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Glencore CEO Gary Nagle
Glencore weighs Australia listing after Rio Tinto talks collapse – media report
Updated 2 hours 42 minutes ago By: Reuters

Glencore is open to considering listing in Australia, if it proves beneficial to the company, the Australian Financial Review reported on Monday, following the collapse of merger talks with Rio... 


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Tulu Kapi project progressing as scheduled
Updated 2 hours 50 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Kefi Gold and Copper notes contractor Lycopodium’s announcement detailing its award of an engineering, supply and labour hire contract for the development of Kefi’s Tulu Kapi gold... 


Harmony Gold's Moab mine.
Harmony Gold expects higher upcoming half-year earnings
Updated 3 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

South Africa’s largest gold mining company on Monday gave notice of its expectation of higher upcoming earnings. In a trading statement for the six months December 31, Harmony Gold Mining Company... 


Kenmare's WCP-C site in Mozambique
Kenmare considers international arbitration over tax changes
Updated 3 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Kenmare Resources says it may have to initiate international arbitration proceedings to resolve matters with the Mozambican government on terms related to processing and export... 


African Rainbow Minerals founder Dr Patrice Motsepe.
70% energy cut by South African SmeltDirect is ‘huge achievement’ – researcher
Updated 4 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

The 70% reduction in electricity used by the SmeltDirect technology is a huge achievement, a giant leap forward, Phoenix Research’s David Roche-Kelly remarked following the update on the local... 


Ferrexpo flags risk from collapsed Swiss bank; shares tank
Updated 7 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

Iron-ore pellet producer Ferrexpo on Monday warned of "material negative consequences" unless it secures alternative banking arrangements after its Swiss banking partner MBaer collapsed, sending... 


An oil tanker at sea
Oil soars 25%, gold drops as Iran war jolts global commodity markets
9th March 2026 By: Reuters

Oil prices surged around 25% on Monday to their highest since mid-2022, with Brent on track for a record one-day gain, while gold fell 2% as an escalating Iran war squeezed world energy supplies,... 


Marcus Edwards-Jones
Phoenix Copper sacks chair and CFO after investigation
9th March 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-focused Phoenix Copper has dismissed its executive chairperson Marcus Edwards-Jones and CFO Richard Wilkins following an internal investigation that uncovered undisclosed related-party payments... 


African Rainbow Minerals founder Dr Patrice Motsepe.
Let’s make South Africa best place, says Motsepe as he bows out as ARM exec chair
6th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Let’s make South Africa the best possible place. The future looks very, very bright, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) founder Dr Patrice Motsepe said on Friday at the close of ARM reporting a good... 


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Blencowe’s Iyan MRE increases overall Ugandan project mineral base
6th March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Blencowe Resources has completed a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (Jorc-) compliant mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the recently discovered Iyan deposit at its 100%-owned... 


Kavango raises $8.4m through Zimbabwe, UK subscriptions
6th March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Kavango Resources has raised, by way of subscription, about $4.7-million in Zimbabwe and £2.8-million in the UK, totalling about $8.4-million.  A total of 629.99-million new ordinary... 


Two Rivers platinum mine.
Increasing renewable-energy use by African Rainbow Minerals
6th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Diversified mining company African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) made progress toward its renewable-energy ambitions during the half-year, with construction of the 100 MW solar plant now complete and the... 


Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn.
Mpumalanga Premier heaps praise on wind energy generator Seriti Green
5th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Private sector investment in renewable energy and enterprise development has been highlighted by Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu in his State of the Province Address. Seriti Green was cited as an... 


Implats CEO Nico Muller.
Shift in global order providing opportunity to strengthen platinum industry
5th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The world’s current extraordinary times are providing South Africa’s platinum group metals (PGM) companies with an extraordinary opportunity to focus on how to strengthen themselves. Consensus is... 


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Global economy faces inflation and growth test amid escalating conflict in Iran – Goldman
5th March 2026 By: Reuters

A temporary surge in oil prices to $100/bbl could slow global growth by 0.4 percentage point, Goldman Sachs analysts said on Thursday, as a widening conflict in Iran chokes off vital Middle East... 


Marula mine.
Solar power for Marula and Rustenburg platinum mines being sought by Implats
5th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining company Implats is looking at solar for the Marula PGM mine and also the Impala Rustenburg operation, the company reported during a media roundtable on Thursday,... 


Implats CEO Nico Muller.
Implats’ headline earnings up five-fold, R7bn free cash flow, dividend declared
5th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In the six months to December 31, South African platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats generated 180% improved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and... 


London Bullion Market Association CE Ruth Crowell.
Global call to action to halt illicit gold flows
4th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

As gold prices reach historic highs and the geopolitical race for minerals escalates, the pressures on value chains are intensifying – and so too are the risks, London Bullion Market Association... 


Copler sulphide plant
SSR to sell Çöpler for $1.5bn as portfolio shifts to Americas
4th March 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and Nasdaq-listed SSR Mining on Wednesday announced that it would sell its 80% ownership stake in the Çöpler mine, in Türkiye, for $1.5-billion in cash, as the firm shifts its portfolio toward... 


World Platinum Investment Council Director of Research Edward Sterck.
‘Extremely robust’ platinum investment demand expected
4th March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Investment demand for platinum is expected to be “extremely robust” in 2026. “We've not only got the attractiveness in terms of platinum’s underlying supply demand fundamentals, but we also have a... 


Maps of the DRC spread out on a desk
Belgian museum, US mining company at odds over colonial-era Congo archive
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

A US mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium's AfricaMuseum over who should digitise antique maps of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo... 


An aerial view of the Strait of Hormuz
US strike on Iran 'ahead of game plan' but global markets rattled, energy prices soar
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

US forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a "broad wave" of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign that a top... 


Rare Earths Norway says estimate of Europe's biggest deposit jumps 81%
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

An estimate of the mineral resources at a mine being developed by Rare Earths Norway, Europe's largest rare earth project, has soared by 81% since the last evaluation two years ago, the privately... 


Gold bulls say broader rally is intact despite investors' dash for cash
Gold bulls say broader rally is intact despite investors' dash for cash
4th March 2026 By: Reuters

Gold's appeal as it draws support from the widening conflict in the Middle East is expected to remain intact even if some investors have favoured the dollar as their preferred safe haven, traders... 


Lithium demand could exceed 13Mt by 2050 – WoodMac
Lithium demand could exceed 13Mt by 2050 – WoodMac
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global lithium demand could exceed 13-million tonnes by 2050 under an accelerated energy transition, more than double base case projections, according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie’s (WoodMac’s)... 


Iran flag
Gold, crude oil prices trend higher amid world’s newest conflict in Middle East
3rd March 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

UK-based market research agency CreditSights says the conflict in Iran is already influencing global metals markets, with prices reflecting both geopolitical risk premiums and rising energy costs.... 


EIT RawMaterials CEO Bernd Schaefer
Rare Earths Norway says estimate of deposit, biggest in Europe, jumps 81%
3rd March 2026 By: Reuters

An estimate of the mineral resources at a mine being developed by Rare Earths Norway, Europe's largest rare earth project, has soared by 81% since the last evaluation two years ago, the privately... 


Allied Critical Metals delivers robust initial PEA at Portugal tungsten project
3rd March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

Canadian mining company Allied Critical Metals has announced the results of an initial preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned Borralha tungsten project, in northern Portugal. Key... 


PDC Machines' Product Head, PDC GM Africa Dr Sakib Khan and Mining Weekly's Martin Creamer.
Africa’s envisaged hydrogen mobility build-out sketched
3rd March 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Last year, South Africa witnessed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) mobility in Johannesburg when B20 and G20 top-brass were chauffeured around in Toyota FCEVs courtesy of Valterra, which... 


Aluminium produced in Canada
Aluminium price surge will depend on length of Strait of Hormuz disruption, Goldman Sachs says
3rd March 2026 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs said Monday the biggest risks to aluminium stem from potential disruptions to export routes and access to raw materials through the Strait of Hormuz, noting that the effect on prices... 


Amitsoq Island, Greenland
Investor interest in Greenland's mining has increased since Trump's threats, mining minister says
2nd March 2026 By: Reuters

Investor interest in Greenland's mining industry has increased since US President Donald Trump made repeated threats to annex the country, a senior Greenlandic official told Reuters on Monday. The... 


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Kore making strides to gain full ownership of Kola project
2nd March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-, Aim- and ASX-listed Kore Potash announced the purchase of a 0.46% interest in the share capital of Sintoukola Potash SA (SPSA) and the conditional right to acquire the remaining interest in... 


An image of Rio Tinto Africa iron and titanium MD and RBM MD Werner Duvenhage
Rio Tinto approves R8.5bn Zulti South investment, lifts project suspension
2nd March 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mining major Rio Tinto has approved its subsidiary Richards Bay Minerals’ (RBM’s) Zulti South project, lifting the suspension which had been in place since January 2020. The about R8.5-billion... 


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