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Asia’s coal mavericks chase riches while giant miners scale back
Asia’s coal mavericks chase riches while giant miners scale back
4th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Deep in the rainforests of Indonesia, a group of miners is betting there’s still billions to be made from the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel. Global mining giants have largely retreated from coal... 


BHP chief commercial officer Rag Udd
BHP, Posco to collaborate on near-zero emissions ironmaking technology
4th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Iron-ore miner BHP Group and steelmaker Posco have signed a memorandum of understanding to advance hydrogen-based ironmaking technology as part of efforts to decarbonise the steel sector, the... 


Pacific Nickel to sell Solomon Islands assets, exit Kolosori nickel project
Pacific Nickel to sell Solomon Islands assets, exit Kolosori nickel project
4th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Base metals company Pacific Nickel Mines has agreed to sell its Solomon Islands subsidiaries, including the Kolosori nickel project, to Green Rock for a nominal price of A$1, exiting the operation... 


Bastion to acquire WA gold project
4th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company Bastion Minerals said on Tuesday it had agreed to acquire Muskwood, the owner of the Ninnis gold project in Western Australia’s Northern Goldfields, as part of its strategy to... 


Former De Grey management team join Bellavista
3rd November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Bellavista Resources has appointed Peter Canterbury and Glenn Jardine to senior financial roles as the company advances exploration at its Brumby project in Western Australia’s Edmund... 


Mt Arthur, near Musselbrook, is Australia's biggest thermal coal mine.
BHP transfers land from Mt Arthur Coal to Malabar
3rd November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified mining company BHP Group said on Monday it was transferring about 3 700 ha of land from its Mt Arthur Coal operation in New South Wales to neighbour Malabar Resources, as part of... 


West Wits Mining CEO Rudi Deysel (left) at decline with Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Golden City being put back on gold map by exciting new West Wits gold project
3rd November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Mining Weekly has just visited West Wits Mining, where Johannesburg’s former golden glow is beginning to re-show – and at a cracking pace. The gold project is a close 15 km west of Johannesburg’s... 


100% made-in-the-US antimony ingot
$191m Exim interest in Locksley’s California antimony project
3rd November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed  Locksley Resources has received a letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim), outlining the intent to provide up to $191-million in potential... 


Piles of critical mineral ores
Resource disputes between investors and states hit ten-year high
3rd November 2025 By: Reuters

Disagreements between governments and investors over resources are at a ten-year high, law firm DLA Piper said, driven by resource nationalism and growing competition between the US and China for... 


China’s massive African mine threatens to upend the iron-ore market
China’s massive African mine threatens to upend the iron-ore market
3rd November 2025 By: Bloomberg

In April 1998, a young geologist and his team set out from the village of Moribadou and trekked for six hours through the Guinea Highlands, a densely forested plateau that spreads across four... 


Canadian Resources and Energy Minister Tim Hodgson and Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King
Australia and Canada deepen critical minerals collaboration
3rd November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia and Canada have signed a joint declaration of intent on critical minerals collaboration, deepening their bilateral partnership on critical minerals. Australian Resources and Northern... 


Savannah on track for first gold pour at Georgetown plant
31st October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Savannah Goldfields said on Friday it is on track to resume gold production at its Georgetown gold processing plant in Far North Queensland, with the first gold pour scheduled for the... 


Polymetals says Endeavor mine to restart following fatal incident
Polymetals says Endeavor mine to restart following fatal incident
31st October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Polymetals Resources on Friday said it would restart operations at the Endeavor silver/zinc mine, in New South Wales, in stages following a fatal underground incident earlier this week... 


Tshipi manganese mine
Jupiter on track to meet full-year guidance as Tshipi mine delivers good first-quarter results
31st October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Jupiter Mines has reported that the Tshipi manganese mine, in South Africa, has delivered another reliable set of results for the quarter ended September 30, with sales of 837 577 t and... 


Hastings to negotiate offtake deal with Ucore for Yangibana project
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Hastings Technology Metals said on Friday its Yangibana joint venture project in Western Australia has agreed to negotiate for a potential offtake deal with North American rare-earths... 


Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Rio Tinto CEO Trott steps up push to streamline sprawling miner
31st October 2025 By: Bloomberg

Rio Tinto Group’s new boss has told staff that plans to focus the miner’s sprawling corporate structure on its most profitable metals will be a blueprint for a “sharper, simpler” operation, though... 


Implats refinery.
Implats delivers higher sales into much improved platinum group metals pricing
31st October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats delivered higher refined and saleable production and sales volumes into improved PGM pricing in the three months to September 30.... 


Mineral Resources hits 35Mtpa at Onslow Iron
Mineral Resources hits 35Mtpa at Onslow Iron
30th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Mineral Resources (MinRes) reported on Thursday that the Onslow Iron project in Western Australia had reached nameplate capacity of 35-million tonnes a year. The company shipped... 


China lifts partial ban on iron-ore buys from Australia's Hancock, sources say
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

China's state buyer has allowed its steel mills to resume buying a type of iron-ore from Australia's Hancock Prospecting after barring such sales during a year-plus negotiation dispute, three... 


CEO Amanda Lacaze
Lynas Rare Earths says demand is strong as revenue jumps
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

First-quarter revenue at Australia's Lynas Rare Earths rose by 66% from a year earlier, the company said on Thursday, but missed market expectations, though it flagged strong demand from existing... 


Copper breakout above $11 000 to be short-lived, Goldman Sachs says
Copper breakout above $11 000 to be short-lived, Goldman Sachs says
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

Current copper market fundamentals justify a price consolidation towards the top end of their $10 000 to $11 000 per metric ton forecast range, Goldman Sachs said on Thursday, while adding that any... 


Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt
Mining and energy sectors urge fine-tuning of Australia’s environmental reforms
30th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia’s mining and clean energy industries have given a mixed reception to the federal government’s proposed overhaul of national environmental laws, with both sectors calling for practical... 


Trump's critical minerals adviser to meet companies in Sydney on Friday, sources say
30th October 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump's adviser on critical minerals is set to meet officials of about 30 critical minerals companies in Sydney on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the US... 


 	Ntsiki Adonisi, Rachel Dagadu, Zinzi Lawrence, Amarachukwu Odo, and Chimwemwe Tembo-Shula.
South Africa’s thin-incentive critical minerals strategy noted in G20Lens analysis
30th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 


Mutanda copper and cobalt mine in DRC.
Glencore outlines cobalt strategy amid lifting of DRC’s cobalt export ban
29th October 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday outlined its strategy surrounding the export of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which follows the lifting by the... 


Key procedural decision in Kvanefjeld case
Key procedural decision in Kvanefjeld case
29th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Energy Transition Minerals (ETM) said on Wednesday that an arbitration tribunal had clarified its jurisdiction in the company’s dispute with the governments of Greenland and Denmark over... 


The Syama mine in Mali
Resolute trims guidance as Syama disruptions persist
29th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Africa-focused gold miner Resolute Mining has reported group gold production of 59 857 oz for the September quarter, down from 75 962 oz in the prior period, with output impacted continued supply... 


Lynas CEO Amanda Lacaze
Lynas announces A$180m new Malaysia heavy rare earths facility
29th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-headquartered Lynas Rare Earths on Wednesday announced plans to build a new heavy rare earths (HRE) separation facility at its Malaysian operation, significantly expanding its capacity to... 


Vale makes third payment to Cyclone for Iron Bear development
Vale makes third payment to Cyclone for Iron Bear development
29th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Cyclone Metals has received a further A$5.17-million from Vale. This is the third tranche of funding under the binding development agreement for the joint advancement of the Iron Bear... 


Gina Rinehart
Rinehart doubles stake in Arafura Rare Earths
29th October 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has doubled down on her holdings in Australia's Arafura Rare Earths, even as shares of the developer fell by more than a fifth of its value on Wednesday due... 


Minister Tim Hodgson
Canada to work with G7 partners to secure critical mineral supply deals, Minister says
29th October 2025 By: Reuters

Canada will focus on securing supplies of critical minerals when it hosts its Group of Seven partners this week at a meeting of energy and environment ministers in Toronto, Natural Resources... 


Develop’s Woodlawn ramp-up on track, strong forecast from Sulphur Springs
Develop’s Woodlawn ramp-up on track, strong forecast from Sulphur Springs
28th October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Base metals miner Develop Global is on track to reach steady-state production early next year at its Woodlawn copper/zinc mine, in New South Wales, while an updated definitive feasibility study... 


Sheffield secures zircon offtake for Thunderbird
28th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mineral sands miner Sheffield Resources on Tuesday announced that Kimberley Mineral Sands (KMS), owner of the Thunderbird mine in Western Australia, has entered into a zircon concentrate offtake... 


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