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China's commissioning of coal power at 9-year high in first half, report says
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

China commissioned 21 gigawatts (GW) of coal power plant capacity in the first half of 2025, a new report found on Monday, the highest since 2016 even as the country is building record amounts of... 


Iron-ore hits over one-week high as Rio Tinto suspends work at Guinea mine
Iron-ore hits over one-week high as Rio Tinto suspends work at Guinea mine
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

Iron-ore futures touched a one-week high on Monday as Rio Tinto suspended activity at its Simandou project in Guinea following an incident, raising fears of a potential delay in production start at... 


Indonesia cancels requirement to use benchmark prices in minerals, coal sales
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

Indonesia has scrapped a requirement to use government benchmark prices as the floor price in minerals and coal sales, a mining ministry decree reviewed on Monday showed. Issued earlier this... 


UJ Chancellor Dr Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
UJ Mining Summit garners views on mining sustainability amid global turbulence
25th August 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mining companies have often needed to navigate disordered markets; however, unprecedented pressure is currently being imposed by export restrictions, resource nationalism, fragmented supply chains,... 


WA grants Global Lithium a mining lease Manna project
WA grants Global Lithium a mining lease Manna project
25th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Critical minerals company Global Lithium has secured a 21-year mining lease for its flagship Manna lithium project in Western Australia. The approval, granted by the state’s Minister for Mines,... 


Sasol's Secunda operation
Sasol swings to profit on higher chemical prices, lower writedowns
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

South African petrochemical firm Sasol said on Monday it swung to an annual profit on the back of higher chemicals prices, tighter cost controls and lower asset writedowns. The company, which... 


Hombre Muerto West in Argentina
Galan Lithium says A$20m placement to proceed
25th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Galan Lithium announced on Monday that a A$20-million placement with Clean Elements Fund would proceed after the investor completed due diligence on the company’s Hombre Muerto West... 


Americas Gold and Silver reports high-grade drill results at Galena, completes share consolidation
25th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Precious metals miner Americas Gold and Silver on Friday announced the discovery of a high-grade extension of the 149 Vein at its Galena Complex in Idaho, US, with drill intercepts including 24 913... 


Abcourt accepts Investissement Québec loan for Sleeping Giant mine
25th August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Abcourt Mines says it had accepted loan offers totaling C$5.8-million in principal from Investissement Québec, as an agent of the government of Québec. The loan offers comprise a... 


Zeus taps into Newmont’s Morocco database
25th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed exploration company Zeus Resources is on an accelerated path to project identification and acquisitions in Morocco, announcing on Monday that it has executed a five-year licence... 


Transnet Group CEO Michelle Phillips and Exxaro CEO Ben Magara.
Another public-private rail transport service agreement signed
25th August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Another agreement involving collaboration between the public sector and the private sector in the field of rail transport service has been signed, this time between the Johannesburg Stock... 


Canadian PM Mark Carney
Canada to remove many retaliatory tariffs on US, Carney says
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

Canada will remove many retaliatory import tariffs on US goods and intensify talks with the United States on striking a new trade and security relationship, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on... 


Pilbara CEO Dale Henderson says lithium prices are not sufficient to incentivise new supply, pointing to a potential tightness ahead.
Pilbara Minerals swings to loss as lithium prices slump
25th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian miner Pilbara Minerals has posted a full-year loss after a sharp drop in lithium prices eroded margins, even as the company delivered record output from its flagship Pilgangoora... 


Santos extends exclusivity for $18.7bn ADNOC-led offer, profit declines
25th August 2025 By: Reuters

Australian gas producer Santos on Monday agreed to further extend the exclusivity period for an $18.7-billion takeover bid from a group led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC), and reported a... 


Rio Tinto halts work at Simandou after fatal accident
Rio Tinto halts work at Simandou after fatal accident
25th August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto Group suspended operations at its giant Simandou iron-ore project in Guinea after a contractor employee died in a workplace accident on Friday. “All activity at the... 


The Marikana operations
Marikana Renewal Programme marks progress, but several matters around massacre still unresolved
22nd August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

While the Marikana Renewal Programme has made some progress in addressing the impacts of the Marikana massacre, there is still more work to be done, with some issues outstanding, families still... 


Regis delivers record A$254m profit, resumes dividend
Regis delivers record A$254m profit, resumes dividend
22nd August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian miner Regis Resources posted a record net profit of A$254-million for the year ended June 30, rebounding from a A$186-million loss a year earlier, as higher gold prices and strong... 


Table of elements with a focus on rhodium
Moves to boost defence, aerospace spending could be positive for PGM demand – WPIC
22nd August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

In The Hague Summit Declaration, issued on June 25, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) Heads of State and Government committed to spending 5% of GDP yearly on defence requirements by... 


Resolute posts higher interim Ebitda
22nd August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Resolute Mining has maintained its full-year production guidance, despite reporting a 9.3% year-on-year decrease in output to 151 460 oz for the six months ended June 30, as lower... 


DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius.
Self-generation of solar served as key catalyst in DRDGOLD’s strong new growth thrust
22nd August 2025 By: Martin Creamer

There’s a wonderful gold-price tailwind behind all gold companies at the moment but it’s the self-generation of solar electricity that served as the key catalyst of change for Ergo. Following the... 


Altamin names new chair, CEO in reshuffle
22nd August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Altamin has appointed Peter Edwards as nonexecutive chairperson and reappointed former executive Geraint Harris as director and incoming CEO as the Australian miner reshapes its... 


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Blencowe completes Orom-Cross DFS programmes
22nd August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Blencowe Resources has completed all major infrastructure workstreams within the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Orom-Cross project, in Uganda, alongside the recent... 


Peninsula raises A$70m to reset US uranium project
Peninsula raises A$70m to reset US uranium project
22nd August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia-listed Peninsula Energy on Friday announced a A$70-million equity raise to fund a reset of its Lance uranium project in Wyoming, US, completing a turnaround plan that includes new... 


Aldebaran plans $1.5bn capex for Argentina copper project
Aldebaran plans $1.5bn capex for Argentina copper project
22nd August 2025 By: Reuters

Canada's Aldebaran Resources will require at least $1.5-billion to develop its Altar copper project in northern Argentina, country manager Javier Robeto said in an interview. The company plans to... 


China tightens grip over rare earth supply quotas
22nd August 2025 By: Reuters

China, the world's dominant rare earth supplier, issued on Friday measures to regulate the mining, smelting and separation of thecritical minerals key to energy transition, further tightening its... 


Transport Minister Barbara Creecy
First 11 train operators selected for 41 routes as South Africa takes big step in opening freight rail to private sector
22nd August 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that 11 of the 25 private train operating companies (TOCs) that applied to operate routes on Transnet’s rail network have met the requirements to do... 


Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser
Gold Fields lifts interim dividend as profit surges on higher gold price, strong production
22nd August 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Globally diversified gold miner Gold Fields has declared a dividend of R7 a share for the six months ended June 30, compared with the dividend of R3 a share declared for the first half of the 2024... 


US prolongs Michigan coal plant's operation until November despite costs
22nd August 2025 By: Reuters

The US Energy Department on Thursday extended an order for a Michigan coal plant to stay open through November 19, even though it had been planning to shut permanently for economic reasons and... 


Botswana President Duma Boko
Botswana signs $12bn investment deal with Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings
22nd August 2025 By: Reuters

Botswana's President Duma Boko announced on Thursday an agreement with Qatar's Al Mansour Holdings, aimed at addressing immediate national challenges, with the Gulf firm committing to $12-billion... 


An image of Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke
Seriti Power Community Trust invests R19m in early childhood development centres
22nd August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Seriti Power Community Trust has invested R19-million in early childhood development (ECD) infrastructure across Mpumalanga and the Free State. Currently, 543 learners are enrolled and... 


An image of the Bakubung platinum mine in South Africa
Wesizwe appoints Banhu Zhang CEO, augments board
22nd August 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Banhu Zhang has been appointed CEO and executive director of JSE-listed Wesizwe Platinum, with effect from August 21. Moreover, Daqiang Pang, Yulong Tian and Kaiyu Kang have been appointed... 


Marimaca moves to reduce input costs
22nd August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto- and Sydney-listed Marimaca Copper as signed a binding option to acquire a sulphuric acid plant in Chile in a move that should reduce one of the biggest input costs for its planned oxide... 


White Mesa
Energy Fuels produces first dysprosium oxide in US at Utah mill
22nd August 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Denver-based Energy Fuels announced on Thursday that it has produced its first kilogram of dysprosium oxide at its White Mesa mill in Utah, marking a step toward commercial-scale output of heavy... 


DRDGOLD, Exxaro investments, and surging nickel demand in focus
DRDGOLD, Exxaro investments, and surging nickel demand in focus
22nd August 2025

Mining Weekly Editor Martin Creamer unpacks DRDGOLD's R7.8-billion investment in its Big Five capital growth projects; Exxaro's spend of R5.2-billion on a coal mine expansion and R4.7-billion on a... 


BCI hits milestones at Mardie salt project, advances SoP programme
22nd August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Australia's BCI Minerals has entered full-scale operations at its A$1.44-billion Mardie salt project in Western Australia, which is set to become the country’s biggest industrial salt operation and... 


Trent Mell: This restructuring is undeniably dilutive and difficult for existing shareholders, but it is both timely and necessary.
Electra plans debt swap, $30m fundraise to revive cobalt refinery
22nd August 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Nasdaq- and TSX-V-listed Electra Battery Materials said it will slash its convertible debt by 60% and raise $30-million in new equity financing to shore up its balance sheet and push ahead with... 


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