Rio Tinto Group’s new boss has told staff that plans to focus the miner’s sprawling corporate structure on its most profitable metals will be a blueprint for a “sharper, simpler” operation, though... 

Platinum group metals (PGM) mining and marketing company Implats delivered higher refined and saleable production and sales volumes into improved PGM pricing in the three months to September 30.... 

Anglo American’s expects its flagship copper mine in Chile to return to normal output levels in 2027 after grappling with a period of lower quality ore that’s set to constrain production next... 

Mining companies are selling shares at the fastest clip in a decade, and investors looking for exposure to sharply higher gold prices and in-demand critical minerals can’t get enough. With October... 

Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore miners, posted on Thursday a third-quarter net profit that landed above analysts' estimates, while also cutting its full-year cost projections for copper... 

Mexico’s Fresnillo announced on Friday it would buy Probe Gold for C$780-million in cash, giving the world’s biggest primary silver producer control of the Canadian explorer’s Novador gold project... 

Mercuria Energy Trading has agreed to provide up to $100-million in prepayments to Eurasian Resources Group under a three-year supply agreement for copper, the pair said on Thursday. Prepayments... 

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said on Friday that operations at its Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar have not been affected by recent political turmoil. Plans for the project to produce... 

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer discusses South Africa's thin-incentive critical minerals strategy, according to G20Lens analysis; Glencore's cobalt strategy as the cobalt export ban lifts in... 

Gold major Agnico Eagle Mines on Thursday announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Avenir Minerals, to consolidate its noncore investments in critical minerals. Avenir will be a wholly-owned... 

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

Gold miner AngloGold Ashanti has elected to terminate its option to earn up to an 80% interest in the Organullo gold project, in Argentina, TSX-V-listed Latin Metals reported on Thursday.... 

Aim-listed Sylvania Platinum posted a 71% quarter-on-quarter increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to $22-million for the quarter ended September 30 –... 

ASX-listed Mineral Resources (MinRes) reported on Thursday that the Onslow Iron project in Western Australia had reached nameplate capacity of 35-million tonnes a year. The company shipped... 

According to the World Gold Council’s (WGC’s) ‘Gold Demands Trends’ report for the third quarter of this year, total gold demand, including over-the-counter (OTC), grew 3% year-on-year to 1 313 t,... 

Base and precious metals miner Ivanhoe Mines recorded a profit of $31-million for the quarter ended September 30, compared with profit of $108-million reported for the third quarter of 2024, as a... 

Canadian major Agnico Eagle Mines on Wednesday reported record quarterly profit and free cash flow, buoyed by higher gold prices and solid production across its operations, and reaffirmed its 2025... 

CSE-listed Copper Quest Exploration said on Wednesday it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Kitimat copper/gold Project in British Columbia, about 10 km northwest... 

JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum, which is developing the Bakubung mine in South Africa's North West province, says it continues to make progress in advancing key underground infrastructure needed for... 

Toronto- and New York-listed Alamos Gold has reported record quarterly free cash flow for the third quarter, driven by higher production and margins, but trimmed its 2025 production guidance by 6%... 

China's state buyer has allowed its steel mills to resume buying a type of iron-ore from Australia's Hancock Prospecting after barring such sales during a year-plus negotiation dispute, three... 

First-quarter revenue at Australia's Lynas Rare Earths rose by 66% from a year earlier, the company said on Thursday, but missed market expectations, though it flagged strong demand from existing... 

London-listed Gem Diamonds, which operates the Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, reports that decisive measures to conserve cash have been completed, with the anticipated $1.5-million in monthly saving... 

Chile's State-run mining company ENAMI said on Wednesday it received an environmental permit for a new $1.7-billion copper smelter, as part of the modernisation of its Hernan Videla Lira smelting... 

Current copper market fundamentals justify a price consolidation towards the top end of their $10 000 to $11 000 per metric ton forecast range, Goldman Sachs said on Thursday, while adding that any... 

Australia’s mining and clean energy industries have given a mixed reception to the federal government’s proposed overhaul of national environmental laws, with both sectors calling for practical... 

Mali has revoked more than 90 mining exploration permits, including those held by subsidiaries of international mining companies, according to an official decree seen by Reuters. Companies affected... 

BEIJING - China has agreed to delay the introduction of its latest round of rare earth export controls as part of a deal agreed between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, but earlier... 

US President Donald Trump's adviser on critical minerals is set to meet officials of about 30 critical minerals companies in Sydney on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter said, as the US... 

South Africa’s critical minerals strategy is not embedded in a modernised mining policy aligned with an industrial policy. Investment incentives are thin: there are no tax holidays, royalty relief... 

JSE-listed Sable Exploration and Mining has reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary Lapon Plant has entered into a comprehensive operator, ore supply and processing agreement with South African... 

Liberia has replaced its mining minister and top mining regulator, the office of President Joseph Boakai announced, as the West African nation and iron ore producer pursues talks with Washington on... 

Diversified mining and marketing company Glencore on Wednesday outlined its strategy surrounding the export of cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which follows the lifting by the... 

Coal India, which accounts for about three-quarters of the country's coal output, reported a larger-that-expected 30% decline in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by lower e-auction premiums and... 

London-listed Petra Diamonds, which owns and operates the Cullinan and Finsch mines, in South Africa, produced 609 336 ct of diamonds in the quarter ended September 30 – the first quarter of its...