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Minerals Council scoring big on South Africa’s socioeconomic transformation front
9th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


Australia’s first underground lithium mine now in production
Australia’s first underground lithium mine now in production
9th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Liontown Resources has started underground production stoping at the Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Western Australia, marking a key milestone as it transitions from openpit to... 


GT1 boosts Root lithium project economics in optimised study
9th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Green Technology Metals has released an optimised preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Root lithium project in Canada's Ontario, showing improved economics and a clearer path... 


Victory flags strategic importance of Australian rare earths project amid China curbs
Victory flags strategic importance of Australian rare earths project amid China curbs
8th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Victory Metals has underlined the growing geopolitical importance of its North Stanmore project in Western Australia, as China moves to tighten control over exports of key heavy rare... 


Meteoric says China’s rare-earth restrictions underscore value of Brazil project
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

China’s move to tighten export controls on a range of medium and heavy rare-earth elements has brought renewed focus to alternative supply sources, with Australia-listed Meteoric Resources... 


NioCorp has warned that China's rare earths move is not merely a supply chain hiccup.
China's rare earth export curbs seen as 'precision strike' on US defence
7th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

China’s move to restrict exports of key rare earth elements is a “precision strike” on US defence and technology supply chains, says Nasdaq-listed NioCorp Developments. The restrictions, announced... 


Tungsten miner Almonty exempt from US tariffs
7th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-headquartered Almonty Industries said that its tungsten products are not subject to the latest US reciprocal tariff measures, providing rare relief for a critical mineral supply chain... 


The  Black Rock South project in Nevada
American Salars positions Nevada lithium project as tariff shield
7th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

CSE-listed American Salars Lithium is banking on its Nevada-based Black Rock South project to insulate itself from potential trade disruptions as the US lithium market braces for new tariffs under... 


Anglo American's Fahmida Smith (centre) flanked by Nornickel's Dmitry Izotov (left) and Heraeus's Dominik Sperzel (right).
South Africa's hydrogen corridor project shortlisted for JET funding, PGM Day hears
4th April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s rejigged green hydrogen corridor project, Project Rhynbow, has been shortlisted for just energy transition (JET) investment project funding, this week’s Platinum Group Metals (PGM)... 


SUSTAINABLE PLATFORM
The upcoming West African Mining & Power Expo will provide a platform for industry professionals, policy makers and researchers
Expo to drive investment, sustainability in West Africa
4th April 2025 By: Simone Liedtke

Governments in West Africa can promote long-term development in the mining and power sectors by adopting strategic approaches and strengthening fiscal regimes with transparent, stable policies,... 


A man and a woman stood in front of a computer screen depicting the new Seequent Evo geoscience technology
New data, computing platform launched
4th April 2025 By: Halima Frost

Seequent Evo – a new geoscience data and computing platform that allows for integrated workflows and collaboration – was launched by subsurface solutions company Seequent, the Bentley subsurface... 


Rare earths
Clarity sought on critical minerals as US floats trade probe
3rd April 2025 By: Bloomberg

The White House is floating the idea of potentially launching a tariff investigation into critical minerals imports, causing further confusion on a key market prioritized by President Donald Trump.... 


Plug Power president and CEO Andy Marsh.
Platinum-based PEM technology at heart of everything we do, says Plug Power of US
3rd April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

In a Zoom video interview with Creamer Media’s Engineering News & Mining Weekly, Plug Power President and CEO Andy Marsh on Wednesday pointed out that platinum-based proton exchange membrane (PEM)... 


containers with tungsten
American Tungsten Corporation joins Critical Minerals Institute
3rd April 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Exploration company American Tungsten Corporation has joined the Critical Minerals Institute (CMI) as a member to help advance the dialogue on needs and challenges within the critical minerals... 


Paul Miller.
To reclaim global mining status, South Africa must restore trust – Paul Miller
2nd April 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


The South Crofty tin mine
Cornish Metals increases land ownership at UK tin mine
2nd April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Cornish Metals has bought about 4.5 acres of land adjacent to its South Crofty tin project, in Conwall, in the UK, from the Cornwall Council, taking the total land area of the... 


Jindalee appoints advisers to speed up McDermitt funding
Jindalee appoints advisers to speed up McDermitt funding
1st April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium has engaged corporate advisers to accelerate global engagement with potential funding partners for its McDermitt lithium project, following the completion of a... 


Polymetallic nodules in the hold of the Hidden Gem vessel during a pilot collection system test.
White House weighs executive order to fast-track deep-sea mining, sources say
1st April 2025 By: Reuters

The White House is weighing an executive order that would fast-track permitting for deep-sea mining in international waters and let mining companies bypass a United Nations-backed review process,... 


Tamboran to supply gas for Arafura's Nolans project
31st March 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's Tamboran Resources will supply gas from its Beetaloo basin assets in the Northern Territory to local rare earths miner Arafura's Nolans project for up to 10 years, the companies said on... 


Aerial view of the Matawinie mine site in September 2024.
NMG updates feasibility study for integrated ore-to-anode material operations
31st March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

NYSE- and TSX-listed Nouveau Monde Graphite )NMG) has released an updated feasibility study for its Phase-2 integrated graphite production, covering the Matawinie mine and Bécancour battery... 


TMC CEO Gerard Barron
Explorer seeks Trump’s nod to mine metals on Pacific seabed
28th March 2025 By: Bloomberg

A seabed mining company has asked the Trump administration for approval to harvest the ocean floor for critical metals in international waters controlled by a United Nations-affiliated... 


Graphite One expands mineral reserves, triples production target at Alaska project
Graphite One expands mineral reserves, triples production target at Alaska project
28th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Critical minerals exploration and development company Graphite One has expanded the mineral reserves at its Graphite Creek project in Alaska, with a new feasibility study expected to show a... 


Master Drilling robotic arm.
Robotic rig uplifts productivity 50%, cuts water 75%, Master Drilling reports
27th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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 Keliber lithium project in Finland
Sibanye-Stillwater wins EU strategic status for lithium, EV battery projects
27th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Johannesburg-based Sibanye Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman says the European Commission’s designation of its Keliber lithium and GalliCam projects as strategic projects under the EU’s Critical Raw... 


Anglo American Platinum marketing and market development executive Hilton Ingram.
Co-products providing resilience against PGM price volatility, Anglo Platinum reports
26th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The product basket of Anglo American Platinum contains eight more products then the five platinum group metals (PGMs) with which it is overwhelmingly associated. Moreover, growing co-product... 


Leading Edge's Norra Kärr REE project fails to make EU list
Leading Edge's Norra Kärr REE project fails to make EU list
26th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Leading Edge Materials on Tuesday confirmed that its Norra Kärr heavy rare earth elements (HREE) project had not been included in the EU's first list of strategic projects under the... 


EU designates 47 strategic raw materials projects to strengthen supply chain
EU designates 47 strategic raw materials projects to strengthen supply chain
26th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The European Commission has designated 47 strategic projects across 13 member States as part of the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) implementation. The selected projects, announced on Tuesday,... 


Patriot Battery discovers new spodumene pegmatite cluster
26th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed Patriot Battery Metals has discovered a new spodumene pegmatite cluster, named CV15, at its wholly owned Shaakichiuwaanaan property in Quebec’s Eeyou Istchee James Bay region. The find... 


Master Drilling CEO Danie Pretorius.
Master Drilling pays nigh-R100m dividend, moves needle on South Africa’s mining front
25th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Drilling and mechanised rock excavation technology solutions company Master Drilling, which was established in 1986 and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange Limited in 2012, has declared a... 


Drill cores from Sakatti being assessed
European Commission grants Anglo's Sakatti copper project strategic project status
25th March 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner Anglo American's Sakatti copper and polymetallic project, in Finland, has been designated as a strategic project by the European Commission under the EU's Critical Raw Materials... 


Trump order sparks optimism among miners with US projects
Trump order sparks optimism among miners with US projects
25th March 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining companies are welcoming the latest executive order aimed at bolstering domestic mineral production, with Northern Dynasty Minerals seeing a sharp rise in its stock price amid renewed... 


Anglo American Platinum CEO and his leadership team.
Demerging AngloPlat has confidence in outlook for planet-friendly platinum group metals
24th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Confidence in the outlook for platinum group metals (PGMs) was expressed at the capital markets day of Anglo American Platinum, which is on its way to becoming the demerged and standalone Valterra... 


Platinum mining is largest mining employer.
Namibia, India, China, Europe, Australia, Scotland, Bulgaria advancing green hydrogen
24th March 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Namibia has produced its first green hydrogen; India has announced subsidies worth $259-million for nine companies in its second green hydrogen auction;  China has fired the starting gun on a new... 


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