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Lucara's Karowe mine, in Botswana
Lucara reaffirms Karowe extended mine life in updated technical report
6th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corporation finds in an updated technical report that the underground project at its Karowe diamond mine, in Botswana, has the potential to recover 4.5-million carats... 


The Novo Tlamino project site in Serbia
MinRex, Electrum to merge
6th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

ASX-listed MinRex Resources has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with TSX-V-listed Electrum Discovery to acquire 100% of its issued and outstanding shares through a statutory plan of... 


A platinum refining operations
Jubilee receives $10m second instalment from sale of South African chrome, PGM operations
6th January 2026 By: Schalk Burger

AltX-listed Jubilee Metals Group, which is now focused on copper production in Zambia, has received the second cash instalment of $10-million from South African private mining resources group One... 


Paul Baloyi
Baloyi resigns as Alphamin director
6th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

AltX- and TSX-V-listed Alphamin Resources has announced that Paul Baloyi has resigned as a director of the company, effective January 31. Baloyi has served on the board since April 2017 as an... 


Copper
Copper surges to fresh record as inventories ‘locked in the US’
6th January 2026 By: Bloomberg

Copper extended a powerful rally after bursting through $13 000 a ton for the first time, as traders and investors bet on a tighter global market. Three-month futures surged as much as 2% to a... 


Uranium
US awards $2.7bn worth of orders to boost uranium enrichment
6th January 2026 By: Reuters

The US Energy Department announced on Monday it was awarding orders totaling $2.7-billion to three companies to boost domestic uranium enrichment over the next ten years in a broader effort to... 


The Morila gold mine
Suspected jihadists attack Mali's Morila mine
6th January 2026 By: Reuters

Suspected jihadists attacked the Morila gold mine in Mali at the weekend, burning equipment and taking seven employees hostage before releasing them, an official from the mining ministry told... 


Potash in hand
Buffalo Potash lists successfully on TSX-V
5th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Buffalo Potash Corporation has successfully listed on the TSX-V with its shares due to start trading on January 6. The listing follows a successful financing of about $7.7-million last month,... 


Largo receives $56m binding term sheet for the sale of 4.5Mt of iron-ore calcine
Largo receives $56m binding term sheet for the sale of 4.5Mt of iron-ore calcine
5th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Largo has announced that its Brazilian operating subsidiary has received a binding term sheet related to the potential monetisation of 4.5-million tonnes of iron-ore calcine material... 


Copper
BMI maintains copper price forecast amid tightening supply, increased demand
5th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

BMI – a Fitch Solutions company – has maintained its 2026 average yearly copper price forecast at $11 000/t, as tightening supply and positive sentiment towards demand from sectors linked to the... 


Nexus Uranium joins US national coalition
5th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Canadian exploration company Nexus Uranium has joined Better In Our Back Yard (BIOBY), a national coalition advocating for responsible industrial development across the US. Nexus is advancing its... 


Flashback to Steve Haggerty being interviewed by Mining Weekly.
Diamond legend Steve Haggerty has died
5th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Remarkable South African geoscientist Stephen Edward Haggerty, who served with distinction as a research professor at Florida International University in the US, has died aged 87. A legend in the... 


Lithium powder in hand
Premier afforded more time to stabilise Zulu project
5th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

UK-based mining and exploration company Premier African Minerals has reached an agreement with its principal shareholder Canmax Technologies to extend the long stop date related to a restated... 


Aterian continues work to grow mineral trading operations
5th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Africa-focused critical mineral exploration and development company Aterian informs that its Rwandan mineral trading operations continue to grow and generated an unaudited gross profit of about... 


Kamoa-Kakula complex
Ivanhoe announces first anode production from Kamoa-Kakula copper smelter
5th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced that the first copper anodes were produced by Kamoa-Kakula’s on-site, state-of-the-art 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter, in the Democratic... 


Ontario landscape
Richmond Hill appoints Canadian contractor to lead Martello exploration
5th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Aim-listed Richmond Hill Resources has appointed Canadian exploration company Critical Discoveries to lead a technical work programme on the Martello gold project, in Ontario. The company’s scope... 


Miner walking past a coal stockpile at an operation in Indonesia
Indonesian miners can produce 25% of proposed 2026 output in Q1 while applications are assessed, local media says
5th January 2026 By: Reuters

Indonesia's mining ministry said miners could produce 25% of their proposed 2026 output in the first quarter while the government processes their annual production quota plans, local media... 


CleanTech Lithium’s Chilean subsidiary submits operating contract application for Laguna Verde
5th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed CleanTech Lithium has, through its Chile-based subsidiary Atacama Salt Lakes (ASL), submitted the application for a Special Lithium Operating Contract (CEOL) for the Laguna Verde... 


Graphite
EcoGraf receives Australian tax incentive for proprietary graphite purification tech
5th January 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed EcoGraf has reported that it has received a research and development tax incentive of $1.7-million from the Australian Taxation Office. The company explains that the tax incentive... 


MLA at New Frontier’s Big One deposit progresses into technical assessment phase
5th January 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The mining lease application (MLA) over the Big One copper deposit, part of ASX-listed New Frontier Minerals’ NWQ copper project, in north-west Queensland, has progressed into the technical... 


Civmec site in Australia
Civmec secures major new contracts from Australian miners
5th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Western Australia-based construction and engineering group Civmec has secured more than A$400-milllion worth of new contracts and extensions to existing contracts. The new contracts and... 


US President Donald Trump
Trump's Venezuela gambit tests investor appetite for geopolitical risk
5th January 2026 By: Reuters

Markets may have shrugged off the audacious US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but some investors warn that geopolitical risks are perhaps being underestimated after Donald Trump... 


Lithium ore on a conveyor
Energy storage boom strengthens demand outlook for beaten-down lithium
5th January 2026 By: Reuters

A boom in battery storage has bolstered the demand outlook for lithium in 2026, driving hopes for an accelerated turnaround for an industry struggling with oversupply. The lithium market has been... 


The ASX offices
Australian shares flat as mining gains counter consumer, tech losses
5th January 2026 By: Reuters

Australian shares were trading flat in early deals on Monday, as gains in heavyweight miners on the back of strong metal prices countered losses in consumer discretionary and tech stocks. The... 


Iron-ore being transported by rail
Iron-ore starts New Year higher on strong demand, tight supplies
5th January 2026 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures edged higher on Monday, beginning the New Year on a firm note, supported by strong Chinese demand and ongoing supply constraints. The Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) and the... 


An oil pump
OPEC+ keeps oil output steady amid turmoil among members
4th January 2026 By: Reuters

OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged on Sunday after a quick meeting that avoided discussion of the political crises affecting several of the producer group's members. Sunday's meeting of eight members... 


Develop wins A$200m underground contract at OceanaGold’s Waihi North
19th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian mining services and development company Develop Global has secured a A$200-million underground mine development contract at OceanaGold’s Waihi North gold project, in New Zealand’s North... 


BHP CEO Mike Henry
BHP puts Anglo in ‘rearview mirror’ as CEO eyes Canada copper
19th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

BHP Group’s top boss said he’s moving on after the company’s aborted attempt to buy Anglo American, preferring instead to focus on its copper projects and opportunities in Canada. CEO Mike Henry’s... 


Namib Minerals to restart mothballed Zimbabwe gold mine in February
19th December 2025 By: Reuters

Namib Minerals will restart operations at its mothballed Redwing gold mine in February as part of the company's broader $300-million investment plan in Zimbabwe, its chief executive said on... 


Aluminium smelting is electricity intensive.
South32, Eskom jointly exploring post-2031 power options for Hillside Aluminium
19th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Studies being undertaken on the future power source for South32’s Hillside Aluminium beyond 2031 are taking place amid awareness of the different energy levers that can potentially be pulled. The... 


Anglo American has reinitiated a formal sale process for its the remaining steelmaking coal business.
Anglo American reports progress on portfolio transformation
19th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified mining group Anglo American has reported progress on its portfolio transformation strategy, which aims to unlock value from its portfolio and accelerate consistently stronger... 


Iamgold closes Northern Superior acquisition
Iamgold closes Northern Superior acquisition
19th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mid-tier gold producer Iamgold has completed its previously announced acquisition of Northern Superior Resources, consolidating full ownership of the Nelligan Mining Complex in Quebec’s... 


Chilean regulator to launch 'unprecedented' audit of Codelco-SQM lithium deal
Chilean regulator to launch 'unprecedented' audit of Codelco-SQM lithium deal
19th December 2025 By: Reuters

Chilean Comptroller's Office said on Friday that it will launch an "unprecedented" audit of the lithium agreement between state copper giant Codelco and local producer SQM. In a statement, the... 


Jim Grech
Peabody Energy CEO Grech to retire in 2028, stay on as adviser until 2030
19th December 2025 By: Reuters

Peabody Energy's James Grech will retire on May 15, 2028 and remain with the firm as an adviser until 2030 under a transition agreement aimed at ensuring leadership continuity, the US-based coal... 


GMI to continue to advance loan for Shuka to acquire LEM, Kabwe
19th December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

African-focused mine operator and developer Shuka Minerals has received confirmation from African-focused investment banking and corporate finance group Gathoni Muchai Investments (GMI) that it... 


Botswana's economy seen shrinking almost 1% in 2025 due to diamond sector woes
Botswana's economy seen shrinking almost 1% in 2025 due to diamond sector woes
19th December 2025 By: Reuters

Botswana's government now forecasts an economic contraction of almost 1% this year as its key diamond sector continues to struggle, its finance minister said in a budget review on Friday. When the... 


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