-creating regional projects will receive a multimillion-dollar funding boost as part of the Western Australian government’s clean energy plan to diversify the economy. Government has... 

Junior company Horizon Minerals has marked a major milestone by pouring its first gold bar from the Boorara mine in Western Australia under an ore sale agreement with Norton Gold Fields’ Paddington... 

Recent metallurgical testwork at Simandou North, in Guinea, has confirmed the potential for premium-quality iron-ore, with grades surpassing 66% iron and alumina levels below 0.5%, Arrow Minerals... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Platinum Group Metals Limited is in discussion with several South African smelter operators, including Impala Platinum (Implats), with a view to negotiating formal... 

TSX-V-listed Robex Resources has unveiled the results of an updated feasibility study for its Kiniero gold project in Guinea, highlighting stronger project economics and increased mineral... 

Prices of rare earth minerals are likely to stabilise in 2025 after a two-year downturn, as China slows mining output to protect domestic producers and growing demand from electric vehicles and... 

Aluminum ticked higher, with the European Union considering import restrictions on Russian metal and Chinese production growth expected to slow. The metal climbed toward $2 600 a ton in London,... 

Arafura Rare Earths will get A$200-million from Australia’s National Reconstruction Fund to support a new mine and processing facility, the latest move by Western nations to boost supply chains of... 

Australian coal miner New Hope on Tuesday announced a resolution to the long-standing legal challenges surrounding its New Acland Stage 3 project. In a statement to the ASX, New Hope said its... 

Junior resources company Minerals 260 on Tuesday announced the acquisition of the Bullabulling gold project from Norton Gold Fields, a subsidiary of Chinese group Zijin Mining. Bullabulling is one... 

In a voluntary production update, Northam Platinum has reported burgeoning half-year performance from the ramping-up platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome Eland mine. Eland’s chrome concentrate... 

Iron-ore surged back above the $100-a-ton threshold after data showed China’s annual imports of the steel-making ingredient reached a record and its trade surplus soared. Futures gained for the... 

Australia-listed Arrow Minerals has launched a scoping study for its Nagara direct shipping ore (DSO) bauxite project in Guinea, advancing the study concurrently with resource estimation. The... 

TSX-V- and ASX-listed Benz Mining on Tuesday completed the acquisition of the Glenburgh and Mt Egerton gold projects in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia from ASX-listed Spartan Resources.... 

David Moult has resigned as CEO of Australian coal producer Yancoal after seven years with the company, five of which as CEO. The ASX-listed miner stated that Moult had decided to retire from... 

Mining firm MMG said on Tuesday it expects to resume operations at its Dugald River zinc mine in Queensland later in the day after an approaching grassfire near its perimeter was contained. MMG,... 

China's iron-ore imports in 2024 rose to a record high for a second year, customs data showed on Monday, as lower prices spurred buying while demand remained resilient due in large part to massive...