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Auric Mining buys land package from WIN Metals to facilitate Munda gold mine
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

ASX-listed Auric Mining has reached an agreement with fellow listed WIN Metals to acquire a package of assets related to its Munda gold mine, in Western Australia. The transaction includes all... 


Impala Bafokeng Resources' Styldrift mine
Implats consolidates two subsidiaries to ensure sustainability
1st July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

JSE-listed Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) has advised that it will consolidate the operations of its Impala Platinum and Impala Bafokeng Resources (IBR) subsidiaries, in response to low... 


Gold helps Canada’s stocks benchmark outshine the S&P 500
Gold helps Canada’s stocks benchmark outshine the S&P 500
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Despite ongoing trade tensions and a weakening economy, Canada’s main stocks benchmark outshone its US counterpart in the first half thanks to a record-breaking gold rally. The S&P/TSX Composite... 


Russia base metals sales to China surge, signaling deep reliance
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Russian base metals sales to China surged in the first five months of 2025, underscoring its economic dependence on its Asian neighbor even as the country seeks to diversify trade. Russian... 


Indian miner NMDC explores critical minerals acquisition overseas
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Indian State-owned miner NMDC on Tuesday said it is exploring acquisition opportunities for critical minerals in Africa, Australia and South America, as part of its global mineral diversification... 


Cato Ridge Works
600 workers to be retrenched when Cato Ridge Works plant closes end of August
1st July 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) has announced that all employees at the joint venture Cato Ridge Works (CRW), in KwaZulu-Natal, will be retrenched with effect from August 31, following a... 


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Copper 360 experiences difficult year, but optimistic about the future
1st July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

JSE-listed Copper 360’s financial results for the year ended February 28 show that the company, which is transitioning from exploration to production, had a difficult year and that it needs to... 


Medallion to buy 258 ha of land for Ravensthorpe environmental offset strategy
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Medallion Metals has entered into a binding contract to acquire about 258 ha of freehold property, which will form the foundation of the company’s environmental offset strategy as it... 


Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema
Zambia launches 100 MW solar plant supplying First Quantum Minerals
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Monday opened the country's biggest grid-connected solar power plant, built by PowerChina, which will supply electricity to copper miner First Quantum... 


Raw copper produced in Zambia
India sends geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, sources say
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

India has dispatched a team of geologists to Zambia to explore copper and cobalt deposits, two Indian government sources said, as New Delhi steps up efforts to secure critical mineral supplies... 


Arizona Metals unveils maiden resource at Kay project
Arizona Metals unveils maiden resource at Kay project
1st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-based Arizona Metals has released its maiden mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the Kay project, flagging growth and development potential for the volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS)... 


CleanTech Lithium shares tumble as Chile fast-track bid is rejected
CleanTech Lithium shares tumble as Chile fast-track bid is rejected
1st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Shares in Aim-listed CleanTech Lithium plunged 31% on Monday after the Chilean Ministry of Mines rejected the company’s request to enter a streamlined process for a special lithium operating... 


Thunderbird mine hit by port disruption
Thunderbird mine hit by port disruption
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Mineral sands producer Sheffield Resources’ Thunderbird project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been caught up in an equipment failure at the Port of Broome, delaying the shipment of... 


Jacob Deysel
New Critica CEO sees 'globally significant' future in WA rare earths
1st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Rare earths hopeful Critica has appointed mining executive Jacob Deysel as CEO, with a mandate to advance the company’s flagship Jupiter project in Western Australia and spearhead a strategic... 


Rodger steps into MD role at Jindalee
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Jindalee Lithium has appointed Ian Rodger as MD with effect from July 1. He has been Jindalee’s CEO since January last year and has overseen several critical milestones, including... 


Fortescue appoints new non-exec director
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Fortescue has appointed Yasmin Broughton to its board as a non-executive director, effective July 1, as the company continues its transition towards a green energy and technology-focused... 


LoI signed to launch Selkirk Copper Mines and Minto
LoI signed to launch Selkirk Copper Mines and Minto
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian natural resources company Venerable Ventures on Monday announced a binding letter of intent with Selkirk First Nation to create Selkirk Copper Mines, a new company that would acquire 100%... 


Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
Adriatic Metals declares commercial production at Vareš
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX- and LSE-listed Adriatic Metals said on Tuesday it had achieved commercial production at its Vareš silver operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The company declared commercial production after... 


Blue Gold eyes West Africa, LatAm deals after Nasdaq debut
1st July 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold mining firm Blue Gold said on Monday it was evaluating acquisition opportunities in West Africa and Latin America following a successful Nasdaq listing last week through a merger with... 


Top cobalt trader declares force majeure after Congo export halt
Top cobalt trader declares force majeure after Congo export halt
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

The trading unit of CMOC Group — the world’s biggest producer of cobalt — has declared force majeure on deliveries of the battery metal, after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended a ban on... 


Codelco sticks to SQM lithium deadline as deal opposition mounts
Codelco sticks to SQM lithium deadline as deal opposition mounts
1st July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chilean State mining company Codelco is on track to finalize a landmark deal with lithium supplier SQM well before the next government takes office next year, a company official said Monday. Amid... 


Australia's Firefinch abandoned the Morila mine in 2022.
Mali completes takeover of gold mines abandoned by foreign companies
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Mali has completed its takeover of the Yatela and Morila gold mines abandoned by their previous owners, the government announced at the weekend, but questions remain over how any untapped value can... 


Coal used to make steel gets break in Trump's tax bill
Coal used to make steel gets break in Trump's tax bill
1st July 2025 By: Reuters

Coal used to make steel got a break in the latest version of President Donald Trump's tax bill, a subsidy that could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars over 10 years for a fuel that is mostly... 


B2Gold pours first gold at Goose mine
B2Gold pours first gold at Goose mine
1st July 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed B2Gold has poured first gold at its Goose mine in Nunavut, officially starting production at its first Canadian operation and expanding the company’s global footprint. The mine,... 


AECI CEO Holger Riemensperger
AECI mulling future of historic Modderfontein site after difficult few months
30th June 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Explosives and chemicals group AECI is expecting an operational recovery at its iconic Modderfontein plant in the second half of 2025, following a difficult first few months to the year when output... 


Pan African Resources CEO Cobus Loots
Pan African confirms July 1 start of LSE, JSE share buyback
30th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Mid-tier gold producer Pan African Resources has confirmed it will start with a share buyback programme on both the LSE and JSE from July 1. The company advised earlier this month its intention... 


platinum ingots
Heraeus expects platinum price ‘correction’ in second half of the year
30th June 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Refinery services provider Heraeus finds in its latest precious metals appraisal that the platinum price, which currently averages $1 341/oz, will correct over the second half of the year. The... 


Bauxite being unloaded from a ship in China
Guinea ships record 48.6Mt of bauxite as China demand rises
30th June 2025 By: Reuters

Guinea's exports of bauxite, a feedstock for aluminium, surged 39% to a record 48.6-million metric tons in the first quarter though regulatory crackdowns sidelined major operators, official data... 


Congo gold miner says M23 rebels force staff to work without pay
30th June 2025 By: Reuters

Gold miner Twangiza Mining SA has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of forcing its employees to work against their will and without pay after seizing its mine in eastern Democratic Republic of... 


Cobra announces A$15m deal with Barton Gold for Wudinna assets
30th June 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

UK-listed explorer Cobra has signed a conditional agreement with ASX-listed Barton Gold to sell its Wudinna gold assets in South Australia for up to A$15-million in cash and shares, allowing it to... 


Kodal signs offtake agreement for Bougouni concentrate
30th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

London-listed Kodal Minerals has signed an offtake agreement for the spodumene concentrate produced by the Stage 1 dense media separation (DMS) processing plant at its Bougouni lithium project, in... 


Raygorodok mine
Zijin buys Kazakhstan gold mine for $1.2bn
30th June 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Zijin Mining Group has agreed to buy Kazakhstan’s Raygorodok gold mine for $1.2-billion. The deal, announced on Monday, marks the Chinese company’s first major entry into the Central Asian... 


Pensana completes extended processing plant area at Longonjo
30th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Rare earths developer Pensana has reported that the completion of the extended processing plant plot area on its Longonjo rare earths refinery project, in Angola, lays the groundwork for... 


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Babcock, Volvo showcase new gen machines to Southern African market
30th June 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Engineering and plant services provider Babcock and machine industry company Volvo Construction Equipment (CE) on June 26 launched the new generation of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators to... 


coal on a conveyor
Exxaro warns of coal production, sales decline amid rail disruptions, weak export demand
30th June 2025 By: Darren Parker

JSE-listed Exxaro Resources has warned that its coal production, including buy-ins, and sales volumes for the first half of this year are projected to decline by 6% and 7% respectively, primarily... 


West Wits signs senior loan facility agreements to advance Qala Shallows
30th June 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed West Wits Mining has executed definitive legal agreements for a senior syndicated loan facility of up to R875-million to fund the development of the Qala Shallows gold project, the first... 


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