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Rio Tinto lifts WA supplier spend to record A$10.3bn amid Pilbara expansion push
Rio Tinto lifts WA supplier spend to record A$10.3bn amid Pilbara expansion push
7th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto has boosted spending with suppliers in Western Australian by A$1.5-billion to a record A$10.3-billion in 2024, as it continues to support local businesses and develop... 


Pure tin ore
Elementos confirms viability of Europe’s first vertically integrated tin project
4th April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed tin developer Elementos demonstrates in a definitive feasibility study (DFS) on its Oropesa tin project, in Spain, the viability of a vertically integrated mine-to-metal smelting... 


Anglo American's Fahmida Smith (centre) flanked by Nornickel's Dmitry Izotov (left) and Heraeus's Dominik Sperzel (right).
South Africa's hydrogen corridor project shortlisted for JET funding, PGM Day hears
4th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rejigged green hydrogen corridor project, Project Rhynbow, has been shortlisted for just energy transition (JET) investment project funding, this week’s Platinum Group Metals (PGM)... 


Fortescue, Gold Fields in running for Decarbonisation Excellence award
4th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE- and NYSE-listed Gold Fields has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Decarbonising Mining Awards 2025 category for ‘Excellence in Decarbonisation Strategy and Implementation by a Mining... 


Copper smelting
Copper plunges more than 5% as tariffs hammer metals and miners
4th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Copper plunged more than 5% to trade below $9 000 a ton, in the biggest drop since July 2022, as worries over the impact of a worsening trade war sparked a heavy selloff in industrial metals and... 


US President Donald Trump signing an executive order on tariffs
China hits back hard in global trade war with tariffs on US goods
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

China announced additional tariffs of 34% on US goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession and triggered a global... 


A lithium mine owned by SQM
Indian delegation to visit Chile seeking stake in SQM's lithium projects, source says
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

Indian officials will visit Chile next week to discuss plans for four State companies to take a stake in two lithium projects of the world's No. 2 producer of the metal, SQM, a source said. The... 


An iron-ore stockpile
US tariff blitz bolsters Goldman’s bearish view on iron-ore
4th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

A cascade of US tariffs announced by President Donald Trump will hurt Chinese steel exports and help to drag iron ore prices below $90 a ton by the end of the year, Goldman Sachs Group said in a... 


Glencore's Mount Isa operation
Glencore seeks Australian government bailout for local copper assets
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore said that it has approached both Queensland's and the Federal Government of Australia about the future of its Mount Isa copper smelter and Townville copper... 


Rio Tinto iron-ore stockpiles in Western Australia
Rio Tinto amends flight delay policy for Pilbara mine workers, union says
4th April 2025 By: Reuters

An Australian mining union said on Friday iron-ore giant Rio Tinto RIO.AX agreed to amend its policies including flight delay compensation to benefit workers at the Paraburdoo project in the... 


A gold bar being poured
HSBC raises gold price forecasts amid geopolitical tensions
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

HSBC raised its average 2025 and 2026 gold price forecast to $3 015 and $2 915 per ounce respectively, citing geopolitical risks. This is an increase from its previous forecasts of $2 687 and $2... 


Minerals 260 raises $220m to acquire, advance Bullabulling gold project
3rd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Minerals 260 has, following a successful international and domestic investor roadshow, successfully completed a $220-million capital raise, before costs, by way of an offer of... 


Artemis, Greentech to consolidate lithium rights
3rd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed companies Artemis Resources and GreenTech Metals have executed a binding agreement to consolidate the lithium mineral rights of their respective tenement holdings near Karratha in the... 


Gold bars in a vault
Trump's policies to spur further central bank gold buying
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

Central banks are expected to help keep gold's stunning rally going this year with buying aimed at further diversifying reserves away from the dollar due to risks stemming from US President Donald... 


West Wits to review mine plan amid higher gold price
3rd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed West Wits Mining says it has been motivated by the recent strengthening of gold prices to begin a strategic review of its plans for the entirety of the Witwatersrand Basin Project (WBP),... 


Plug Power president and CEO Andy Marsh.
Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US
3rd April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out that platinum-based proton exchange membrane (PEM)... 


Global Uranium and Enrichment progressing projects
3rd April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Private Australian company Ubaryon, in which ASX-listed Global Uranium and Enrichment (GUE) has a shareholding, is continuing to progress funding for ongoing development for the business with... 


Sheffield Resources reports record zircon sales
3rd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Sheffield Resources has reported that zircon concentrate shipments from the Thunderbird mineral sands mine, in Western Australia, totalled 82 000 t for the March quarter. The Thunderbird... 


A coal-fired power station
Global coal power capacity inches up in 2024, data shows
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

The world's coal-fired power fleet inched up by 18.8 GW in 2024, its lowest rise in two decades, but new additions in China and India continued to offset closures elsewhere, data from US think tank... 


Outgoing Orion CEO and MD Errol Smart
Lennox takes over lead of Orion Minerals as Smart steps down
3rd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed copper mining company Orion Minerals CEO and MD Errol Smart has stepped down from his roles effective April 3. He is succeeded by Anthony Lennox, who has been a nonexecutive director... 


ASX share trading
Australian shares crash in Trump tariff meltdown
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

Australian shares plunged 2% in a sea of red on Thursday as investors recoiled after US President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on all imports, in a move that ratchets up a global trade... 


Gold bars
Oil, copper slide as Trump tariffs rattle markets; gold hits record high
3rd April 2025 By: Reuters

Commodities including oil, copper and agricultural products fell on Thursday as US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariffs on key trading partners fuelled fears of a global recession, while... 


US President Donald Trump
Markets reel as US tariffs stoke fear of 'spiral of doom' for growth
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

President Donald Trump's new tariffs sent shockwaves through markets on Thursday, with the dollar and US stocks among the hardest hit on fears a broadening trade war will spur recession in a... 


Silver and gold coins minted by the Perth Mint
Perth Mint's March gold sales hit 4-month high, silver up 48% m/m
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

The Perth Mint's gold product sales in March rose to a four-month high, while silver sales rose 48% from the previous month, the refiner said on Thursday, driven by strong demand. The Perth Mint,... 


Great Boulder Resources signs MoU with Monument Mining
2nd April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Great Boulder Resources (GBR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TSX-V-listed Monument Mining for collaboration to potentially process ore from GBR’s Side Well gold... 


Raw vanadium
Manuka says Taranaki VTM project can greatly benefit New Zealand economy
2nd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Manuka Resources has confirmed the national significance of the Taranaki Vanadium Titano Magnetite (VTM) iron sands project, in New Zealand. For a NZ$1-billion, or $602-million,... 


Paul Miller.
To reclaim global mining status, South Africa must restore trust – Paul Miller
2nd April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

If South Africa wants to reclaim its position in the global mining industry, half-measures just won’t cut it. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) needs to go beyond admitting... 


The Jimblebar iron-ore mine
BHP considered spinning off iron-ore, coal divisions
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

The world's biggest listed miner BHP Group considered spinning off its Australian iron-ore and coal divisions as part of a medium-term growth strategy, three sources with knowledge of the matter... 


AusQuest, South32 include Mt Davis project under strategic alliance opportunities
2nd April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed AusQuest says its Mt Davis base metal project, in Western Australia, has been accepted as a new exploration opportunity under the strategic alliance agreement (SAA) between AusQuest and... 


European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde
Trump's tariffs will be negative the world over, says ECB's Lagarde
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's planned tariffs will be negative across the world, with the damage depending on how far they go, how long they last and whether they lead to successful negotiations,... 


Burgundy Diamond Mines CEO Kim Truter
Burgundy Diamond Mines starts search for new CEO ahead of Truter's retirement
2nd April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The board of ASX-listed independent diamond company Burgundy Diamond Mines has started the process to select a new CEO, as Kim Truter plans to retire as CEO and MD at the company's AGM on May 27.... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump to escalate global trade tensions with new reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
2nd April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump was poised to impose sweeping new reciprocal tariffs on global trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of rules-based trade, threatening cost increases and likely... 


Gold bars
Gold holds ground below record ahead of Trump’s tariff reveal
2nd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold steadied as the market took a break from a record-setting run ahead of US President Donald Trump’s implementation of sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs, which are expected to take effect later... 


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