Glencore has become the first miner to export cobalt under Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC's) new quotas, sending a small initial shipment to test the system, one government source and two... 

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart said on Wednesday the burden of excessive regulation on the Australian mining industry had put its global competitiveness at risk. Rinehart is executive chairman of... 

Many countries are still pursuing the development of platinum- and iridium-using green hydrogen infrastructure, including China where green hydrogen features in the latest Five-Year Plan to 2030.... 

Shareholders of thermal coal producer Thungela Resources – Just Share, Aeon Investment Management and Fossil Free South Africa – have instituted litigation in the Gauteng High Court seeking an... 

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has removed Winston Chitando as mines minister and replaced him with Polite Kambamura, the government said in a statement on Monday. No reason was given for... 

Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly today interviewed Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller, who has just returned from the Hydrogen Council’s Global CEO Summit 2025 in South Korea with important insight... 

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) has re-elected Joseph Mathunjwa as president of the organisation for another five-year term, alongside a new national executive... 

The new Qala Shallows gold mine is not only a milestone for West Wits Mining but also for South Africa's mining industry, the South African economy, and the communities that will share in the... 

While the rare earths market is currently oversupplied, US efforts to diversify supply away from China are driving investment for some minerals, while other minerals encounter constrained... 

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 

China considers platinum a critical mineral with strategic value owing to its importance in new energy technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells and electrolysers to produce hydrogen. However, China... 

An electricity tariff proposal by South Africa’s State-owned power utility Eskom is supporting the continued operation of the Lion ferrochrome smelter in Limpopo province, Glencore-Merafe Chrome... 

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... 

Platinum is already very well embedded as an indispensable catalyst in the hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology that very impressively powered the Toyotas that chauffeured... 

Zimbabwe will hike royalties on gold producers as it moves to take advantage of recent record high bullion prices, a 2026 national budget speech showed on Thursday. As part of a raft of revenue... 

The African mining industry is entering a new phase of optimism, with renewed investor interest and growing recognition of the continent’s role in global mineral supply chains, according to mining... 

The commitment of one of the largest black-empowered businesses listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to transition towards a low-carbon future while continuing to meet current energy... 

Diversified miner Anglo American says it is "deeply committed" – operationally, economically and socially – to South Africa and assures its shareholders and other stakeholders that its proposed... 

Physically settled platinum and palladium futures contracts and futures options will commence trading on November 27 on China’s Guangzhou Futures Exchange, which is cracking a world first by taking... 

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources has endorsed the Mining Cadastre System following its pilot phase in the Western Cape, while cautioning that significant issues... 

Zambia’s Presidency rejected proposed regulations that seek to give the state a minimum 15% stake in mines producing copper and other critical minerals without having to pay for it. A draft... 

Even though there is consensus that gold has probably already hit its 2025 high point and is unlikely to go beyond the all-time-record it set in October when it breached the $4 300/oz mark, a Santa... 

The World Diamond Council (WDC) has expressed “profound regret” that a small number of Kimberley Process (KP) participants blocked consensus on the long-awaited reforms it said was designed to... 

The economics of South Africa’s Phalaborwa rare earths project in Limpopo province have been uplifted very materially by the 3 000%-plus surge in the European prices of yttrium, a silvery white,... 

Africa’s minerals are indispensable for a clean economy and these range from platinum-group metals (PGMs), which power hydrogen and fuel cells, to cobalt and manganese, which will drive battery... 

Mining and metals industry organisation ICMM’s November-published Tailings Progress Report reveals that, while significant progress has been made, achieving full alignment with the Global Industry... 

As South Africa’s mining sector accelerates its shift towards contractor-led models for noncore functions, a growing number of service providers are unknowingly falling foul of legal... 

Mining Weekly as well several B20 and G20 visitors were this week chauffeured around Johannesburg in a platinum-catalysed hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) that journalists attending South... 

Angola will shorten the time it takes to award mining rights as it seeks to attract more investment into the southwest African nation’s minerals sector. Minerals and Petroleum Minister Diamantino...