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... 

Aim-listed exploration and development company URU Metals has announced the completion of a high-resolution airborne geophysical survey over its Zebediela project area, in South Africa, conducted... 

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... 

Canadian precious metals company Fortuna Mining has agreed to sell its Burkina Faso assets, including the Yaramoko gold mine, to privately held Soleil Resources International for total... 

ASX-listed Mont Royal Resources has agreed to acquire TSX-V-listed Commerce Resources in an all-share deal valued at C$17.2-million, combining their assets into a dual-listed, Québec-focused... 

Johannesburg- and London-listed Gemfields says it will be seeking shareholder approval to, among other things, issue 556.2-million new shares to raise about $30-million by way of a fully committed... 

Lynas Rare Earths, backed by Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, has been the most resilient stock on the country’s index since the market turmoil started last week. Since US President... 

Diversified miner Glencore’s two operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Kamoto Copper Company (KCC), a joint venture with Gécamines and the DRC government, and Mutanda Mining... 

ASX-listed Cobalt Blue Holdings has signed a binding pre-final investment decision (pre-FID) consortium deed with Iwatani Australia (IWA) to progress development of the Kwinana cobalt refinery,... 

Canadian copper company Koryx Copper has met all the requirements for a dual-listing on the Namibia Securities Exchange (NSX), with trading having started on April 10. There will be no change to... 

The copper industry is turning attention to how the escalating trade war between the world’s biggest economies will affect investments needed to meet future demand for the wiring metal. US... 

US President Donald Trump is advocating for increased coal production in the United States, however, reviving decommissioned coal plants to meet this goal makes "no economic sense", the Institute... 

Exploration company Premium Resources has unveiled an aggressive six-month strategy to accelerate development of its critical metals projects in Botswana, as it targets rapid growth through deep... 

The board of London-listed Bushveld Minerals has concluded that the company has liabilities due that it cannot pay and that it does not have the means to continue to operate. Moreover, the... 

Vancouver-based Ascot Resources has closed the second and final tranche of a private placement, securing gross proceeds of C$61.1-million to support the advancement of its Premier gold project in... 

Chinese exports of rare-earth minerals are all but on hold as producers grapple with tighter permit requirements following last week’s new restrictions on the critical materials in an escalating... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Hudbay Minerals has reached an agreement with a coalition of union building trades to support the construction of its Copper World mine in Arizona. The agreement,... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses the Minerals Council’s achievements in socioeconomic transformation; the belief that platinum-based green hydrogen could be South Africa’s new gold;... 

Copper production from Chilean State-run miner Codelco dipped 6% year-over-year in February, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday, slipping to 98,100 metric tons. Codelco is the... 

Safe-haven gold surpassed the key $3 200 mark for the first time on Friday, spurred by a weaker dollar and economic concerns due to an intensifying trade war. Spot gold jumped over 1% to $3 214.92... 

Australian mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest was ordered to sit for a seven-hour deposition as his US legal battle intensifies with hedge fund mogul Paul Tudor Jones II over a soured green... 

A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader.  

JSE-listed Murray & Roberts (M&R) Holdings has confirmed that its mining businesses will be sold, following the approval of a business rescue plan (BRP) by an overwhelming majority of creditors.... 

ASX-listed Lucapa Diamond Company reports that the Joint Ore Reserve Committee-compliant inferred alluvial diamond resource at its Lulo diamond concession, in Angola, has increased by 249 000 ct,... 

ASX-listed Pioneer Lithium has secured and reviewed a significant body of historical exploration data for the Warmbad uranium project, located in Namibia’s southern uranium corridor. The dataset,... 

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... 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum, which owns the Bakubung platinum mine, says data recovery experts are making significant progress with recovery and restoration efforts to reinstate all essential... 

Chinese alumina producers, which rushed to expand capacity after prices surged last year due to short supplies of raw material bauxite, are being squeezed by falling prices, prompting some to shut... 

Aim-listed Andrada Mining’s initial batch of drill results for 13 proximal (polymetallic) pegmatites located in the previously mined areas of the Uis mining licence, in Namibia, has returned strong... 

Brazil has 3 943 mining sites showing signs of abandonment, or 11% of the country's authorized operations, according to a new study by think tank Instituto Escolhas, highlighting social and... 

South African- and London-listed Tharisa produced 32 500 oz of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium (6E) platinum group metals (PGMs) from its Tharisa mine, on the western... 

Diversified mining major Anglo American is working with industry experts and regulators to expedite re-entry into its Moranbah North coal mine in Queensland, Australia, following a temporary...