South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.5% in the third quarter, following an increase of 0.9% in the second quarter, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reports. The trade, catering and accommodation... 

Western Australian gold producer Black Cat Syndicate has entered into a binding heads of agreement and ore purchase agreement with Dreadnought Resources to develop and process ore from the... 

An electricity tariff proposal by South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom is supporting the continued operation of the Lion ferrochrome smelter in Limpopo province, Glencore-Merafe Chrome... 

Montreal-based Strategic Resources has submitted an intake application to Canada’s new Major Projects Office (MPO), seeking federal support for its BlackRock vanadium, titanium and high-purity iron... 

After running a solo operation in the Free State for a number of years, SRK Consulting South Africa associate partner and principal scientist in disaster and risk management Dr Herman Booysen is... 

Thermal coal producer Thungela will sell its Goedehoop North assets to private company GHN Resources and UK-based Bisichi for up to R700-million. Thungela notes that its South African portfolio is... 

Vancouver-headquartered Ascot Resources, owner of the Premier gold mine in British Columbia, has warned it may be forced to seek creditor protection after failing to finalise terms for a planned... 

Copper/gold explorer FireFly Metals has unveiled a major dual-market equity raising package that will bring in more than A$139-million to accelerate development and exploration at its high-grade... 

ASX-listed Deep Yellow on Tuesday announced the appointment of Greg Field as its next MD and CEO, with the former Rio Tinto executive set to take up the role no later than May 1. Field is... 

US-based Hecla Mining has secured federal approval for its 2026 exploration programme at the Polaris project in Nevada’s historic Aurora mining district, after the US Forest Service (USFS) issued a... 

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamond Corporation has awarded a lateral development contract for its Karowe underground project (UGP), in Botswana, to Group R Mining and Exploration Botswana. The... 

Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has confirmed the start-up of the 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter at its joint venture Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congol... 

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... 

Mining services company Andru Mining received a new grey-coloured D8 dozer, made by construction and mining equipment company Caterpillar, from industrial equipment company Barloworld Equipment on... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

India is assessing the viability of importing coking coal from Mongolia despite transport bottlenecks, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, as New Delhi seeks to diversify supplies of... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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 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... 

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... 

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, 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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

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 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... 

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...