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Antofagasta profit jumps 52% on record copper prices
17th February 2026 By: Reuters

Chilean miner Antofagasta posted a 52% jump in annual core profit on Tuesday, as record copper prices offset slightly weaker output, and said its increased capital spending would support production... 


Zambia mine regulator lifts suspension of operations at Mopani's Mufulira mine
17th February 2026 By: Reuters

Zambia's mining regulator said on Monday that underground operations at Mopani Copper Mines' Mufulira mine could resume immediately, after new safety measures were implemented. The Minerals... 


Copper becomes BHP’s biggest earnings driver
17th February 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified major BHP has increased its group copper production guidance for the 2026 financial year to between 1.9-million and 2.0-million tonnes, as the world’s biggest copper producer positions... 


Motsepe is now ARM’s non-executive chairperson
16th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the founder of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has retired from his position as executive chairperson and as an employee of the Johannesburg Stock... 


‘Other metallic minerals’ South African mining’s outstanding 2025 performers
16th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining’s standout 2025 performance was in “other metallic minerals”, Minerals Council South Africa reports. Owing to the exceptional 17.2% higher 2025 production performance, this subsector, which... 


Talisman Metals acquires third copper project in Morocco
16th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Newly transitioned biotechnology-to-mining company Talisman Metals has signed an agreement to acquire the Tirzzit copper project, in Morocco. The company is acquiring the asset through its... 


Copper miner Codelco sacks executives after El Teniente audit
16th February 2026 By: Reuters

Chilean state copper miner Codelco on Friday removed three senior executives linked to its El Teniente division, the site of a deadly collapse last year, after an internal audit found... 


Global copper exchange stocks top 1Mt for first time in two decades
16th February 2026 By: Reuters

Copper stocks on the world's three biggest metal exchanges have exceeded one-million metric tons for the first time in more than two decades, as an inventory build due to soft demand in China adds... 


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Mozambique pushing to keep South32 aluminium smelter open, minister says
10th February 2026 By: Reuters

Mozambique's government is doing "everything that is required" to make sure that South32's Mozal aluminium smelter stays open, mineral resources and energy minister Estevao Pale said on Monday. The... 


South Africa at pivotal point in evolution of its mining industry, says Minerals Council
4th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining built South Africa once. With clarity, confidence, and coherent policy, mining can help to build South Africa’s future again – and do so inclusively. A successful and growing mining industry... 


South Africa is hosting BHP’s biggest-ever explorer-technology-data bootcamp
3rd February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is hosting the most intensive mineral systems thrust ever conducted by the exploration advancement programme being innovatively implemented by major mining company BHP. Brought... 


Bauxite

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Guinea's bauxite exports jump 25% to 183 million tons in 2025 on Chinese demand
26th January 2026 By: Reuters

Guinea's bauxite exports rose 25% in 2025 to 182.8-million metric tons, official data seen by Reuters showed, cementing its dominance in aluminium ore supply. A record 74% of shipments went to... 


Mining stocks on cusp of supercycle as AI boom stokes metals
26th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Global mining stocks have shot to the top of fund managers’ must-have list, as soaring metals demand and tight supplies of key minerals hint at a new supercycle in the sector. With a nearly 90%... 


South32 targeting Arctic project in Alaska with joint venture partner
22nd January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed South32 is targeting the copper-dominant Arctic project in the Ambler mining district of north-western Alaska with its Canada-based 50:50 joint venture (JV)... 


Cobalt

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South Africa, DRC funders link up amid Mining Indaba’s Africa collaboration promotion
13th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Amid the many Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 voices highlighting how regional integration promotion, pan-African partnerships and policy alignment have the potential to accelerate Africa’s... 


Abandoned Rio Tinto, Glencore merger not an end to critical minerals M&A wave – BMI
12th February 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Despite mining giants Rio Tinto and Glencore having abandoned their plans to merge, BMI – a Fitch Solutions Company – says it still expects robust merger and acquisition (M&A) momentum in the... 


Cobalt and copper sourced from DRC artisanal miners to be transported on Lobito corridor
9th February 2026 By: Terence Creamer

In a milestone for the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR), which links the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to a deep-water port in Angola, Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC) and Trafigura have... 


Copper

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Ivanhoe, Gécamines, Mercuria in advanced discussions to supply the US with critical minerals
3rd February 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has confirmed that it is in advanced discussions with Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) State-owned mining company Gécamines and metals and energy trader Mercuria to... 


South Africa is hosting BHP’s biggest-ever explorer-technology-data bootcamp
3rd February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is hosting the most intensive mineral systems thrust ever conducted by the exploration advancement programme being innovatively implemented by major mining company BHP. Brought... 


Develop approaching steady-state at Woodlawn
28th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Develop Global has reported strong operational and financial performance in the December quarter, with successful commissioning and ramp-up at its Woodlawn copper/zinc mine in New South... 


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Vale posts $3.8bn loss on nickel impairment; analysts welcome core profit
13th February 2026 By: Reuters

Miner Vale on Thursday reported that its fourth-quarter net loss widened year-on-year, citing an impairment of nickel assets in Canada, yet analysts welcomed a core profit above expectations,... 


Eramet says Indonesia nickel permit volume slashed for 2026
11th February 2026 By: Reuters

Eramet's nickel mining joint venture in Indonesia has received an initial production allowance of 12-million wet metric tons for this year, down from the initial allowance of 32-million it received... 


AFC argues for stronger regional planning in Africa as it launches strategic minerals compendium
9th February 2026 By: Irma Venter

Africa hosts an estimated $29.5-trillion in mine-site mineral value – the value of mineral resources at the point of extraction – representing about 20% of global mineral wealth. Of this total,... 


Nickel

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Vale posts $3.8bn loss on nickel impairment; analysts welcome core profit
13th February 2026 By: Reuters

Miner Vale on Thursday reported that its fourth-quarter net loss widened year-on-year, citing an impairment of nickel assets in Canada, yet analysts welcomed a core profit above expectations,... 


Eramet says Indonesia nickel permit volume slashed for 2026
11th February 2026 By: Reuters

Eramet's nickel mining joint venture in Indonesia has received an initial production allowance of 12-million wet metric tons for this year, down from the initial allowance of 32-million it received... 


AFC argues for stronger regional planning in Africa as it launches strategic minerals compendium
9th February 2026 By: Irma Venter

Africa hosts an estimated $29.5-trillion in mine-site mineral value – the value of mineral resources at the point of extraction – representing about 20% of global mineral wealth. Of this total,... 


Tin

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Andrada to receive first $10m under BWCAM earn-in imminently
4th February 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed tin, tantalum and lithium producer Andrada Mining has confirmed that it will receive an amount of $10-million from BWCAM for the initial development of the Brandberg West project, in... 


South Africa at pivotal point in evolution of its mining industry, says Minerals Council
4th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining built South Africa once. With clarity, confidence, and coherent policy, mining can help to build South Africa’s future again – and do so inclusively. A successful and growing mining industry... 


South Africa is hosting BHP’s biggest-ever explorer-technology-data bootcamp
3rd February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa is hosting the most intensive mineral systems thrust ever conducted by the exploration advancement programme being innovatively implemented by major mining company BHP. Brought... 


Zinc

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Motsepe is now ARM’s non-executive chairperson
16th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the founder of diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), has retired from his position as executive chairperson and as an employee of the Johannesburg Stock... 


‘Other metallic minerals’ South African mining’s outstanding 2025 performers
16th February 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Mining’s standout 2025 performance was in “other metallic minerals”, Minerals Council South Africa reports. Owing to the exceptional 17.2% higher 2025 production performance, this subsector, which... 


Stakeholders strengthen collaboration to advance Namakwa SEZ in rising Northern Cape
13th February 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Diversified miner Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), the Northern Cape provincial government (NCPG) and the Industrial Zones Programme (IZP) of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition held... 


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