BHP, the world's biggest miner, would need to offer a minimum 40% premium over Anglo American's share price to make a renewed takeover bid now the rival's value has been boosted by asset sales, two... 

French nuclear fuels company Orano said on Friday it had started arbitration proceedings against Niger, after Niger withdrew the mining licence of Orano's subsidiary Imouraren. Niger's military-led... 

ASX- and Aim-listed European Metals has announced a substantial increase in planned lithium production at its Cinovec project, on the Czech-German border. The company revealed on December 20 that... 

Aim-listed critical raw materials producer Andrada Mining reported a 15% year-on-year increase in contained tin production to 232 t for the third quarter of the 2025 financial year, ended November... 

Mercuria Energy Group is teaming up with Zambia on a metals trading venture, the latest example of a commodity house partnering with a mineral-rich state to secure access to key resources. Mercuria... 

London-listed Savannah Resources will accelerate its lithium mine project in northern Portugal to ensure first commercial output in 2027, it said on Thursday, despite uncertainties about price and... 

Gold exports from Switzerland rose in November due to a jump in supplies to India and some revival of deliveries to China and Hong Kong compared with October, Swiss customs data showed on Thursday.... 

Chinese conglomerate Xiamen C&D and Russia's Nornickel are in talks to create a joint venture in China to process Nornickel's copper raw material into metal, two sources with knowledge of the... 

Australia-headquartered Rio Tinto has appointed Georgie Bezette as its new chief people officer, succeeding James Martin, who will retire at the end of this year. Bezette, who joined the... 

Activist investor Palliser Capital and over 100 other shareholders on Thursday sought a resolution over a review of Rio Tinto's RIO.AX dual-listed model, in a bid to unify the miner's corporate... 

TSX-listed Dundee Precious Metals will immediately proceed with a feasibility study at its Čoka Rakita gold project, in Serbia, after a prefeasibility study (PFS) demonstrated the project's... 

Vancouver-headquartered Patriot Battery Metals has entered into a subscription agreement with German carmaker Volkswagen for the sale of 15.58-million Patriot shares at C4.42 a share for aggregate... 

Glencore is in talks to sell its copper business in the Philippines as the metal’s smelting industry reels from the lowest processing fees on record. The commodities giant is discussions with at... 

China’s booming coal production is running well ahead of demand at the onset of winter, leading to swelling inventories and plunging prices that analysts forecast will fall further. A gauge of... 

New York- and Toronto-listed Barrick Gold Corporation on Wednesday, December 18, confirmed that its operating entities in Mali, namely Société des Mines de Loulo SA and Société des Mines de... 

Australia- and Frankfurt-listed Vulcan Energy has signed an €879-million conditional debt commitment letter with Export Finance Australia and a group of seven commercial banks for the financing of... 

Ukraine's only coking coal mine - key for its steel industry - is operating at 50% capacity as of Wednesday morning despite the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two Ukrainian industry sources... 

The Competition Tribunal approval of the acquisition of ferromanganese major Metalloys in Meyerton, Gauteng, is raising hopes of a revival of South Africa’s manganese alloy potential. Metalloys,... 

BHP Group, the world’s biggest miner, expects increasing uncertainty in the near term as US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to implement a slew of tariffs and other trade measures. “In the... 

 Apple on Tuesday said it strongly disputes allegations that it uses conflict minerals in its products and told suppliers earlier this year to stop purchasing those minerals from the Democratic... 

Global coal consumption is expected to hit a record high this year and stay near that level until 2027 as strong demand in Asia outpaces declines in the US and Europe, the International Energy... 

African investment company CIG's wholly-owned subsidiary Nioko Resources Corporation has announced a recommended cash offer to acquire debt-ridden Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources, aiming to... 

Blyvoor gold mine, the restarted underground Witwatersrand gold mine west of Johannesburg, is on the way back up. South African mining company Aurous Resources reported on Monday, December 17, that... 

The final assay results from diamond drill holes completed to test strike and down-dip extensions of the high-grade copper mineralisation at the Flat Mine South deposit, part of the Okiep Copper... 

The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France and Belgium, accusing the tech firm of using conflict minerals in its supply chain, lawyers for... 

Africa-focused battery metals investment and exploration company Marula Mining has decided to withdraw from its planned exploration and project acquisition activities in Zimbabwe. The company,... 

Rio Tinto Group plans to invest $2.5-billion in a new lithium mine in Argentina in a win for President Javier Milei’s efforts to deregulate the country’s economy and lure foreign investment. The... 

Ukrainian steelmaker Metinvest has halted some operations at Ukraine's sole mine producing coking coal near Pokrovsk because of proximity to advancing Russian troops along the front line of the war... 

ASX- and LSE-listed Resolute Mining has announced that CEO Terry Holohan will take a leave of absence from December 13, 2024, until January 31, 2025, following his recent detention in Mali... 

The gold price has increased by more than 28% year-to-date in dollars, trading 22% higher on average this year than during 2023, the World Gold Council reported on Thursday, December 12. Gold’s... 

Aim-listed Critical Mineral Resources’ (CMR’s) commodities trading business has entered into an agreement for the buying and selling of high-grade copper ore, grading between 5% and 10% copper,... 

A feasibility study on the Soweto Cluster gold recovery project, which like the highly successful Mogale Tailings Retreatment (MTR) is also on Gauteng’s West Rand, will be completed by September,...