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Shuka Minerals confirms December funding for Zambian acquisition
Updated 6 minutes ago By: Darren Parker

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has announced that it will receive the remaining funds required to complete its acquisition of Leopard Exploration and Mining (LEM) and the Kabwe zinc mine in... 


Executives from FS Gold, Afreximbank and the AFC sign a loan agreement
Financial close achieved for Sierra Leone’s flagship Baomahun gold project
Updated 16 minutes ago By: Rebecca Campbell

Pan-African infrastructure and industrial development bank, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced the achievement of financial close of the $330-million Senior Debt Financing facility... 


Tharisa mine
Tharisa declares lower dividend, lower output in FY25
Updated 25 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) miner Tharisa has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in its operating profit to $125-million for the financial year ended September 30, despite lower PGM and... 


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Chrome producers, ferrochrome smelters reject proposed chrome ore export tax
Updated 31 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Chrome ore producers, including primary miners and those generating chrome ore from their platinum group metals mines and integrated producers, which mine chrome ore and produce ferrochrome,... 


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DFS considerably derisks Blencowe’s Orom-Cross graphite project
Updated 35 minutes ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Blencowe Resources has confirmed the Orom-Cross graphite project’s potential to produce 20 000 t/y of concentrate in Phase 1 of its development before expanding to 70 000 t/y of... 


DevEx consolidates uranium footprint
Updated 49 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed explorer DevEx Resources has struck a binding agreement to acquire Alligator Energy’s full uranium exploration tenure in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Province (ARUP), securing a 9 200... 


Tamgak open air uranium mine is seen at Areva's Somair uranium mining facility in Arlit, Niger
France's Orano says uranium convoy from seized Niger mine poses safety risks
Updated 49 minutes ago By: Reuters

French nuclear fuels group Orano said on Monday a uranium shipment from its expropriated SOMAIR mine in northern Niger last week posed "serious safety and security risks”, citing threats of... 


Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
Updated 1 hour 22 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold exploration spending in Australia has jumped 45% over the past year, with the September quarter showing the strongest levels since late 2023, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics... 


Tsodilo continues research collaboration with Botswana university
Updated 2 hours 10 minutes ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources, which owns the Xaudum iron project (XIF), in Botswana, has pledged to continue its research collaboration with the Department of Chemical, Materials and... 


Barrick interim CEO Mark Hill says an IPO of North American assets could offer shareholders greater jurisdictional optionality.
Barrick to weigh IPO of North American gold assets
Updated 2 hours 13 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Barrick Mining on Monday announced that it would evaluate an initial public offering (IPO) of a new company that would hold the miner’s North American gold assets. The proposed... 


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First shipment from Kodal’s Bougouni project departs San Pedro port
Updated 5 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Kodal Minerals’ maiden shipment of 28 950 t of lithium spodumene concentrate (vessel capacity) has completed loading onto a dedicated bulk cargo vessel at the Port of San Pedro, in Côte... 


Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati
R112bn cost savings target in focus as new Eskom board takes office
Updated 5 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati has underlined the importance of reducing the State-owned group’s cost base as a newly constituted board takes over from the one appointed in October 2022. The... 


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Caledonia’s Blanket mine profitability exposed to potential royalty changes
Updated 5 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Caledonia Minerals Corporation’s operating Blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe, is expecting a lower level of profitability and cash generation relative to current market expectations, if... 


Site chosen for water project set to underpin BHP copper ambitions
Site chosen for water project set to underpin BHP copper ambitions
Updated 6 hours ago By: Mariaan Webb

The South Australian government has chosen Mullaquana station, near Whyalla, as the preferred site for the Northern Water desalination plant, clearing the way for planning on a project seen as... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller and Valterra Executive Head Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Yvonne Mfolo.
Valterra Platinum market cap soars to R300bn-plus as 2025 draws to close
Updated 7 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Valterra Platinum, South Africa’s impressive 2025 platinum group metals (PGM) creation, is bringing its inaugural 2025 year to a massively fruitful close with a market capitalisation that has... 


GT1 MD Cameron Henry says there is 'real momentum' in the critical minerals market in Canada.
GT1 appoints Altris to lead Seymour DFS
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Green Technology Metals (GT1) has appointed engineering consultancy Altris Engineering to optimise and lead the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Seymour lithium project... 


Arafura secures renewed EDC support as Nolans pushes to FID
Arafura secures renewed EDC support as Nolans pushes to FID
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has confirmed that its export-credit partner Export Development Canada (EDC) has extended credit approval for its existing $300-million senior debt facility, a... 


Havieron will use the existing processing infrastructure at Telfer, which Greatland acquired from Newmont.
Greatland feasibility study confirms A$1bn Havieron build
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed Greatland Resources on Monday confirmed the development pathway for its Havieron gold/copper project in Western Australia, releasing a feasibility study that positions the asset as a... 


SolGold's Cascabel asset in Ecuador
SolGold rejects approach from Jiangxi Copper
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Ecuador-focused SolGold on Friday revealed that it had rejected a fresh non-binding takeover proposal from Jiangxi Copper Company (JCC), after the Chinese group approached the company with a... 


Canada’s top court clears way for class action over Lundin's 2017 disclosure
Canada’s top court clears way for class action over Lundin's 2017 disclosure
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows investors to proceed with a proposed securities class action against Lundin Mining, clearing the way for the case to be heard in Ontario’s... 


Solidarity says unions conclude wage agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold operations
28th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Trade unions representing employees at Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold mines have accepted the final wage offer from the company this week, trade union Solidarity reports. The parties have... 


Polymetals secures additional working capital
Polymetals secures additional working capital
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Polymetals Resources has secured further working capital support to underpin operations at the Endeavor mine in New South Wales, following last month’s fatal detonation incident. The... 


Mantengu Mining's Iron Beneficiation Plant
Mantengu posts higher interim loss but all operations are ramping up
28th November 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Investment company Mantengu Mining has reported a wider comprehensive loss of R42.8-million for the six months ended August 31, compared with a R3-million profit in the comparable six months of... 


Antofagasta transport unit launches hydrogen locomotive
Antofagasta transport unit launches hydrogen locomotive
28th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chile’s Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), the transport division of Antofagasta, has launched Latin America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The unveiling coincides with FCAB’s... 


Indonesia could impose coal export levy next year
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

Indonesia could impose a coal export levy next year, finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told reporters on Wednesday without providing further detail. The finance ministry has also said they... 


JSW's plan for voluntary job reductions draws high interest from workers, CEO says
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

An internal survey at Polish coal miner JSW showed more than 6 000 employees were interested in a planned workforce reduction, almost double the number eligible for the scheme, acting CEO Boguslaw... 


Montage Gold to acquire African Gold in $170m deal
Montage Gold to acquire African Gold in $170m deal
28th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Montage Gold on Friday announced a binding scheme implementation deed to acquire all shares in ASX-listed African Gold that it did not already own, in a transaction that strengthened the... 


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Global bauxite production outlook lowered for 2025
28th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global bauxite production growth is expected to slow to 2% this year, reaching 451.3-million tonnes, after forecasts were revised down by BMI – A Fitch Solutions company – in its ‘Global Bauxite... 


Codelco offers US clients copper at record premiums
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's state-owned copper producer has offered to sell copper at record premiums above $500 a metric ton to US customers with contracts based on London Metal Exchange copper prices, two sources... 


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Iron-ore prices to remain elevated in 2026, but upside limited – BMI
28th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Fitch Solutions unit BMI expects iron-ore prices to settle at a yearly average of $95/t in 2026, slightly down from $97/t this year, as prices come under pressure from additional supply coming... 


Petra Diamonds joint CEOs Juan Kemp and Vivek Gadodia
Petra announces permanent appointment of joint CEOs, director changes
28th November 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Petra Diamonds has announced a series of board appointments following its AGM on November 27, including that of Vivek Gadodia and Juan Kemp as permanent joint CEOs of the company.... 


From left: Séguéla mine exploration manager, Franck Gboko; West Africa exploration manager Pat Manouge; and Séguéla mine GM Peter McLean.
Fortuna confident of Séguéla life extension as exploration continues
28th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Drilling activity continues at NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Minings Séguéla mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of efforts to extend the project’s life-of-mine (LoM). The expansion of mineral resources... 


Keith Coughlan
€360m grant for Cinovec lithium project
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Cinovec lithium project has been awarded a €360-million grant by the Czech Republic, project owner European Metals announced on Friday. Executive chairperson Keith Coughlan said that the... 


Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer
Jubilee signs development agreement with Galileo to accelerate Zambia’s Molefe mine
28th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Johannesburg- and London-listed Jubilee Metals Group has signed a cooperation and project development agreement with Galileo Resources to accelerate exploration and development at the Molefe mine,... 


SolGold outlines 60Mt starter-pit plan to fast-track Cascabel build
SolGold outlines 60Mt starter-pit plan to fast-track Cascabel build
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold and copper developer SolGold has outlined a high-confidence 60.2-million-tonne near-surface starter-pit opportunity at the Tandayama-América deposit in northern Ecuador, a development the... 


PGMs, rare earths, hydrogen fuel cells make headlines
PGMs, rare earths, hydrogen fuel cells make headlines
28th November 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer says South Africa's PGMs could get a boost with China’s platinum futures exchange debut; good news for the Phalaborwa rare earths project with a surge in the... 


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