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Firefly CEO Darren Cooke
FireFly launches dual-market equity raise totalling A$139m
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Copper/gold explorer FireFly Metals has unveiled a major dual-market equity raising package that will bring in more than A$139-million to accelerate development and exploration at its high-grade... 


Greg Field began his career in South Africa and is familiar with Namibia, one of Deep Yellow’s key operating regions.
Deep Yellow appoints former Rio Tinto projects head as new CEO
2nd December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Deep Yellow on Tuesday announced the appointment of Greg Field as its next MD and CEO, with the former Rio Tinto executive set to take up the role no later than May 1. Field is... 


Hecla cleared to begin exploration at historic Aurora district
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US-based Hecla Mining has secured federal approval for its 2026 exploration programme at the Polaris project in Nevada’s historic Aurora mining district, after the US Forest Service (USFS) issued a... 


Surface infrastructure at the Karowe mine
Lucara awards last major Karowe underground contract
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamond Corporation has awarded a lateral development contract for its Karowe underground project (UGP), in Botswana, to Group R Mining and Exploration Botswana. The... 


Chief Musokantanda Sabuni Kafweku (front left) and Ivanhoe Mines co-chairperson Robert Friedland (front right) cut the ribbon, opening the new smelter
Ivanhoe celebrates start of heat-up of Africa's 'largest, greenest' copper smelter
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has confirmed the start-up of the 500 000 t/y direct-to-blister copper smelter at its joint venture Kamoa-Kakula complex in the Democratic Republic of Congol... 


Shuka Minerals confirms December funding for Zambian acquisition
1st December 2025 By: Darren Parker

Aim- and AltX-listed Shuka Minerals has announced that it will receive the remaining funds required to complete its acquisition of Leopard Exploration and Mining (LEM) and the Kabwe zinc mine in... 


Andru Mining's new centenary-grey Caterpillar D8 dozer
Andru Mining receives new centenary D8 Caterpillar dozer from Barloworld Equipment
1st December 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Mining services company Andru Mining received a new grey-coloured D8 dozer, made by construction and mining equipment company Caterpillar, from industrial equipment company Barloworld Equipment on... 


Executives from FS Gold, Afreximbank and the AFC sign a loan agreement
Financial close achieved for Sierra Leone’s flagship Baomahun gold project
1st December 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Pan-African infrastructure and industrial development bank, the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced the achievement of financial close of the $330-million Senior Debt Financing facility... 


Tharisa mine
Tharisa declares lower dividend, lower output in FY25
1st December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Chrome and platinum group metals (PGM) miner Tharisa has reported a 5% year-on-year increase in its operating profit to $125-million for the financial year ended September 30, despite lower PGM and... 


An image of ferrochrome smelting
Chrome producers, ferrochrome smelters reject proposed chrome ore export tax
1st December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Chrome ore producers, including primary miners and those generating chrome ore from their platinum group metals mines and integrated producers, which mine chrome ore and produce ferrochrome,... 


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DFS considerably derisks Blencowe’s Orom-Cross graphite project
1st December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed Blencowe Resources has confirmed the Orom-Cross graphite project’s potential to produce 20 000 t/y of concentrate in Phase 1 of its development before expanding to 70 000 t/y of... 


DevEx consolidates uranium footprint
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed explorer DevEx Resources has struck a binding agreement to acquire Alligator Energy’s full uranium exploration tenure in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Province (ARUP), securing a 9 200... 


Tamgak open air uranium mine is seen at Areva's Somair uranium mining facility in Arlit, Niger
France's Orano says uranium convoy from seized Niger mine poses safety risks
1st December 2025 By: Reuters

French nuclear fuels group Orano said on Monday a uranium shipment from its expropriated SOMAIR mine in northern Niger last week posed "serious safety and security risks”, citing threats of... 


India weighs Mongolian coking coal imports despite transport hurdles, source says
1st December 2025 By: Reuters

India is assessing the viability of importing coking coal from Mongolia despite transport bottlenecks, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said, as New Delhi seeks to diversify supplies of... 


Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
Gold exploration surges 45% amid metal price boom — ABS
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Gold exploration spending in Australia has jumped 45% over the past year, with the September quarter showing the strongest levels since late 2023, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics... 


Tsodilo continues research collaboration with Botswana university
1st December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

TSX-V-listed Tsodilo Resources, which owns the Xaudum iron project (XIF), in Botswana, has pledged to continue its research collaboration with the Department of Chemical, Materials and... 


Barrick interim CEO Mark Hill says an IPO of North American assets could offer shareholders greater jurisdictional optionality.
Barrick to weigh IPO of North American gold assets
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Barrick Mining on Monday announced that it would evaluate an initial public offering (IPO) of a new company that would hold the miner’s North American gold assets. The proposed... 


An image of Kodal Minerals CEO Bernard Aylward
First shipment from Kodal’s Bougouni project departs San Pedro port
1st December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim-listed Kodal Minerals’ maiden shipment of 28 950 t of lithium spodumene concentrate (vessel capacity) has completed loading onto a dedicated bulk cargo vessel at the Port of San Pedro, in Côte... 


Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati
R112bn cost savings target in focus as new Eskom board takes office
1st December 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom chairperson Mteto Nyati has underlined the importance of reducing the State-owned group’s cost base as a newly constituted board takes over from the one appointed in October 2022. The... 


An image of tBlanket mine
Caledonia’s Blanket mine profitability exposed to potential royalty changes
1st December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

London-listed Caledonia Minerals Corporation’s operating Blanket gold mine, in Zimbabwe, is expecting a lower level of profitability and cash generation relative to current market expectations, if... 


Site chosen for water project set to underpin BHP copper ambitions
Site chosen for water project set to underpin BHP copper ambitions
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

The South Australian government has chosen Mullaquana station, near Whyalla, as the preferred site for the Northern Water desalination plant, clearing the way for planning on a project seen as... 


Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller and Valterra Executive Head Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Yvonne Mfolo.
Valterra Platinum market cap soars to R300bn-plus as 2025 draws to close
1st December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Valterra Platinum, South Africa’s impressive 2025 platinum group metals (PGM) creation, is bringing its inaugural 2025 year to a massively fruitful close with a market capitalisation that has... 


GT1 MD Cameron Henry says there is 'real momentum' in the critical minerals market in Canada.
GT1 appoints Altris to lead Seymour DFS
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia-listed Green Technology Metals (GT1) has appointed engineering consultancy Altris Engineering to optimise and lead the definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Seymour lithium project... 


Arafura secures renewed EDC support as Nolans pushes to FID
Arafura secures renewed EDC support as Nolans pushes to FID
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Arafura Rare Earths has confirmed that its export-credit partner Export Development Canada (EDC) has extended credit approval for its existing $300-million senior debt facility, a... 


Havieron will use the existing processing infrastructure at Telfer, which Greatland acquired from Newmont.
Greatland feasibility study confirms A$1bn Havieron build
1st December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Dual-listed Greatland Resources on Monday confirmed the development pathway for its Havieron gold/copper project in Western Australia, releasing a feasibility study that positions the asset as a... 


SolGold's Cascabel asset in Ecuador
SolGold rejects approach from Jiangxi Copper
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Ecuador-focused SolGold on Friday revealed that it had rejected a fresh non-binding takeover proposal from Jiangxi Copper Company (JCC), after the Chinese group approached the company with a... 


Canada’s top court clears way for class action over Lundin's 2017 disclosure
Canada’s top court clears way for class action over Lundin's 2017 disclosure
1st December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that allows investors to proceed with a proposed securities class action against Lundin Mining, clearing the way for the case to be heard in Ontario’s... 


Solidarity says unions conclude wage agreement with Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold operations
28th November 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Trade unions representing employees at Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold mines have accepted the final wage offer from the company this week, trade union Solidarity reports. The parties have... 


Polymetals secures additional working capital
Polymetals secures additional working capital
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

ASX-listed Polymetals Resources has secured further working capital support to underpin operations at the Endeavor mine in New South Wales, following last month’s fatal detonation incident. The... 


Mantengu Mining's Iron Beneficiation Plant
Mantengu posts higher interim loss but all operations are ramping up
28th November 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Investment company Mantengu Mining has reported a wider comprehensive loss of R42.8-million for the six months ended August 31, compared with a R3-million profit in the comparable six months of... 


Antofagasta transport unit launches hydrogen locomotive
Antofagasta transport unit launches hydrogen locomotive
28th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Chile’s Ferrocarril de Antofagasta a Bolivia (FCAB), the transport division of Antofagasta, has launched Latin America’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive. The unveiling coincides with FCAB’s... 


Indonesia could impose coal export levy next year
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

Indonesia could impose a coal export levy next year, finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told reporters on Wednesday without providing further detail. The finance ministry has also said they... 


JSW's plan for voluntary job reductions draws high interest from workers, CEO says
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

An internal survey at Polish coal miner JSW showed more than 6 000 employees were interested in a planned workforce reduction, almost double the number eligible for the scheme, acting CEO Boguslaw... 


Montage Gold to acquire African Gold in $170m deal
Montage Gold to acquire African Gold in $170m deal
28th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-listed Montage Gold on Friday announced a binding scheme implementation deed to acquire all shares in ASX-listed African Gold that it did not already own, in a transaction that strengthened the... 


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Global bauxite production outlook lowered for 2025
28th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

Global bauxite production growth is expected to slow to 2% this year, reaching 451.3-million tonnes, after forecasts were revised down by BMI – A Fitch Solutions company – in its ‘Global Bauxite... 


Codelco offers US clients copper at record premiums
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chile's state-owned copper producer has offered to sell copper at record premiums above $500 a metric ton to US customers with contracts based on London Metal Exchange copper prices, two sources... 


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