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Altair positive following initial court round in dispute with BHP over Olympic Domain
Altair positive following initial court round in dispute with BHP over Olympic Domain
11th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Altair Minerals said on Thursday it had secured a favourable outcome at an initial hearing in the South Australian Wardens Court, as the junior explorer defends its rights over the... 


Barrick sells last Canadian mine for up to $1.09bn
Barrick sells last Canadian mine for up to $1.09bn
11th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold and copper producer Barrick Mining agreed to sell its last producing gold mine in Canada, Hemlo, to Carcetti Capital, which will be renamed Hemlo Mining Corp (HMC), for as much as... 


Jan Nelson
Nelson resigns from Copper 360 board
10th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Northern Cape-focused copper miner Copper 360 has informed its shareholders that Jan Nelson has resigned from the company's board of directors with effect from September 9. Chairperson Rupert Smith... 


BHP, led by CEO Mike Henry, has 'moved on'.
BHP seen as unlikely to pounce on Anglo or Teck as it eyes organic growth
10th September 2025 By: Reuters

Top global miner BHP's focus on expanding its own copper assets while it undergoes leadership change means it is unlikely to gatecrash the planned $53-billion tie-up of Anglo American and Teck... 


Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
Teck cannot control a bidding war, focused on completing Anglo merger, CEO says
10th September 2025 By: Reuters

Teck Resources will focus on obtaining approval to close its proposed merger with Anglo American, Teck's CEO told Reuters on Tuesday, adding that it wouldn't be able to control any bidding war the... 


Teck's Highland Valley copper operation in Canada.
Canadian regulatory risk flagged as biggest hurdle for Anglo–Teck merger
10th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The planned merger of Anglo American and Teck Resources to form a copper-focused major faces its biggest hurdle in Canada, where the government will weigh the transaction under the Investment... 


Maximo Pacheco
Anglo Teck agreement binds assets of 'extraordinary value', says head of Chile's Codelco
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

The agreement between Anglo American and Teck brings together assets of "extraordinary value," the chairman of Chile's state-run copper producer Codelco, Maximo Pacheco, told Reuters on Tuesday.... 


Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Anglo American’s 'merger of equals' with Teck Resources will create a copper producer with 1.3-million tonnes a year of capacity, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest listed copper... 


Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday it temporarily halted mining in Indonesia's Grasberg minerals district after a large flow of wet material blocked access to parts of its underground mine,... 


Teck's Jonathan Price and Anglo's Duncan Wanblad
Teck, Anglo American agree merger to create global copper and critical minerals major
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Global mining majors Anglo American and Teck Resources have agreed to merge in an all-share transaction that will create Anglo Teck, a new global critical minerals leader and top five copper... 


URU reports positive results from AEM survey at Zeb, concludes fundraise
8th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed URU Metals has reported positive results from the independent interpretation of its high-power SpectremPlus airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey over the Zeb nickel project, in... 


Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
Marimaca Copper raises A$80m in oversubscribed placement
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Marimaca Copper said on Friday it had secured A$80-million through a brokered placement in Australia and select jurisdictions outside Canada, adding new institutional investors to... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
ARM highlights need for South Africans to work together to make country better place
5th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The need for South Africa to attract investment as a globally competitive investment destination was highlighted on Friday by Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of African Rainbow... 


Prospect Resources MD Sam Hosack
Prospect rapidly advancing Zambian copper project
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Prospect Resources is positioning itself as a fast-moving copper developer in Zambia, with MD Sam Hosack telling the Africa Down Under conference on Friday that the company’s... 


Arizona Sonoran secures additional land for Cactus copper project plan
5th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Arizona Sonoran Copper has acquired 859.3 ha of private land adjacent to its Cactus project in Arizona, providing the additional space required to support its planned development and... 


Mining activity at Copper 360's operations in the Northern Cape
Copper 360 to undertake R1.15bn rights offer amid restructuring
5th September 2025 By: Chanel de Bruyn

Northern Cape-focused copper mining company Copper 360 will undertake a rights offer of R1.15-billion, comprising new equity of R400-million and debt conversion of up to R750-million. This forms... 


Field reconnaissance by the geology team across the newly granted Merke licence area in the south of the Chu-Sarysu basin.
Ivanhoe Mines uncovers surface copper in Kazakhstan, eyes drilling campaign
5th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Copper and platinum group metals miner Ivanhoe Mines has reported the discovery of outcropping copper mineralisation in Kazakhstan’s Chu-Sarysu basin, one of the world’s largest and least-explored... 


Asset reliability improved with AI monitoring tech
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

A new offering that brings intelligent, real-time visual monitoring into the maintenance and reliability space – enabling the early detection of issues such as refractory wear, conveyor damage and... 


LOWERING POWER CONSUMPTION
Rand Refinery has taken a multi-pronged approach to reducing energy consumption, including deploying energy-efficient lighting, variable-speed drives, high-efficiency equipment and power factor correction systems
Precious metals refinery hones efficiency initiatives
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

As Africa’s only London Bullion Market Association Good Delivery-accredited precious metals refinery, Germiston, South Africa-based Rand Refinery is implementing initiatives to enhance its energy... 


HEAP LEACH SAMPLING
Scientists prepare samples in the heap leach area. Mintek is undertaking a multi-phase, multi-year project in investigating ways to improve the biological heap leaching of low grade chalcopyrite ores
Mintek tweaks liberation technique for low-grade ores
5th September 2025 By: Donna Slater

As the bulk of South Africa’s mines reach maturity, they face evolving grades of ore, oftentimes resulting in declining ore grades and thereby necessitating newer and different methods for minerals... 


BCG project leader Lindokuhle Shongwe.
Unleash Africa's energy, critical minerals to uplift continent, Boston Consulting exhorts
4th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

With the world's energy transition accelerating and nations scrambling to secure resilient supply chains, Africa has what the world needs. In fact, the continent is seen to be in pole position to... 


Austral finalises Glencore agreements for Rocklands acquisition
4th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Austral Resources Australia has executed binding agreements with Glencore covering funding, offtake and tolling arrangements, securing the final pieces needed to complete its acquisition... 


Maman Soki
Congolese women turn to mining for survival after jihadist attacks
4th September 2025 By: Reuters

Maman Soki is among a small group of Congolese women undertaking heavy mining work for survival after escaping a deadly attack on her village by Islamic State-alligned rebels that killed her... 


Sandfire MD and CEO Brendan Harris
Sandfire hails Motheo success, highlights Botswana partnership
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-based Sandfire Resources MD and CEO Brendan Harris has described the company’s Motheo copper mine in Botswana as a “remarkable achievement”, crediting both the supportive investment... 


Sophie Proud says applications for BHP Xplor's 2026 cohort will open on Monday.
BHP opens its doors to outside ideas with Xplor accelerator
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP may be the world’s biggest miner, but it knows the next great mineral discoveries are more likely to come from outside its walls. This was the message from Sophie Proud, manager of the... 


Teck defers growth projects pending QB ramp-up, launches review
Teck defers growth projects pending QB ramp-up, launches review
3rd September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto- and New York-listed Teck Resources has pressed pause on major growth projects until its flagship Quebrada Blanca (QB) copper operation in Chile delivers consistent output. The... 


Diamonds being sorted
Lab-grown gems are robbing Botswana of its diamond riches
2nd September 2025 By: Bloomberg

Across Botswana the lines of patients outside government clinics are lengthening, construction companies dependent on state jobs are firing workers and university students are threatening to... 


The Cascabel copper and gold project in Ecuador.
SolGold moves tax base to Switzerland
2nd September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed SolGold said on Monday that it was shifting its tax domicile to Switzerland as the company advanced its flagship Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador into development. The move,... 


Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
Imperial Metals wins permit extension for Mount Polley mine
1st September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper and gold miner Imperial Metals has secured a permit amendment from British Columbia authorities that will allow the company to extend mining activities at its Mount Polley operation. The... 


Capstone sees four-week downtime at Mantoverde after ball mill motor fail
1st September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based Capstone Copper said on Sunday that copper production at its Mantoverde mine in Chile would be temporarily reduced after a second ball mill motor failure forced the site to operate... 


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