Strengthening South African mining is key to strengthening South Africa’s domestic economy as well as its geopolitical standing, which is all-important at this time of global economic disruption.... 

Chinese cobalt smelters have ample supplies of the battery-making material despite the export ban imposed by the world's top producer, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in late February, delegates... 

Demand for cobalt will rise faster than supply, allowing the market to reduce the 2024 surplus in coming years and swing to a deficit in the early 2030s, the Cobalt Institute said in a research on... 

Mining company Menar is very hopeful that trade relations between South Africa and the US are normalised very soon, and points out that if they are not, the US will also be adversely affected and... 

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has increased its ownership of the ordinary shares of JSE- and NYSE-listed Sibanye-Stillwater to 15.41% of the company’s total issued ordinary shares. The... 

ASX-listed junior Legacy Minerals has lodged an exploration licence application (ELA6901) over the Nico Young nickel/cobalt deposit in New South Wales (NSW) – a resource containing about... 

Cobalt Holdings said on Monday it plans to raise $230-million through a global offer and potentially list its shares in the London Stock Exchange, aiming to offer investors pure-play exposure to... 

The US is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment... 

The Ghanaian Chamber of Mines is in favour of, and supports, regularised and licensed small-scale mining, “just as the laws in Ghana support them”, reported acting CEO Ahmed Nantogmah during the... 

The energy coal produced by Glencore in South Africa in the first three months of this year was up on the first quarter of last year, the London- and Johannesburg-listed mining and marketing... 

Undersea explorer The Metals Company (TMC) has submitted the first-ever application for a commercial recovery permit to mine the deep ocean under the US seabed mining code. The application, filed... 

Belgium is open to deeper involvement in Democratic Republic of Congo's minerals sector, its foreign minister said on a visit to the former Belgian colony, which is seeking to diversify its... 

By 2030, Southern Africa’s logistics landscape will be transformed through infrastructure investment, deeper regional integration and sustainability initiatives. While significant challenges... 

Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino stepped up nationalist rhetoric toward a shuttered copper mine in the country as his administration prepares to negotiate a potential restart with operator First... 

Prominent Trump supporter Erik Prince has agreed to help Democratic Republic of Congo secure and tax its vast mineral wealth, according to two sources close to the private security executive, a... 

South African platinum group metals (PGM) companies have been invited to become part of a programme that is targeting an initial 1.7-million-ounce increase in demand for palladium, a PGM that... 

Diversified miner Glencore’s two operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), a joint venture with Gécamines and the DRC government, and Mutanda Mining... 

Minerals Council South Africa has been scoring big on the transformation front, going well beyond compliance, and hopes are now high that the upcoming Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development... 

Three American citizens jailed over a failed coup attempt in Democratic Republic of Congo were handed over to US custody on Tuesday, officials said, following high-level talks between the two... 

CMOC Group boosted cobalt production at its mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the first three months of this year even after authorities in the country imposed a temporary halt in... 

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... 

The US said it remains committed to the Lobito Corridor project that links critical minerals deposits in central Africa to an Atlantic port, signaling a bright spot in trade with the continent... 

The United States is in talks to invest billions of dollars in mineral-rich Congo and wants to help end a conflict raging in the country's east, President Donald Trump's senior adviser for Africa... 

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... 

A robotic rig deployed at a project last year increased productivity by about 50% and consumed 75% less water than the more conventional rigs working on the same contract, Master Drilling director... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo may extend a suspension of cobalt exports beyond a planned four-month period as it considers ways to maintain higher prices for the electric-vehicle battery... 

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials has received a letter of intent (LoI) for C$20-million in proposed funding to support the completion of North America’s first battery-grade cobalt... 

US President Donald Trump on Thursday invoked emergency powers to boost domestic production of critical minerals used widely across the economy as part of a broad effort to offset China's... 

Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to...