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Sylvania CEO Jaco Prinsloo
Sylvania posts strong financial, operational performance
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Platinum group metals and chrome producer Sylvania has posted a net profit of $20.2-million for the financial year ended June 30, compared with the net profit of $7-million reported for the 2024... 


Miners dominate TSX top-30-performing stocks ranking
Miners dominate TSX top-30-performing stocks ranking
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) on Tuesday unveiled its yearly TSX30 ranking, with mining companies – particularly gold producers – making up more than half of the 2025 list. The TSX30 ranks the... 


ARM Ferrous CE Andre Joubert.
Smelting with 70% less electricity is now a reality, no longer R&D, ARM highlights
9th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The Proudly South African smelting technology that saves more than 70% of electricity consumption needed for smelting, reduces carbon emissions by about 60%, and puts users at the bottom of the... 


M&R Limited's business rescue remains on track as M&R Holdings is placed under provisional liquidation
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Murray & Roberts (M&R) Limited says its business rescue remains on track and that the Gauteng High Court's order placing M&R Holdings under provisional liquidation has no impact on M&R Limited's... 


Genesis secures Stage 1 approval for Tower Hill
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Genesis Minerals has received approval from the Western Australian Department of Mines, Petroleum and Exploration for the Stage 1 Mining Proposal and Mine Closure Plan at its Tower Hill... 


Yichun lithium mine expected to resume production soon, Securities Times reports
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is expected to soon resume production at a lithium mine in Yichun in southern China's Jiangxi province, state media Securities Times... 


Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
Anglo, Teck 'sticking together to survive'
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Anglo American’s 'merger of equals' with Teck Resources will create a copper producer with 1.3-million tonnes a year of capacity, cementing its position as the world’s second-largest listed copper... 


Mintek CEO Dr Molefi Motuku
NRF and Mintek to jointly deliver Mintek-SCi 2025 next month
9th September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa’s national research funding, facilities and human capital development agency, the National Research Foundation (NRF), and the country’s national minerals research institution, Mintek,... 


Vehicle manufacturing
South Africa's GDP grew 0.8% in the second quarter
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

South Africa’s GDP increased by 0.8% in the second quarter, following an increase of 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, Statistics South Africa has reported. The manufacturing industry... 


Jindalee signs LoI to list lithium project on US exchange
Jindalee signs LoI to list lithium project on US exchange
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Jindalee Resources on Tuesday announced a nonbinding letter of intent (LoI) with Constellation Acquisition Corp. I, a US-based special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by... 


Perpetua receives preliminary EXIM term sheet for $2bn Stibnite financing
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Perpetua Resources has received a preliminary, non-binding indicative term sheet from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) as part of a preliminary project... 


News outlets report that Rio Tito could be forced to build a refinery for the Simandou ore project in Guinea.
Iron-ore rallies on Simandou supply concerns, restocking demand
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures climbed for a sixth straight session on Tuesday, driven by mounting concerns over supply prospects from the giant Simandou project in Guinea, coupled with expectations of improving... 


Construction is under way at Pensana's Longonjo rare earths project in Angola
Pensana appoints COO-designate
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

London-listed Pensana, which is developing a sustainable magnet metal supply chain, has appointed Karen Brown to succeed Rocky Smith as COO with effect from October 1. Smith will continue to... 


Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
Freeport halts Indonesia's Grasberg mining operations after underground incident
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Freeport-McMoRan said on Tuesday it temporarily halted mining in Indonesia's Grasberg minerals district after a large flow of wet material blocked access to parts of its underground mine,... 


Teck's Jonathan Price and Anglo's Duncan Wanblad
Teck, Anglo American agree merger to create global copper and critical minerals major
9th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Global mining majors Anglo American and Teck Resources have agreed to merge in an all-share transaction that will create Anglo Teck, a new global critical minerals leader and top five copper... 


Kanual Sinha
Glencore's former head of recycling launches critical minerals processing firm
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

The former head of Glencore's recycling business is launching a US-based metals processing company with the goal of lowering the cost and time to refine copper and other critical minerals. The... 


Teck CEO Jonathan Price
Anglo American nears deal to acquire Teck Resources for $20 billion, FT reports
9th September 2025 By: Reuters

Anglo American is nearing a deal to acquire Canadian miner Teck Resources that could value it at about $20-billion, Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. The... 


BHP settles Australian Samarco class action for A$110m
BHP settles Australian Samarco class action for A$110m
9th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified major BHP has agreed to pay A$110-million to settle an Australian shareholder class action linked to the 2015 Fundão Dam failure at Samarco in Brazil. The action, launched in 2018,... 


The Bibiani mine
Kinross trims Asante Gold stake with C$46m share sale
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian senior gold miner Kinross Gold has sold nearly 30-million shares in Asante Gold for C$46.3-million, reducing its stake in the Ghana-focused junior. Kinross offloaded 29.85-million common... 


Steel
Nersa’s approval of AMSA applications may spark fresh dispute with Eskom
8th September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Another dispute may be looming between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). This one, over the regulator’s decision to approve ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s)... 


Nutrien to sell its stake in Argentina's Profertil for $600m
8th September 2025 By: Reuters

Nutrien said on Monday it will sell its 50% stake in Argentina-based nitrogen producer Profertil for $600-million as the world's top potash producer looks to rein in expenses and shift focus to... 


Gold coin
Gold price continues to soar as dollar sentiment weakens
8th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As global investor sentiment takes its toll on the dollar, gold demand has continued to surge as a safe haven asset, reaching an all-time high trading price of $3 592/oz in the week ended September... 


An image of West Wits MD and CEO Rudi Deysel
West Wits secures approval for $12.5m loan facility
8th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX- and OTCQB-listed West Wits Mining has received investment committee approved terms for an initial $12.5-million loan facility from Nebari Natural Resources Credit Fund II, subject to the... 


URU reports positive results from AEM survey at Zeb, concludes fundraise
8th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed URU Metals has reported positive results from the independent interpretation of its high-power SpectremPlus airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey over the Zeb nickel project, in... 


African Rainbow Minerals Executive: Growth and Strategic Development in Executive Chairperson’s Office Mike Schmidt.
New game-changing tunnel boring, reef cutting ‘meeting and beating’ all expectations
8th September 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Development of the innovative new mining method for narrow tabular steep dipping orebodies and the mobile tunnel boring to enable it are both going exceptionally well. The game-changing... 


An image of the Douta project
Thor Explorations acquires full interest in Douta project, acquires Bousankhoba permit
8th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement with its Douta project joint venture (JV) partner International Mining Company (IMC) to acquire IMC’s entire... 


Arrow shifts into capital preservation mode as Guinea uncertainty drags on
Arrow shifts into capital preservation mode as Guinea uncertainty drags on
8th September 2025 By: Reuters

Australia-listed Arrow Minerals has suspended all project-based activities and cut corporate costs as uncertainty over the status of its exploration permits in Guinea continues to weigh on the... 


Resolute MD and CEO Chris Eger
Doropo mineral resource estimate increased by about 1 Moz – Resolute
8th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Since acquiring the Doropo gold project, in northern Côte d’Ivoire in the second quarter of this year, ASX- and London-listed Resolute Mining has been updating the existing definitive feasibility... 


An image of Alphamin's tin project in the DRC
Alphamin appoints two nonexec directors
8th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE- and TSX-V-listed Alphamin Resources has appointed Ziad Mikhael and Salman Bhatti as nonexecutive directors, at the request of its majority shareholder Alpha Mining, a subsidiary of... 


Finestar rough diamond cutting and polishing facility in Gauteng
Indian diamond polisher Finestar opens large-scale facility in Gauteng
8th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Indian rough diamond cutting and polishing company Finestar has expanded its operational footprint in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), unveiling its latest facility in the Gauteng... 


Greenland Resources inks molybdenum supply MoU with Germany’s Hempel
Greenland Resources inks molybdenum supply MoU with Germany’s Hempel
8th September 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Greenland Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Düsseldorf-based Hempel Metallurgical to supply molybdenum products to the German steel industry. The... 


Pan African Resources CEO Cobus Loots
Pan African Resources to move shares from Aim to LSE main market
8th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

South Africa-focused gold miner Pan African Resources has informed shareholders that it will apply for its ordinary shares to be admitted to trading on the LSE’s main market for listed securities,... 


i-80 Gold secures permits, starts construction at Archimedes project in Nevada
i-80 Gold secures permits, starts construction at Archimedes project in Nevada
8th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

US-focused gold miner i-80 Gold said on Friday that it had received all required permits and that it had started construction at its Archimedes underground project on the Ruby Hill property in... 


China August iron-ore imports stay high as mills prepare for peak season
8th September 2025 By: Reuters

China's iron-ore imports in August climbed 0.6% from July, as lower prices encouraged sustained buying and as mills prepared for the peak steel demand period in September. The world's largest... 


Trump exempts gold, tungsten and uranium from global tariffs
Trump exempts gold, tungsten and uranium from global tariffs
8th September 2025 By: Bloomberg

President Donald Trump moved Friday to exempt graphite, tungsten, uranium, gold bullion and other metals from his country-based tariffs, while subjecting silicone products to the levies. The... 


Rio Tinto backs new A$250m agriculture–carbon venture in Australia
Rio Tinto backs new A$250m agriculture–carbon venture in Australia
8th September 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and global investment group La Caisse have launched a A$250-million agricultural and carbon platform in Australia, with Rio Tinto signing on as a... 


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