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The Tenke Fungurume mine
US open to minerals partnerships with the DRC
9th March 2025 By: Reuters

The US is open to exploring critical minerals partnerships with Congo, the State Department said in a statement to Reuters on Sunday, after a Congolese senator contacted US officials to pitch a... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive Chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe.
African Rainbow Minerals is confident platinum group metals pricing will increase
7th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Dr Patrice Motsepe, the executive chairperson of the diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals, on Friday expressed confidence that platinum group metal (PGM) prices will increase in the... 


New World raises A$14m for Antler copper project
New World raises A$14m for Antler copper project
7th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed New World Resources has secured firm commitments for a A$14-million institutional placement to accelerate development at its Antler copper project in Arizona, US. The placement, issued... 


Freeport Indonesia may get around 1Mt copper concentrate export quota
7th March 2025 By: Reuters

Copper miner Freeport Indonesia may get an export quota for around one-million metric tons of copper concentrate, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia told reporters on Friday.... 


Xtract starts drilling programme at Zambia licence
6th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Xtract Resources has started a diamond drill programme at Silverking (Licence 26673-HQ-LEL) in Zambia. The programme has set a number of objectives aimed at advancing the development... 


Lodestar expands footprint in Chile
6th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Lodestar Minerals has expanded its exploration footprint at the Darwin iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) project in northern Chile, applying for an additional 3 200 ha of exploration... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel (left) being interviewed by Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Harmony Gold well down the track with its cost-effective renewable-energy build
6th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s biggest gold mining company is well down the track with its solar build amid group operating free cash flows increasing by 46% to a new half-year record of R10.4-billion in the six... 


Lundin Mining takes option on Talon's Boulderdash nickel/copper project
6th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Base metals miner Lundin Mining has entered into an exclusivity agreement with Talon Metals to negotiate an earn-in agreement for up to a 70% interest in the Boulderdash nickel/copper exploration... 


US President Donald Trump suggested in a speech to Congress that copper imports could be subject to a 25% tariff.
US copper prices surge as Trump signals 25% tariff on imports
6th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Copper prices surged by more than 5% in New York — leaping further above other global benchmarks — as US President Donald Trump suggested imports of the metal could be subject to a 25% tariff.... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
Platinum deficit worsens beyond forecast, World Platinum Investment Council reports
5th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The platinum market recorded a deficit of 995 000 oz for full year 2024, which is 46% higher than previously forecast, as total demand exceeded eight-million ounces for the first time since 2019... 


Highland Copper awarded updated air permit for Copperwood
5th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Highland Copper Company has received approval for its updated air permit application for the Copperwood project in Michigan, US, the company announced on Tuesday. The Michigan... 


Jonathan Price
Teck plans to sell to Asia to avoid US tariffs
5th March 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian miner Teck has been developing plans to sell zinc to Asia instead of the US to circumvent tariffs from President Donald Trump's administration on Canadian imports, CEO Jonathan Price on... 


Copper cathode produced in the DRC
Congo courts Trump for strategic minerals tie-up as war looms
5th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

The Democratic Republic of Congo has offered the US exclusive access to critical minerals and infrastructure projects in exchange for security assistance as it battles a rebellion backed by... 


Galileo’s KCB geophysical survey highlights potential drill targets
4th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Galileo Resources says chargeability or resistivity anomalies were observed on all five induced polarisation (IP) lines surveyed across two of its Kalahari Copperbelt (KCB)... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel.
Harmony investing R2bn in underground gold mines, earmarking R1bn for surface gold
4th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

During this financial year, South Africa’s largest gold mining company will be investing more than R3-billion in its South African assets. “We're on an exciting growth path,” Harmony Gold CEO... 


Copper miners are next bet to fuel Canada stocks outperformance
Copper miners are next bet to fuel Canada stocks outperformance
4th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

Investors in Canadian stocks have a new sector in mind that they hope will help insulate their portfolios from the risk of a trade war: copper miners. At the start of the year traders were piling... 


BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery
BHP urges Australia to sharpen competitive edge amid global trade shifts
4th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

BHP Australia president Geraldine Slattery has warned that Australia’s competitive edge in the resources sector is at risk without sustained investment in productivity, energy, and labour policies.... 


Rome Resources expands polymetallic potential at Mont Agoma prospect
4th March 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Rome Resources says assay results from drill hole MADD018 at its Mont Agoma prospect in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a 62.25 m cumulative higher-grade zone at 0.61%... 


Harmony Gold CEO Beyers Nel.
Stellar Harmony Gold results drive record free cash, R1.4bn dividend declaration
4th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Record interim free cash flow generation and the highest-ever interim dividend payout was declared on Tuesday by Harmony Gold Mining Company. The gold price has continued to rally since the... 


Copper ore
Uganda signs maiden production sharing deal to revive copper mine
4th March 2025 By: Reuters

Uganda has signed its first mining production sharing agreement (PSA) to redevelop a mothballed copper and cobalt mine in the country's west, near its border with Democratic Republic of Congo, it... 


Kavango appoints new COO
3rd March 2025 By: Darren Parker

London-listed Kavango Resources nonexecutive director Alexandra Rose Gorman has agreed to become the company’s COO. The change in her role is expected to take effect in early June, whereupon she... 


Magna completes acquisition of Sudbury copper assets
Magna completes acquisition of Sudbury copper assets
3rd March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Magna Mining has completed its acquisition of a portfolio of base metals assets in the Sudbury basin from an affiliate of KGHM International, including the producing McCreedy West... 


Kingrose-BHP alliance buys Finnish project from Rio Tinto
28th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Kingrose Mining on Friday announced the acquisition of the Jakon nickel/copper/cobalt project in Finland from Rio Tinto Exploration, strengthening its presence in the European... 


The Prieska mine
Orion to publish results of Okiep, Prieska studies in March
28th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals has informed shareholders that the independent reviews of the definitive feasibility studies (DFSs) for both the New Okiep Mining (NOM) Flat Mines project and the... 


The Golden Triangle hosts some of British Columbia's biggest exploration projects, including Skeena Resources' Eskay Creek.
BC mineral exploration spending declines as projects mature
28th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mineral exploration spending in British Columbia declined by 14% in 2024, dropping to C$643-million from the previous year, as several flagship projects matured into the development phase,... 


The Madison mine in Montana
Washington’s trade moves strengthen American Pacific’s copper play
28th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

With the US metals market roiled by new policy and trade shifts, American Pacific Mining finds itself in a strategically advantageous position. The Vancouver-based company, which owns copper assets... 


President Jose Raul Mulino
Panama President exploring ‘novel ideas’ on First Quantum mine
28th February 2025 By: Bloomberg

Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said his government is exploring “novel ideas” on handling First Quantum Minerals’s giant copper mine in the country and reiterated that the firm must drop its... 


Computer with the Apple logo
Paris prosecutor drops case against Apple over Congo minerals, document shows
28th February 2025 By: Reuters

French prosecutors have closed a case filed by Democratic Republic of Congo accusing Apple subsidiaries of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, according to a document seen by Reuters on... 


The Mimbula mine
Ecora enters into $50m copper stream agreement over Zambia project
27th February 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Critical minerals-focused royalty company Ecora has entered into a $50-million copper stream with Moxico Resources over its Mimbula mine, in Zambia, covering the mine's existing reserve-based... 


President Jose Raul Mulino
Panama delays Cobre Panama copper mine decision pending social security reform
27th February 2025 By: Reuters

Panama President Jose Mulino will only take a decision regarding the future of the Cobre Panama mine after he resolves the issue of the country's social security policy, a supplier of the Cobre... 


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