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An image of the Sanbrado gold plant
West African Resources records solid first-quarter performance
8th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Unhedged gold mining company West African Resources’ Sanbrado gold operations, in Burkina Faso, had a “solid” start to this year, chairperson and CEO Richard Hyde says. He points out that Sanbrado... 


Sufficient uranium resources exist, investments needed to sustain high nuclear energy growth – report
Sufficient uranium resources exist, investments needed to sustain high nuclear energy growth – report
8th April 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Sufficient uranium resources exist to support the continued use of nuclear power and its significant growth through 2050 and beyond; however, timely investments in new exploration, mining... 


Chinese buyers snapped up copper as prices plunged below $8 500
Chinese buyers snapped up copper as prices plunged below $8 500
8th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chinese copper buyers used Monday’s collapse in prices below $8500 a ton to significantly increase purchases, traders said, helping to trigger a dramatic rebound even as a rout in other global... 


Australian state plans to upgrade coal plant to extend lifespan
Australian state plans to upgrade coal plant to extend lifespan
8th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Australia’s Queensland will upgrade units of a coal power station originally planned for closure in 2028 and assess its lifespan, according to the state government. Queensland invested more than... 


An offshore oil rig
Oil tumbles further as US-China trade conflict fuels recession fears
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

Oil prices extended losses on Monday, falling 3% as escalating trade tensions between the United States and China stoked fears of a recession that would reduce demand for crude while OPEC+ readies... 


Volt restarts gold exploration in favourable price conditions
7th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Volt Resources is reviewing the results of the previous sampling and auger drilling programmes conducted on its Guinea gold projects to plan the next stage of gold exploration... 


Barrick chairperson John Thornton.
Barrick advancing projects to support 30% growth by 2030
7th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

New York- and Toronto-listed gold and copper mining company Barrick is now advancing its portfolio of growth projects to support a planned 30% growth in gold equivalent ounces by the end of the... 


IGO announces executive departures
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed IGO on Monday announced the pending departure of two key executives, with CFO Kathleen Bozanic set to retire at the end of the year and chief people and sustainability officer Sam... 


Trump's tariff 'medicine' injects turmoil into global markets
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump warned foreign governments they would have to pay "a lot of money" to lift sweeping tariffs, characterising the duties as "medicine" and triggering further carnage across... 


Woodside Energy to sell 40% stake in Louisiana LNG project to Stonepeak
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australian energy company Woodside Energy said on Monday that it will sell 40% stake in its Louisiana LNG Infrastructure project to investment firm Stonepeak. Under the deal, Stonepeak will... 


Orion targets Cloncurry gold restart with $25m financing deal 
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed AuKing partner Orion Resources has secured a nonbinding, indicative term sheet for a $25-million senior secured credit facility, marking a key step towards restarting gold production at... 


Australian heavy rare earths miners rally on China export controls
Australian heavy rare earths miners rally on China export controls
7th April 2025 By: Reuters

 Australian-listed miners of heavy rare earths rallied on Monday, shrugging off major selloffs across other markets, on bets Western governments would renew their push to develop a separate supply... 


Patriot appoints Quebec mining exec as COO
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ranium exploration company Patriot Battery Metals has announced the appointment of Quebec-based mining executive Frederic Mercier-Langevin as chief development and chief operating officer. In his... 


Lotus inks offtake with North American utility
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Lotus Resources has bagged another sales agreement with a leading North American utility for offtake from its Kayelekera mine in Malawi, the company announced on Monday. Lotus said the... 


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... 


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