The world’s current extraordinary times are providing South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGM) companies with an extraordinary opportunity to focus on how to strengthen themselves. Consensus is... 

Mining major Rio Tinto and the Western Australian government have formed a 50:50 joint venture (JV) to complete the Dampier seawater desalination plant in the Pilbara, a project aimed at improving... 

ASX-listed Prairie Lithium has begun vertical construction at its Pad #1 commercial facility at the Prairie lithium project in Saskatchewan, Canada, following completion of foundation works. The... 

China’s state-backed iron-ore buyer has summoned traders and urged them to refrain from buying new BHP Group cargoes to sell to buyers in the country after they were found to be flouting a... 

A temporary surge in oil prices to $100/bbl could slow global growth by 0.4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs analysts said on Thursday, as a widening conflict in Iran chokes off vital Middle East... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats is looking at solar for the Marula PGM mine and also the Impala Rustenburg operation, the company reported during a media roundtable on Thursday,... 

In the six months to December 31, South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats generated 180% improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... 

Canada and Australia have agreed to deepen cooperation on critical minerals as they move to strengthen supply chains and expand production of minerals essential to emerging technologies and... 

ASX-listed Rincon Resources has entered into a binding agreement to dispose of its Laverton assets in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The transaction would allow the company to... 

As gold prices reach historic highs and the geopolitical race for minerals escalates, the pressures on value chains are intensifying – and so too are the risks, London Bullion Market Association... 

ASX-listed Atomic Eagle has announced a 24% increase in total mineral resources at its Muntanga uranium project, in Zambia, following the completion of the company’s maiden drilling campaign at the... 

ASX-listed Bannerman Energy has appointed its existing CEO Gavin Chamberlain as MD and Danny Goeman as an independent nonexecutive director. Chamberlain joined Bannerman as COO in February 2023 and... 

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 

US forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a "broad wave" of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top... 

ASX-listed Brightstar Resources has completed a fully subscribed $120-million senior secured Nordic bond issue, locking in funding to develop its Goldfields project in Western Australia and advance... 

BHP Group told workers at its vast coal operations across Queensland that the mines can no longer “compete for investment” and the company was receiving no returns from the projects. The mines in... 

Gold's appeal as it draws support from the widening conflict in the Middle East is expected to remain intact even if some investors have favoured the dollar as their preferred safe haven, traders... 

Global lithium demand could exceed 13-million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base case projections, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s (WoodMac’s)... 

ASX-listed Maronan Metals has been granted a mineral development licence (MDL) for its Maronan silver project in north-west Queensland, Australia, representing a significant milestone in advancing... 

TSX- and ASX-listed Capstone Copper achieved record consolidated total contained copper production of 58 273 t in the fourth quarter last year. Having achieved higher realised prices, higher... 

ASX-listed Sunrise Energy Metals has confirmed in a feasibility study that the Syerston project, in New South Wales, is one of a few in the world capable of delivering scandium at the scale and... 

UK-based market research agency CreditSights says the conflict in Iran is already influencing global metals markets, with prices reflecting both geopolitical risk premiums and rising energy costs.... 

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has signed a binding term sheet to secure 51% ownership of the Sareco mixed rare earth carbonite (MREC) processing facility in Kazakhstan. The MREC facility was... 

ASX-listed Artemis Resources has appointed Simon Lill as nonexecutive chairperson and Dr Matthew Greentree as an executive director, further bolstering the company’s leadership team as it advances... 

Iron-ore prices wobbled on Tuesday, as investors weighed rising freight costs due to a widening Iran conflict, which is choking shipments via the crucial Strait of Hormuz, against falling demand... 

Last year, South Africa witnessed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) mobility in Johannesburg when B20 and G20 top-brass were chauffeured around in Toyota FCEVs courtesy of Valterra, which... 

Australia should invest in natural gas to lower energy prices, and review corporate tax levels to boost the nation's productivity over the coming years, Ross McEwan, chair of Australia's biggest... 

JSE-, Aim- and ASX-listed Kore Potash announced the purchase of a 0.46% interest in the share capital of Sintoukola Potash SA (SPSA) and the conditional right to acquire the remaining interest in... 

Battery minerals producer IGO is assessing options to rationalise additional assets in its portfolio, potentially including the Cosmos site, after completing the sale of its Forrestania nickel... 

ASX-listed Minbos Resources on Monday announced a $16-million debt facility from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) to advance construction of its Cabinda phosphate... 

Mining major Rio Tinto has approved its subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals’ (RBM’s) Zulti South project, lifting the suspension which had been in place since January 2020. The about R8.5-billion... 

Iron-ore prices reversed earlier losses to trade higher on Monday, as investors shifted focus to potentially higher freight rates following the Iran conflict and falling shipments from major...