The world needs more mines to cope with rising demand for key energy-transition metals like copper, as mergers and acquisitions will not plug a looming supply gap, Rio Tinto Group chairman Dominic... 

Copper surged to a two-month high to cap a strong week for metals, helped by the Federal Reserve’s half-point rate cut. Base metals have advanced with other global risk assets after Fed Chair... 

South Africa’s national green hydrogen programme has attracted projects worth R800-billion-plus, Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala said on Wednesday, when he called on... 

The presentation of DRDGOLD CEO Niël Pretorius at the thirty-sixth annual Gold Forum Americas 2024 in Colorado Springs highlighted the company’s world-leading gold-from-tailings advances that... 

London-listed Rainbow Rare Earths has produced the first magnet rare earth elements (REE) in a saleable form at its Phalaborwa project, in Limpopo, South Africa. This paves the way for the first... 

Iron-ore futures prices posted their biggest daily fall in nearly two years on Wednesday, weighed down by prospects of stronger global supply and weakening Chinese steel demand. The most-traded... 

Canada-headquartered mining major Barrick has laid out a promising production forecast, with plans to increase gold-equivalent ounces from its existing assets by 30% by the end of this decade.... 

Platinum group metal (PGM) catalysis can play an essential decarbonising role beyond hydrogen generation, where its use in proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology for water electrolysis and fuel... 

Research firm McKinsey’s inaugural ‘Global Materials Perspective’ report shows that, while the green energy transition could generate 340 000 global jobs to scale critical minerals and metals... 

Less than two months ahead of the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, the Azerbaijani leadership laid out its plans on Tuesday for what it hoped to achieve, as countries continue to wrestle with... 

Goldman Sachs reiterated its optimistic outlook on gold prices on Monday, citing central bank demand and the imminent interest rate cut from the US Federal Reserve at its policy meeting this week.... 

Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) said on Monday it has signed a non-binding agreement with Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) to pursue a potential business combination to create a global aluminium... 

Goldman Sachs on Monday cut its iron-ore price forecast for the fourth quarter of 2024 by $15, to $85 per metric ton, citing market oversupply even though demand from top consumer China is... 

The latest independent definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Waterberg platinum group metals (PGM) project in Limpopo is even more emphatic on the economic viability and wealth creation... 

A couple hours outside Houston, in a remote field near a Dow Chemical Co. plant, America’s bid to undercut China’s grip on the global supply of rare earth minerals critical to high technology has... 

Gold rose to a record as markets waited for the Federal Reserve to begin easing monetary policy for the first time in more than four years. Bullion climbed as much as 0.4% to a high of $2... 

US aluminium maker Alcoa said on Sunday that it would sell a 25.1% stake in its Ma'aden joint venture to Saudi Arabian mining company Ma'aden for $1.1-billion. The transaction includes... 

Gold market bulls are locking in bullion prices surging to fresh records, with a milestone of $3 000 per ounce coming into focus, fired up by monetary easing by major central banks and a tight US... 

Conventional mining typically focuses on a single large operation. In contrast, what is unfolding on South Africa’s Northern Cape Copper Belt is the deployment of a cluster mining model, which... 

Gold rose to another record high — after surging almost 2% to an all-time peak on Thursday — as the dollar extended declines ahead of a widely expected Federal Reserve rate cut next week. Bullion... 

JSE- and Aim-listed Pan African Resources has proposed a dividend of 22c a share for approval at the company’s upcoming AGM for the financial year ended June 30, as operational enhancements and... 

The mining industry is currently one of the most significant contributors to planet-warming emissions — but it's on track to become one of the most important sectors for a net-zero future. Annual... 

The boards of gold producers AngloGold Ashanti and Centamin have agreed to a transaction for AngloGold to acquire all shares in Centamin in exchange for 0.06983 of a new AngloGold share and $0.125... 

Robust growth is expected to drive total platinum demand to 8 118 000 oz, leading to a substantial market deficit of 1 028 000 oz in 2024, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) says in its... 

Development finance institutions (DFIs) are more than just financial supporters of the hydrogen economy, they are important architects of its future, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)... 

Iron-ore sank below $90 a ton for the first time since 2022 as industrial commodities faced sustained pressure from tepid Chinese demand and gathering worries over global growth. Futures for... 

The global market is going through a very challenging time right now, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chairperson Dr Patrice Motsepe noted on Friday, when the Johannesburg Stock... 

Precious metals consultancy Metals Focus finds that combined Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from gold mining companies decreased by 5.4% year-on-year in 2023, amounting to 27 249... 

What Harmony Gold has achieved in the 12 months to June 30 is incredible with the true driver of value being quality gold ounces and a display of capability in regions beyond South Africa, upbeat... 

Northam Platinum, which benefits from a full mine-to-market value chain in chrome, sold around 1.3-million tons of chrome for the year, which contributed 12.5%, or R3.8-billion, to the revenue of... 

The most consequential action that price-hit platinum group metals (PGM) producers can take as an industry is the stimulation of demand. “But the issue is, are we doing enough to advance the... 

The future outlook for South32, the mining and metals company spun out of BHP in 2015, has probably never looked brighter, says South32 CEO Graham Kerr. “It's a decade in for the company, and time...