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BMC lists on ASX after A$100m IPO to advance Yukon polymetallic project
Updated 1 hour 45 minutes ago By: Creamer Media Reporter

Exploration company BMC Minerals made its debut on the ASX on Friday following an oversubscribed A$100-million initial public offering (IPO), giving the Canada-focused developer a market... 


Botswana Diamonds exploration drilling
Botswana Diamonds enters H2 with a stronger asset base, roadmap for value creation
Updated 3 hours ago By: Marleny Arnoldi

Although it had been a difficult year for the diamond industry in the 12 months ended June 30 and beyond, Aim-listed diamonds developer Botswana Diamonds says it made significant progress on its... 


SHAFT TWO
Sheeting was recently installed on Platreef’s Shaft 2 headgear winder house
Soon-to-be Tier 1 PGM mine opened in S Africa
12th December 2025 By: Donna Slater

Base metals miner Ivanhoe Mines officially opened its platinum group metals (PGM) Platreef platinum/palladium/nickel/rhodium/gold/copper mine on November 19. Situated on the northern limb of South... 


Dumont study points to C$1.1bn/y GDP boost for Canada
9th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

A new independent socio-economic assessment shows that the fully permitted Dumont nickel project in Quebec could deliver more than C$1.1-billion a year to Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP)... 


Chalice unveils plan for Australia’s first primary PGM mine
Chalice unveils plan for Australia’s first primary PGM mine
8th December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Perth-based Chalice Mining has confirmed its Gonneville project will become Australia’s first primary platinum group metals (PGM) mine, after a prefeasibility study (PFS) outlined a 23-year,... 


An image of lithium in a hand
Oversupplied rare earths market faces uneven investment trends
5th December 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

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... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore calculates
4th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

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... 


NexMetals secures full ownership of Selebi, Selkirk assets after completing $25m payment
NexMetals secures full ownership of Selebi, Selkirk assets after completing $25m payment
3rd December 2025 By: Darren Parker

TSX-V- and Nasdaq-listed NexMetals Mining has completed the contingent milestone payment of $25-million to the liquidator of former Botswana State-owned mining company BCL, giving the company full... 


The Nickel Rim South mine is on care and maintenance
Vale, Glencore to explore $2bn joint copper development in Sudbury
3rd December 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Vale Base Metals (VBM) and Glencore Canada have signed an agreement to evaluate a potential $1.6-billion to $2-billion brownfield copper project that would combine deposits on their neighbouring... 


Canada Industry Minister Melanie Joly
Proposed Teck-Anglo merger is subject to national security review, Canada says
27th November 2025 By: Reuters

Canada will submit the proposed merger of Anglo American and Teck Resources to a national security review, Industry Minister Melanie Joly said on Wednesday. Joly also said Ottawa would come to a... 


The Sishen iron-ore mine
Anglo American stresses its commitment to South Africa, says Teck merger positive for the country
26th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

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... 


Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema
Zambian Presidency shuns plan to give State free stake in mines
26th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

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... 


MMG's deal to buy Anglo American's Brazil nickel assets faces EU regulatory delay
MMG's deal to buy Anglo American's Brazil nickel assets faces EU regulatory delay
24th November 2025 By: Reuters

Hong Kong-listed mining and metals company MMG said on Monday that the European Commission had extended the review of its deal to purchase Anglo-American's nickel business in Brazil. The... 


Ivanhoe Mines co-chairperson Robert Friedland, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and Ivanhoe Mines president and CEO Marna Cloete cutting a ribbon marking the formal opening of the Platreef mine.
Ramaphosa lauds Ivanplats for Platreef energy, water management, corporate citizenship
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The inauguration of the first phase of Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary Ivanplats' Platreef platinum/palladium/nickel/rhodium/gold/copper mine is an important moment for the company, for the mining... 


Respondents favour domestic production over imports.
Canadians back critical minerals push, but demand stronger enviro safeguards
19th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada’s first Social Acceptability Barometer for the mining sector shows strong national support for developing critical minerals, but the public expects tighter environmental oversight, better... 


Horizon sells noncore Lake Johnston to Forrestania
Horizon sells noncore Lake Johnston to Forrestania
14th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Emerging gold miner Horizon Minerals said on Friday that it would sell its noncore Lake Johnston project to fellow ASX-listed Forrestania Resources for A$35-million. Under the agreement, the... 


Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney
Carney sends three new critical minerals projects to Major Projects Office
14th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Three new critical minerals projects will advance to the recently created Major Projects Office (MPO), Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Thursday, unveiling the second tranche of... 


Vale CEO Gustavo Pimenta
Vale gearing up to meet Indian demand as China steel output stagnates, CEO says
11th November 2025 By: Reuters

Brazilian miner Vale is preparing to meet rising iron ore demand from India, which could double its steel production by the end of the decade, CEO Gustavo Pimenta told Reuters. Rising sales to... 


Sibanye pays $215m to settle dispute over cancelled nickel mines deal
Sibanye pays $215m to settle dispute over cancelled nickel mines deal
10th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

South African precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater has agreed to pay $215-million to funds managed by Appian Capital Advisory to settle a legal dispute over the failed acquisition of... 


Stellantis terminates Alliance Nickel offtake deal
Stellantis terminates Alliance Nickel offtake deal
7th November 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australian metals miner Alliance Nickel said on Friday that automaker Stellantis had terminated its binding offtake agreement for nickel and cobalt from the NiWest project in Western Australia,... 


Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Richard Stewart.
Sibanye-Stillwater’s South Africa platinum earnings up 213%, gold earnings up 177%
6th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The significant leverage of Sibanye-Stillwater to precious metals prices is clearly illustrated by the skyrocketing of its South African gold and platinum group metals (PGMs) earnings in the three... 


A DRC cobalt mine
Can Africa ride critical minerals wave to economic boom?
5th November 2025 By: Reuters

As global powers scramble for critical minerals, African countries are pushing for new investment to process more of their own raw materials and meet their people's demands for economic growth and... 


Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne
Canada launches C$2bn Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund
5th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada will establish a $2-billion Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund to accelerate investment in strategic mining projects and strengthen national security supply chains, Finance Minister... 


Anglo American's Barro Alto operations
China’s MMG hit by EU probe of $500m Anglo deal
5th November 2025 By: Bloomberg

Chinese-owned mining firm MMG’s $500-million purchase of Anglo American's Brazilian nickel business has been hit by an in-depth European Union probe after regulators warned that the deal threatens... 


Geological mapping at the Zeb project
Mining right granted for Zeb nickel project; URU raises £1.1m
4th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

South Africa’s Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has granted and executed a mining right in favour of Lesego Platinum Uitloop – the project company for London-listed URU Metals’... 


Pacific Nickel to sell Solomon Islands assets, exit Kolosori nickel project
Pacific Nickel to sell Solomon Islands assets, exit Kolosori nickel project
4th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Base metals company Pacific Nickel Mines has agreed to sell its Solomon Islands subsidiaries, including the Kolosori nickel project, to Green Rock for a nominal price of A$1, exiting the operation... 


Resources Minister Tim Hodgson
Canada leads G7 push with C$6.4bn boost for critical minerals development
3rd November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has announced 26 new investments, partnerships and measures to unlock C$6.4-billion of critical minerals projects. These initiatives are... 


Vale posts net profit beat, cuts cost outlook for copper, nickel
Vale posts net profit beat, cuts cost outlook for copper, nickel
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Vale, one of the world's largest iron-ore miners, posted on Thursday a third-quarter net profit that landed above analysts' estimates, while also cutting its full-year cost projections for copper... 


The Ambatovy mine
Sumitomo says Ambatovy nickel project unaffected by Madagascar political turmoil
31st October 2025 By: Reuters

Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp said on Friday that operations at its Ambatovy nickel project in Madagascar have not been affected by recent political turmoil. Plans for the project to produce... 


The Meliadine gold mine in Canada's Arctic region
Agnico Eagle launches critical minerals subsidiary, but focus remains on gold
31st October 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Gold major Agnico Eagle Mines on Thursday announced the creation of a new subsidiary, Avenir Minerals, to consolidate its noncore investments in critical minerals. Avenir will be a wholly-owned... 


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