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Amid the increased presence of AI and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in South Africa’s mining industry, technologies that are aimed at avoiding dirty, demanding and dangerous mining...
In the first three months of this year, Anglo American Platinum achieved a 36% higher price for its ruthenium, a relatively low-profile platinum group metal (PGM) that was placed on a new high...
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Australia’s Labor party will create a critical mineral reserve if the incumbent government wins the upcoming election, seeking to secure supplies of the crucial materials as global trade headwinds...
London-listed critical metal-focused exploration and development company Aterian has signed a $4.5-million trade finance agreement with a global commodity trading and financial house. The company...
Australia's Victory Metals on Wednesday announced that it had received a letter of interest (LoI) from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $190-million in project financing...
A working group with industry has been established to improve the operating environment for long-term sustainability of South Africa’s ferrochrome industry, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister...
Queensland’s resources sector is facing a slump in executive confidence as rising costs and regulatory burdens cloud the outlook, the state’s industry body said Tuesday. According to the...
US businessman James Cameron has offered to buy mining giant Eurasian Resources Group for $5-billion, a letter he sent to its board showed, as the company prepares to participate in a major...
Australia-based Jindalee Resources has welcomed the inclusion of its McDermitt lithium project in Oregon among the first ten mining initiatives selected by the US government for accelerated...
Australia-based Lindian Resources said on Tuesday that two Chinese nationals were among a group of individuals detained by authorities for allegedly trespassing and attempting to collect geological...
China's export controls on three metals important across the defence and chip sectors are keeping shipments at historically low levels despite high prices worldwide as Beijing flexes its control...
The Trump administration has moved to expedite permitting for ten mining projects across the US as part of a broader effort to boost domestic production of critical minerals and reduce reliance on...
While mining companies try to capitalise on the increased demand for critical minerals, such as lithium and nickel, needed to enable the global energy transition and advance digitalisation, finding...
The Kookaburra graphite project (KGP), located on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, has been featured in the updated Australian Critical Minerals Prospectus for 2025, published by Austrade. The...
Toronto-listed Euro Sun Mining’s South African CEO is reported to have exercised considerable resolve in helping to remove the obstacles in the way of turning one of Europe’s large copper/gold...
Although saleable production of aluminium from the Hillside Aluminium smelter in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal decreased by 1% to 537 000 t in the nine months ended March, the full-year guidance of...
ASX-listed PLS, formerly Pilbara Minerals, said on Thursday it had concluded a multi-year investment phase and that it was shifting focus to operational optimisation, positioning the company to...
Australia-listed Talga Group’s planned battery anode refinery in Luleå, Sweden, has been designated a net-zero strategic project under the European Union’s (EU's) Net-Zero Industry Act, the company...
India has extended an auction of deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products until May 1, a spokesperson at India's Ministry of Mines said on...
Opening more mines in Namibia is the aspiration of tin, tantalum and lithium green transition metals producer Andrada Mining. “We've always been very bullish on Namibia, not only as an investment...
Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump's administration that imports of the metal from their countries do not...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to...
Canada-based American Tungsten announced on Monday that it had appointed Ali Haji as CEO and that Murray Nye would assume the role of president, where he would continue to provide strategic...
Toronto- and New York-listed Lithium Argentina has announced a potential new joint venture (JV) with Ganfeng Lithium to jointly develop and consolidate the Pozuelos-Pastos Grandes (PPG) basins....
A deadly landslide at a top nickel-producing hub in Indonesia has heightened scrutiny of a method used to extract the battery metal from low-grade ore, spurring concern among buyers about the...
Australia-listed Lindian Resources has kicked off early-stage site works at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. The company said on Friday that civil and infrastructure development was...
Sydney-listed Australian Strategic Materials said China’s newly announced export restrictions on rare earth elements (REEs) underscore the urgent need to establish secure and diversified global...
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...
After listening to Heraeus Precious Metals trading head Dominik Sperzel placing ruthenium on a new high pedestal and describing this low-profile platinum group metal (PGM) as “my personal...
Lithium company Sayona Mining will rebrand as Elevra Lithium following the completion of its planned merger with Piedmont Lithium. The new name, Elevra Lithium, will take effect upon the close of...
Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to make Canada the world’s “leading energy superpower” through a plan that includes establishing a single office that would decide on major projects within two...
South Africa’s trade surplus with the US, which was used to calculate the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs announced by US President Donald Trump, has been “hugely inflated”, says Professor Lawrence...
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