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Teck production in line with guidance
Teck production in line with guidance
21st January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian major Teck Resources has reported 2025 yearly copper production of 453 500 t, in line with previously disclosed guidance, supported by strong operational performance across its portfolio... 


Sasol CEO Simon Baloyi (left) and Valterra Platinum CEO Craig Miller.
Sasol, Valterra Platinum on board Hydrogen Council as next delivery phase takes off
21st January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

In an announcement to Mining Weekly from Brussels on Tuesday January 20, South Africa’s Simon Baloyi, the CEO of Sasol, and South Africa's Craig Miller, the CEO of Valterra Platinum, featured... 


Spot gold crosses $4 800/oz for the first time
Spot gold crosses $4 800/oz for the first time
21st January 2026 By: Reuters

Spot gold surged past the psychological milestone of $4 800/oz on Wednesday for the first time, as safe-haven demand kept bullion a favored asset. 


Rio Tinto CEO Simon Trott
Rio Tinto leans on copper as Pilbara steadies after earlier storms
21st January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner Rio Tinto reported robust production results for 2025, highlighted by an 8% year-on-year increase in copper-equivalent output. The strong performance was driven by the company’s... 


Rowena Smith and Mark Chalmers
Energy Fuels to acquire ASM in A$447m rare earths deal
21st January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

US-listed Energy Fuels is adding another building block in its rare earth supply chain vertical integrations plans with the proposed acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials Limited (ASM),... 


The Tenke Fungurume mine in the DRC
Congo offers manganese, copper‑cobalt and lithium assets to US investors under minerals pact
20th January 2026 By: Reuters

The Democratic Republic of Congo has sent Washington a shortlist of state-owned assets - including manganese, copper-cobalt, gold and lithium projects - for US investors to consider as part of a... 


Koné processing plant
Montage Gold expects first gold pour at Koné before year-end
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed Montage Gold is making rapid construction progress at its 90%-owned Koné project, in Côte d’Ivoire, with the first gold pour through the oxide circuit expected late in the fourth quarter... 


silver
Silver surges as supply deficits, industrial demand drive prices higher – Peel Hunt
20th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Silver is entering this year in the spotlight after prices gained almost 150% in 2025, with tight supply, rising industrial demand and investor activity underpinning sharply higher prices,... 


Ferrochrome from the Lion smelter.
Ferrochrome venture’s 2025 output 63% lower, Merafe reports
20th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Ferrochrome output from the Glencore-Merafe Chrome Venture was 63% lower in 2025 than in 2024, Merafe Resources reported on Tuesday, January 20. Attributable production fell from 301 000 t in 2024... 


critical minerals
Consultancy flags geopolitical risk, investment restraint for mining sector in 2026
20th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Geopolitical uncertainty, a slower but irreversible energy transition and continued capital discipline will define conditions in the global metals and mining sector this year, consultancy Wood... 


Drill rig underground at Bulyanhulu mine, in Tanzania
Mining services company Capital expects more revenue gains in high-demand environment
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

London-listed mining services provider Capital says it delivered a strong finish to the year ended December 31, 2025, with full-year revenue having been at the upper end of revised and raised... 


Bisie mine
Alphamin reports solid full-year earnings increase, retirement of CEO
20th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V- and JSE-listed tin miner Alphamin Resources has reported a 25% year-on-year increase in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation to $341-million for the year ended... 


Glass Lewis backs New Gold–Coeur deal
20th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co has recommended that New Gold shareholders vote in favour of the proposed plan of arrangement under which Coeur Mining will acquire the Canadian gold producer,... 


BHP lifted its 2026 production guidance for Escondida
BHP upgrades copper guidance on back of record half-year performance
20th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Mining major BHP has lifted its 2026 copper production guidance after delivering record operating performances across its copper and iron-ore assets in the half year ended December 31, capitalising... 


Jansen Stage 1 price tag swells as BHP completes cost reassessment
Jansen Stage 1 price tag swells as BHP completes cost reassessment
20th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Diversified miner BHP has lifted the capital cost estimate for Stage 1 of its Jansen potash project in Canada to $8.4-billion, citing inflationary pressures, design development and scope changes,... 


Gold
Concerns over US Fed’s independence also keeping gold prices high
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Spot gold prices reached a high of $4 666/oz on January 19, compared with an average price of $4 590/oz last week, while silver hit a fresh intraday record of $93/oz on January 15, mostly owing to... 


The big blue Cullinan diamond.
South Africa’s illustrious Cullinan diamond mine doing it again with big blue
19th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

The illustrious Cullinan diamond mine, flagship of London-listed Petra Diamonds, is not only famous for hosting the largest gem diamond but a flurry of reports is now affording sky-high status to... 


Iamgold meets 2025 production guidance, sets outlook for 2026
19th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed Iamgold has reported preliminary attributable gold production of 765 900 oz for 2025, achieving the midpoint of its full-year guidance following record quarterly output across all... 


commodities trading
Gold, copper underpin commodities outlook as oil, grains eye recovery
19th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Commodities are entering 2026 on a firmer footing, with gold and copper supported by strong structural drivers and the potential for recovery emerging in oil and grain markets later in the year,... 


Lumwana mine, in Zambia
Barrick deploys Metso Concorde Cell tech at Lumwana
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global gold and copper producer Barrick Mining Corporation has chosen to use end-to-end mining solutions company Metso’s Concorde Cell flotation technology at its Lumwana expansion project, in... 


Greenland
Global stocks take hit from tariff threats; gold gets safety bid
19th January 2026 By: Reuters

Global stocks slid and the dollar eased against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap extra tariffs on goods imported from eight European... 


New Gold meets guidance
New Gold meets guidance
19th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Toronto-listed New Gold has met its 2025 production guidance across its operations, delivering strong fourth-quarter and full-year results and generating consolidated free cash flow of more than... 


Perseus Mining's Sissingué complex
Perseus confirms death of a second employee involved in vehicle accident
19th January 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX- and TSX-listed Perseus Mining has confirmed the death of a second employee following an offsite vehicle accident, near its Bagoé gold mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, on January 15. The employee had... 


Endeavour Silver sets 2026 guidance as Terronera enters first full year
Endeavour Silver sets 2026 guidance as Terronera enters first full year
19th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Midtier precious metals producer Endeavour Silver has set a guidance of 14.6-million to 15.6-million silver-equivalent ounces for 2026. The guidance comprises 8.3-million to 8.9-million ounces of... 


Frontier Lithium signs First Nation process agreements, advances Ontario permitting
Frontier Lithium signs First Nation process agreements, advances Ontario permitting
19th January 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX-V-listed Frontier Lithium has signed process agreements with Deer Lake First Nation and Sandy Lake First Nation, as it advances permitting for its PAK lithium project in Ontario under the... 


Critical Metals plans $1.5bn rare earths JV in Saudi
16th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals Corp has executed a nonbinding term sheet with Saudi Arabian industrial conglomerate Tariq Abdel Hadi Abdullah Al-Qahtani & Brothers Company (TQB) to establish a 50:50... 


A gold mine in Mali
Mali gold output plunges 23% as Barrick halt, tougher rules reshape sector
16th January 2026 By: Reuters

Mali's industrial gold output fell 22.9% in 2025, hurt by the lengthy suspension of Barrick Mining's operations due to a dispute over tougher mining rules, provisional figures from the West African... 


The Kolomela mine
Iron-ore falls as high prices deter buyers
16th January 2026 By: Reuters

 Iron-ore futures drifted lower on Friday as high prices and slim margins deterred buying in the biggest consumer China, with the Dalian iron-ore contract reporting a weekly decline for the first... 


trade port shipping containers
Global trade set to slow in 2026 as protectionism, fragmentation intensify, Unctad says
16th January 2026 By: Darren Parker

Global trade is expected to continue growing this year but at a slower pace after reaching a record high in 2025, as rising protectionism, geopolitical tensions and tighter regulation reshape trade... 


Endeavour Silver completes sale of Bolañitos mine
16th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Midtier silver producer Endeavour Silver has completed the sale of its Bolañitos silver and gold mine in Guanajuato, Mexico, to TSX-V-listed Guanajuato Silver for an upfront consideration of... 


Contractor employee dies in offsite vehicle accident near Perseus’ Bagoé mine
16th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Australia- and Canada-listed Perseus Mining has confirmed that a contractor employee has died following an offsite vehicle accident near its Bagoé gold mine, in Côte d’Ivoire. The company said on... 


Boston Consulting Group’s Tycho Möncks (left) and Mikhail Nikomarov.
2025 to 2035 decisive for Africa’s new mineral wealth opportunity, say Boston execs
16th January 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Africa’s mineral wealth has become a focal point for the clean energy transition and advanced manufacturing and coordinated action by Africa can convert the continent’s mineral wealth into GDP... 


Jim Grech
Peabody CEO Grech appointed chair of US National Coal Council
16th January 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

US coal major Peabody Energy president and CEO Jim Grech has been made chairperson of the National Coal Council (NCC), with the appointment formalised at a meeting at the White House on Thursday.... 


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