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Newmont CEO Tom Palmer
Newmont wraps up noncore asset sales, banks $2.5bn this year
Updated 39 minutes ago By: Mariaan Webb

Gold major Newmont has completed its previously announced non-core divestiture programme, closing the sales of its Akyem mine in Ghana and Porcupine operation in Canada. The company has now... 


De Grey shareholders approve takeover by Northern Star
De Grey shareholders approve takeover by Northern Star
Updated 47 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Shareholders of De Grey Mining have overwhelmingly approved the proposed acquisition of the company by ASX-listed gold major Northern Star Resources. At a scheme meeting held on Wednesday, 99.64%... 


BCI Minerals cleared for full-scale operations at Mardie salt project
Updated 1 hour 18 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed BCI Minerals has received a key Commonwealth government approval, paving the way for full-scale operations at its Mardie solar salt and sulphate of potash project in Western Australia.... 


Sumitomo deepens ties with Ardea through A$4.6m placement
Updated 1 hour 24 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Metals exploration and development company Ardea Resources has secured a A$4.6-million strategic investment from Japan’s Sumitomo Metal Mining, further strengthening the partnership between the two... 


Talga’s Swedish anode refinery gains EU net-zero strategic status
Updated 1 hour 30 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Talga Group’s planned battery anode refinery in Luleå, Sweden, has been designated a net-zero strategic project under the European Union’s (EU's) Net-Zero Industry Act, the company... 


Black Cat gets green light for underground mining at Myhree
Black Cat gets green light for underground mining at Myhree
Updated 1 hour 37 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Black Cat Syndicate on Wednesday announced approval to commence underground mining at the Myhree deposit, part of its Kal East gold project near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.... 


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Assmang, ruthenium's potential, palladium demand make headlines
Updated 3 hours ago

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses Assmang’s huge ten-year zero-fatality achievement; ruthenium’s potential, which was highlighted at PGM Industry Day; and South Africa being invited to... 


GoviEx advances Muntanga uranium project with submission of draft ESIA
Updated 3 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed GoviEx Uranium has filed a draft environmental- and social-impact assessment (ESIA) with the Zambian Environmental Management Agency (Zema) for the advancement of its Muntanga uranium... 


Indonesia hikes mining royalties in bid to fund Prabowo policies
Updated 4 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Indonesia has raised the royalty rate to be paid by nickel, tin and other metal producers as the government searches for ways to fund President Prabowo Subianto’s ambitious but costly priority... 


India extends auction for deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals
Updated 4 hours ago By: Reuters

India has extended an auction of deep-sea blocks containing critical minerals used in electric vehicle batteries and other products until May 1, a spokesperson at India's Ministry of Mines said on... 


Testwork confirms high recoveries of magnet metals at Harena’s Madagascar REE project
Updated 5 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Harena Resources says metallurgical test results have confirmed that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) can be efficiently recovered from its 75%-owned  Ampasindava project,... 


Equinox wins proxy support for Calibre deal
Updated 5 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Influential proxy advisory firms Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass, Lewis & Co have thrown their weight behind Equinox Gold’s proposed all-share business combination with Calibre... 


Newmont sold the Porcupine mine to Discovery Silver as part of a larger asset divestiture programme.
Discovery Silver completes Porcupine deal
Updated 6 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals company Discovery Silver has officially joined the ranks of Canadian gold producers with the closing of its acquisition of Newmont’s Porcupine operations in Ontario. The... 


Sovereign undertaking geotechnical programmes at Malawi project
Updated 6 hours ago By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed Sovereign Metals says several geotechnical drilling programmes are now under way at its Kasiya rutile/graphite project, in Malawi. The results of the programmes will be used to support... 


Andrada CEO Anthony Viljoen.
Andrada looking to opening more mines in Namibia
Updated 6 hours ago By: Martin Creamer

Opening more mines in Namibia is the aspiration of tin, tantalum and lithium green transition metals producer Andrada Mining. “We've always been very bullish on Namibia, not only as an investment... 


Jubilee CEO Leon Coetzer
Jubilee lifts chrome, PGM output guidance on strong operational results in South Africa
Updated 6 hours ago By: Sabrina Jardim

Aim-listed Jubilee Metals has reported a strong nine months to March 31 for its South African operations, putting the division on track to exceed performance targets for the financial year to end... 


McArthur will reach the end of its life in 2030.
BHP mulls turning Mt Arthur coal mine into pumped hydro asset
Updated 7 hours ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified miner BHP has teamed up with renewable energy and infrastructure company ACCIONA Energía to study the feasibility of transforming its Mt Arthur Coal mine in New South Wales into a... 


Mineral Resources tumbles after two governance directors quit
Updated 7 hours ago By: Bloomberg

Mineral Resources shares fell more than 7% after two board members overseeing corporate governance resigned. Jacqueline McGill, who joined the board in early 2024, and Susie Corlett, a member... 


Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
Barrick warns of escalation in Mali, slams govt over office closure
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada-headquartered Barrick Gold on Wednesday issued a sharp rebuke to the government of Mali as tensions over taxes escalated, warning that the viability of its flagship Loulo-Gounkoto mine is... 


Resources Watch
Resources Watch
16th April 2025

This week: Platinum-based green hydrogen on way to becoming South Africa’s new gold and, South Africa's hydrogen corridor project shortlisted for JET funding 


EXIM signals $825m for Ivanhoe Electric’s Arizona copper mine
EXIM signals $825m for Ivanhoe Electric’s Arizona copper mine
16th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper explorer Ivanhoe Electric has received a preliminary indication of support from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for up to $825-million in debt financing to advance its... 


Woodside hires Mexico Pacific CEO Bairstow for Louisiana LNG project
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Australia's top gas producer Woodside Energy aid on Wednesday it had hired Sarah Bairstow, the chief executive of Mexico Pacific, for its Louisiana liquefied natural gas plant in the United... 


Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump's copper tariff probe
Chile, Canada and Peru push back against Trump's copper tariff probe
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chile, Canada and Peru - three of the largest copper suppliers to the United States - have told President Donald Trump's administration that imports of the metal from their countries do not... 


Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
Gold climbs to record as expanding trade war aids haven demand
16th April 2025 By: Bloomberg

Gold rose to record high as the Trump administration pressed ahead with probes that could broaden a sweeping trade war, boosting demand for havens. Bullion climbed above $3 248 an ounce for the... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump orders tariff probe on all US critical mineral imports
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered a probe into potential new tariffs on all US critical minerals imports, a major escalation in his dispute with global trade partners and an attempt to... 


Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto reports weaker iron-ore output as weather batters Pilbara operations
16th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified major Rio Tinto Group warned on Wednesday that its 2025 iron-ore output will likely land at the lower end of guidance as extreme weather disrupts operations in Australia’s Pilbara... 


Vale's iron-ore output falls in first quarter hurt by Brazil rains
Vale's iron-ore output falls in first quarter hurt by Brazil rains
16th April 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale produced 67.7-million metric tons of iron ore in the first quarter of 2025, down 4.5% from a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday in its sales and output report. One of... 


SolGold looks at early openpit strategy to accelerate Cascabel development
SolGold looks at early openpit strategy to accelerate Cascabel development
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed SolGold is pursuing an early production strategy that prioritises openpit and sub-level caving opportunities at its Cascabel copper/gold project in Ecuador, aiming to accelerate cash... 


Savannah Goldfields names Brad Sampson as CEO
15th April 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Savannah Goldfields has appointed Brad Sampson as CEO as the Australia-listed company advances plans to restart mining and processing operations in Queensland. Sampson, a veteran mining executive... 


Goldman Sachs cuts aluminium price forecast on weaker growth outlook
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

Goldman Sachs has reduced its forecast for aluminium prices this year after its economists downgraded global growth forecasts including for the US and China following the Trump administration's... 


Ascot to restart Premier mill in August
Ascot to restart Premier mill in August
15th April 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based Ascot Resources plans to restart operations at its Premier gold mill in British Columbia in early August, following a delay caused by labour shortages that slowed underground... 


The Otjikoto mine
B2Gold to cut 300 jobs in Namibia this year
15th April 2025 By: Reuters

Canadian gold mining company B2Gold plans to cut 300 jobs in Namibia this year as it goes ahead with the phased downscaling of operations at its Otjikoto mine after depletion of open pit reserves.... 


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Mining production, sales fall in February
15th April 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Mining production decreased by 9.6% year-on-year in February, Statistics South Africa reports. The largest negative contributors were platinum group metals (PGMs) (-23.9% and contributing -5.8... 


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