Manganese Metal Company (MMC) of Mbombela is on its way to becoming a Western world beater in the supply of high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). MMC’s... 

The mining and metals sector needs to accelerate growth and build additional capacity to support the energy transition. This trend, alongside the need to maintain capital discipline, has elevated... 

ondon-based Savannah Resources has delayed the expected start date for production of its lithium project in northern Portugal to 2027, it said on Monday, blaming changes in government. The... 

Goldman Sachs on Monday raised its gold price forecast to $2 900/oz from $2 700/oz for early 2025 citing gradually rising ETF flows with interest rate cuts in the West and China, and higher central... 

Copper was the sweeping choice for the industrial metal with the best outlook for higher prices, attendees at a London Metal Exchange (LME) event said on Monday. Copper got 46% of votes in an... 

Diversified commodities major BHP has warned that the world will need $250-billion in investment over the next decade to bridge the growing gap between copper supply and surging demand. As the... 

Poland's biggest coking coal producer JSW is currently not interested in taking over any mining deposits from Polska Grupa Gornicza, said Adam Rozmus, the company's vice-president for technical... 

Aim-listed Goldplat nonexecutive chairperson Gerard Kemp and nonexecutive director Sango Ntsaluba have informed the company that they do not intend to stand for re-election at the next AGM, which... 

MOSCOW – Russia's USM said on Friday it will take legal action against any party seeking to buy iron-ore expropriated from the conglomerate by Ukrainian authorities. It rejected a ruling by... 

The relationship that vanadium development company Vanadium Resources (VR8) is striking up with China Energy International Group could give the Steelpoortdrift project developer an answer to many... 

Aim-listed Hummingbird Resources has started with a comprehensive groupwide review to assess the capacity of its current platform to deliver sustainable production growth and value creation at its... 

Silver prices have bubbled up to their highest in over a decade on the back of bullion's stellar bull run and China's stimulus measures, although some analysts expect the rally to fade as... 

Anglo American expects to receive binding offers for its steelmaking coal assets by mid-November as it advances a plan to restructure the business after battling a takeover offer from rival BHP... 

South Africa- and UK-listed Marula Mining has found, in a revised mine plan for the Kinusi copper mine, in Tanzania, that it can produce 24 000 t/y f high-grade copper concentrate from a large... 

Prices of iron-ore futures extended gains into a third straight session on Thursday, after top consumer China's pledge for more stimulus injected further confidence just as the last wave of... 

Nonprofit organisation ICMM has published updated guidance for improving accurate hazard assessment of ores and concentrates during maritime transportation and reducing hazard-related risks.  The... 

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has awarded rare earths miner Pensana a $3.4-million technical assistance grant, which will help fund studies into the proposed expansion... 

Two acronyms were drummed into new mining entrants in the days of yore – GIK and WAR. GIK is short for ‘grade is king’ and at the opposite end of the scale, everyone was urged to declare war on... 

Dual-listed Rainbow Rare Earths says all conditions precedent required for the payment of the $8.5-million royalty consideration by Ecora Resources have been met and the funds, net of $229 000... 

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Mkango Resources’ subsidiary HyProMag is participating in the £11-million grant-funded PULSE project. HyProMag is 100% owned by Maginito, which is 79.4% owned by Mkango and... 

London-listed Arc Minerals has completed the first phase of an exploration drilling campaign on its Virgo project, which is located within the Kalahari Copperbelt, in Botswana. The company... 

Dual-listed Gemfields expects to report earnings a share of R11.80 for the six months ended June 30 – a 21% decrease from the earnings a share of R14.90 reported for the first half of 2023.... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed gold mining company Pan African Resources has joined Harmony Gold, DRDGOLD, Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti on the Van Eck Gold Miners’ GDX index, an exchange... 

Major banks expect gold to extend its record-breaking price rally into 2025 because of a revival in large inflows to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and expectations of additional interest rate cuts... 

Diamond mining company Petra believes that diamond prices will stabilise through to the end of this year with some improvement expected in 2025. The average diamond price realised by Petra  in... 

Iron-ore futures fell on Monday to their lowest in more than a year, as investors weighed prospects of soft China demand amid an uneven economic recovery and stronger supply against fresh monetary... 

Russia's Nornickel opened an R&D centre in St. Petersburg on Monday to study the use of nickel-containing cathode active materials in electric batteries, marking the first stage of the Russian... 

Metals producer Jubilee has taken a significant step towards securing stable electricity for its Zambian operations by signing a power purchase agreement with Lunsemfwa Hydro Power Company. The... 

The use of manganese in batteries for battery electric vehicles is being increasingly explored, with density, charge, costs and durability being among the factors that are putting the hard grey... 

Gold miner Caledonia Mining has confirmed a fatal accident at its Blanket mine, in Zimbabwe. The incident occurred on September 21, when an employee was struck by a fall of rock while drilling in... 

A couple of months ago, the man in line to be Trafigura’s next CEO, Richard Holtum, gathered the commodity trader’s staff in Singapore. His message was a simple one, according to several people... 

The world needs more mines to cope with rising demand for key energy-transition metals like copper, as mergers and acquisitions will not plug a looming supply gap, Rio Tinto Group chairman Dominic...